Could be interesting, there is a Universal Service Obligation ( USO ) on Openreach/BT , so unlike Virgin Media customers who move to an area that VM don’t service, BT generally cannot say ‘it’s not an area we serve, you are ‘in contract‘ , so you have pay ETC’s ‘.
OR’s network is ubiquitous, so moving an existing ‘contract’ isn’t normally an issue, but with OFNL and ‘new sites’, ‘BT’ are locked out of the site by the developer, (who has done a sweetheart deal with OFNL, Persimmon Homes do this on many of their sites)
Owners of property’s in this situation have no choice in providers, apart form using mobile only , so it’s possible ‘BT’ could take a view that they would provide a continuation of your existing deal at the new address if it were not for the developer blocking them from doing so ( the difference between your situation and most home movers ).
Could they ‘insist’ on the early termination charges ?, after all it’s not their fault , they would like to serve your new address but are being stopped from doing so.
Chances are ETC won’t happen , it’s not likely that they can differentiate between ONFL and ‘regular’ non served areas , but if it did , would you pay ? ( if you were a VM customer you wouldn’t have a choice ) but its not unreasonable for you to assume you could get ‘BT’ anywhere in the country, if you did get hit with ETC would the developer cover your costs ?
