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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:33:18 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Gordon,I'd just be hppy with WBC/21CN in my exchange - which is not likely to ever happen - and I'd suspect not for most of rural Devon too.Maybe not. OTOH, I recall that my local exchange was originally projected to be BB enabled about 18 months *after* it actually happened, due to lack of. It got brought forward as a result of reduced costs, even though at the time, there were insufficient customers waiting for it.
Ah, well, that was just BT deciding to squash any possibility of any sort of competition - they went ahead and enabled our exchange too (Buckfastleigh) which was way below the trigger point - positively killing off any change of the commercial broadband project I was running here at the time. Actually, they told us that they were going to enable the exchange the week after out commercial project started, but that's another story... (Questions were asked and it happened 18 months later)
My suspicions are that they've more or less set in-stone the exchanges for WBC upgrade and are now concentrating on FTTC.
Devon currently has just 4 exchanges with WBC/12CN connectivity - Barnstaple, Exeter, Exmouth and Newton Abbot. (Out of 160 exchanges in total)
FTTC via Entanet (which UKFSN resells) will cost you an additional £40 install fee and you'll need to be on a minimum of Business 45 to be eligible for it - that's £25.75+VAT.Not a problem for me. I'd rather pay install fees and no minimum contract (well, one month), than cheap/free installation but be hampered by a 15 month minimum term.I think UKFSN also use the Opal LLU scheme, but who knows if that'llI know they offer LLU, but not from which supplier.ever be extended into the rurals...It doesn't get much more rural than where I am and no, no LLU here.
The LLU operators really won't move in unless they think it's profitable. Gordon
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