Switch dates issue

[#1]

I'd like to order plusnet today (deal ending today). My current provider contract ends 9th March.

Issue - Plusnet won't let me choose 9th March as a go live date (says minimum 10 working days from ordering). Current provider will charge a fee of £25 if it goes live before the 9th. If it goes live after the 9th I'll be without internet.

Question - Why isn't this handled seemlessly by Plusnet. Plusnet should contact my current provider, find out the switch date of the 9th and complete the transfer on the 9th without the customer having to do anything. Just like PAC code transfers for mobile phones, it's seemless and easy. 

Instead i'm stuck ringing both providers and having to try time the order exactly myself, still unsure if i'm going to be charged a fee or be without internet. Why isn't switching easy?

Please help plusnet

[#2]

The way the process works is that Plusnet would place the order which.  BT Openreach then notify your current provider of the order, who should then contact you to tell you and give you a period of time to contact them to cancel the migration.  That is why Plusnet (or any other provider) couldn't give you a date sooner for the migration.

This process and the timescales have come from OFCOM as the regulatory body.

[#3]

Hi there, 

It sounds more like an issue with how the website works. We'd have to manually intervene to make sure we can arrange the transfer for your preferred date. 

I'd recommend signing up choosing the first date you can and then let me know via reply to this post so I can pick up all the "behind the scenes" work. 

[#4]

Ah, sorry.  I hadn't noticed that the date you said was more than 10 working days away!  Sorry

[benrk87,]

Hi  benrk87, 

I have amended your orders for the 9th March and raised a ticket to be monitored: 
https://www.plus.net/wizard/?p=view_question&id=168911664

Please don't worry if our suppliers come back that it has to be after the 9th as your service should stay live with your current supplier until then. 

If you need me for anything else please don't hesitate to give me a shout!

Thanks.