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Re: answer is easy said by hottboiinnc:You do realize that Openreach is still owned by BT right?  But they are forced to play down the branding (the vans and so on prominently display openreach, not BT) and forced to treat BT Wholesale/Retail as just another customer.
As a customer of the UK system, there are advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are that prices are relatively low and I can choose from hundreds of ISPs. The disadvantages are that the regulator forces BT to make sure their wholesale ADSL pricing is higher than it should be, to make LLU (ULL) look cheaper and worth it. I therefore have to put up with caps (I am on one of few ISPs that have decent caps), traffic shaping (that is at least ran by the ISP and not BT), or both.
If you're lucky enough to get LLU (I am too rural, so I "only" get 8Mbit down / 832k up through BT's network but not with them as an ISP) you can get ADSL2+ unlimited for quite a low price. I'm hoping that BT's ADSL2+ system (which they are forced to wholesale) will be somewhat nicer. I'll see next year. |
