I'm on fttp (Plusnet) and would recommend Hyperoptic. The BT based fttp is hard to switch between ISPs as most do not market the product. It is a trial product with Plusnet or Zen, only BT Retail market it as a product.

This means that I cannot just switch ISP using a MAC code (that is written into my Plusnet contract by the way) but need to cancel with Plusnet and go to another provider to see if I can be accepted for their trial or use BT Retail.

So until fttp is a proper marketed product with ISP switching using MAC codes, if you have a choice to use a non BT based fttp then use it.

Your logic doesn't make sense, you're basically saying that with FTTP you have very little choice of ISP and it's complicated to move, but at least you have a choice.

With hyperoptic there is no choice, but he could still switch to FTTP.

Either way it's a great position to be in. I think it really depends on what package suits the OP the best, as in what speed they really need.

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Isn't your sig a little out of date ?

We've had this before, don't get hung up on it. I have signatures set to not display.

You also need to look at customer service too.

FTTP is not without its issues, all the BT based fttp links in my local geographical area have been suffering with speed degradation since 4th December 2013. So my ISP choice is moot as it is the infrastructure that is at fault. Regular BTW speed test of 0.00Mbps, speeds reduced to well under 10% of the maximum for 18hours at a time, BT customers unable to stream HD TV programs. And 13 weeks of hand wringing from all concerned with only 1 attempted fix in that time frame. Well if you excluded the 4 home visits from engineers to me and the countless other customers in the area who all get multiple visits when the problem is clearly exchange based.

That is why you avoid trials if you have a choice and BT based fttp too!

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In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Isn't your sig a little out of date ?

We've had this before, don't get hung up on it. I have signatures set to not display.

That is idiotic. You don't want to see others' sigs, fine. But having an incorrect one yourself is OK? You have it purely to mislead and/or annoy then? Geez!

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In reply to a post by Irby:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Isn't your sig a little out of date ?

We've had this before, don't get hung up on it. I have signatures set to not display.

That is idiotic. You don't want to see others' sigs, fine. But having an incorrect one yourself is OK? You have it purely to mislead and/or annoy then? Geez!

Like I said, don't get hung up on it.

Your sig displays. You can't stop it doing so other than by deleting it. Perhaps you don't understand that.

You say this has been discussed before. That means you have now at least twice spent more time being ridiculous about it than you would have done in fixing it. Incredible.

Like I said, don't get hung up on. And calm down.

I'm just utterly amazed that someone who is probably quite intelligent can be such a twit.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I'm just utterly amazed that someone who is probably quite intelligent can be such a twit.

Now you're being insulting. Calm down and move on.

By the way, when I said "we've had this before", I'm talking about you.

Try to think of another meaning for my autosig - that's why it was originally penned, and why it's still there. I thought it was quite clever at the time, possibly too clever on reflection.

As long as my auto sig is not offensive (it isn't), it will stay.

Now, calm down

Sorry to the OP about my personal inspector of auto sigs.