I've figured it out. It's to do with the address.
We have an Open reach socket/line installed ? (Incorrect terms I think). Address is selectable on the menu but I then get stuck in the loop. I tried with my parents address and the order went further .
Incredibly frustrating
Just to be clear , BT can’t have exclusivity on Openreach , it’s not allowed , so where did you get that impression ? , and who apart from BT (and include EE and Plusnet ) have you even tried ? ,
if Openreach did some sort of deal with BT Group to only have BT companies available by design , it clearly disadvantaging others (like Sky , Vodafone etc ) and the regulator woukd be all over it , they aren’t because it’s not happening.
BT are the only provider that are showing our address in their Search function. I'm well aware there isn't a monopoly
is you address correct (exactly) on the royal mail database?
Yes. I contacted the council who in turn updated Royal Mail and I can find it on their PAF database. I think I need to get the address set to Gold through Openreach first and possibly check with Ordnance Survey to see if they have it registered too.
I know YouFibre use a different network (Netomia?) but they haven't updated their address list yet either.
Might take a little while to do.