subject: Why not having your MAC code handy can delay broadband provider switching [print this page] Why not having your MAC code handy can delay broadband provider switching
Your MAC Code is a number by which you as a broadband consumer are recognized anywhere in the United Kingdom from any of the UK's leading broadband providers. Your current broadband company is legally obligated to give you this number so that you may pass it along to a new company.
This holds true even if you are switching from an ADSL copper line provider to a broadband without phone line company such as Virgin Media. 34% of all British broadband consumers who are attempting to switch broadband providers seem to be meeting a stone wall in the form of a MAC code transfer delay.
When attempting to switch broadband providers, ADSL a task that should at best take no more than two days allowing for administrative processes, over 1/3 of the United Kingdom customers attempting to make the change are finding themselves delayed for 1 to 3 weeks time. It seems that the majority of large broadband providers in the UK take this opportunity to make a last ditch sales effort in hopes of retaining you as a customer. Unfortunately most United Kingdom broadband users are simply unaware that for lack of having this number in hand they are unnecessarily doing without a broadband connection for weeks.
An online broadband company comparison along with study of several broadband reviews can provide you with the access telephone numbers of your current broadband provider so that you may personally received your MAC code number and consequently provide this to the broadband company of your choice.
