Home remodelling and existing DSL connection

Good day together

Brief preliminary information:
My wife inherited the house from her mother and we are now converting the lower floor including the garage into a flat (we still live in a rented flat).
So there is already a DSL connection in the house, namely that of my mother-in-law.

My questions:
Can we cancel the current DSL connection (at the current place of residence) as normal and [possibly a few weeks afterwards - depends when the electrics, etc. are available in the new flat] apply for a new DSL connection? Will Swisscom not cause any problems with this procedure?
I would also very much like to have the current type of DSL router (Internet-Box Plus) again, but that can’t be negotiated with Swisscom, can it? If not, is it possible to use a Fritzbox as a DSL router, for example? (I’m asking this because I didn’t have to enter the access data anywhere with the current DSL router)

Is there anything else to consider?

Many thanks in advance for reading and possibly answering. answers.

LG
w0rker

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    @w0rker Why do you want to cancel the connection? The conversion (relocation) of the UP (KÜ) must be done by Cablex. The xDSL line behind the UP can be relocated by the electrician.

    Simply re-register the xDSL connection to the new address and cancel your mother-in-law’s contract or take over the contract from your mother-in-law.
    The Internet Box Plus is a museum, get a newer Internet Box from Swisscom.

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      user109
      Thank you for your reply.

      user109 why do you want to cancel the connection?

      Because my wife wants a different subscription (don’t ask me exactly what she wants - I’ll have to find out more ;-) ).

      user109 Simply re-register the xDSL connection to the new address and cancel the mother-in-law’s contract or take over the contract from her mother-in-law.

      No, my mother-in-law’s contract remains in place. We will then live one floor down and of course want our own DSL connection. I just wanted to say that a DSL connection already exists in the house.

      user109 The Internet Box Plus is a museum, get a newer Internet Box from Swisscom.

      I just want to make sure that I can do port forwarding (or maybe even set DMZ) etc. with the new box and it looks like you can’t do that with all routers supplied by Swisscom (e.g. you can’t do that with my mother-in-law’s DSL router, but don’t ask me what kind she has).

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                w0rker
                I just want to make sure that I can do port forwarding (or maybe even set DMZ) etc. with the new box and it looks like you can’t do that with all routers supplied by Swisscom (e.g. my mother-in-law’s DSL router doesn’t do that, but don’t ask me what kind she has).

                This (and much more) is possible to configure with all Swisscom Internet boxes.
                Only with the very simple “Light” Internet box is this not possible, but this is only available with pure telephony subscriptions without Internet.

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                ….keep on rockin'

                  w0rker

                  You want to operate 2 DSL connections at your address:

                  1. existing to your mother-in-law, simply a new ISP. -> You must give notice of cancellation and specify the previous tenant at the new ISP so you get the same terminal.

                  2. you have to order a new connection for your new flat.

                    The only question is whether it has been removed from the terminal.

                    If it is not an overhead line, it will certainly have a cable to the house, the only question is whether there are still free spaces between the switching points. Only Swisscom can tell you that.

                    But you have to be careful now, if you cancel your mother-in-law’s connection and the other ISP hasn’t booked it yet, you’ll lose this connection.

                    But Swisscom can say this in the same way as a technician, they can look at the line routing. And then switch it correctly if there is an order.

                  Greetings Lorenz

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                      Lori-77 Insisting on your mother-in-law, just get a new ISP. -> You have to give notice of cancellation and specify the previous tenant at the new ISP so you get the same problem.

                      @w0rker did not write anything about changing the existing connection.

                      And to point this out again: Be careful when cancelling, in the worst case phone number and/or mail addresses are gone, of course also recordings made.

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                          HP

                          He wrote it like this:

                          My questions:
                          Can we cancel the current DSL connection (at the current residence) normally and [possibly a few weeks after that - depends on when the electrics, etc. are available in the new flat] apply for a new DSL connection?

                          Yes, and you’re right, if he cancels he’ll lose the phone number and the recordings.

                          That’s right.

                          But be careful with cancelling and opening with another ISP, there have been several times that another customer is faster with the clamp.

                          I have experienced this several times as a technician, but it concerns MFH buildings….. In places where the customer rents a workshop and has too few lines.

                          And then a tenant of a flat grabs the line because he was faster. Then the customer from the DIY room is out of luck……..

                          Greetings Lorenz

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