Leased line

Hi guys, easy on me as this is my first. Not sure exactly which forum to place this so here goes:
I'm in an SME which is currently on VM Voom at 350/20. We're not happy with the upload speed, latency and jitter.
So I've tried to get quotes on a leased line. Plenty companies quoting silly prices but the norm seems to be about £300 for 200/200. Cheapest I got so far was Daisy at £255, and TalkTalk offered £350 for a gig.
Zen is really annoying as we're less than a mile from their HQ but they won't go down.
Does anyone have any idea if any company could get it down to £200 or below? I'm not asking for commercial solicitation, I need real world experience from someone who looked into getting such a connection.
We've got no FTTP or G.Fast in the area, and OR, VM and TT are fibre tail providers in this area apparently.
Thanks everyone I really appreciate

You might want to see if M247.com can offer something. They are suggesting £200 for a leased line at Zen's postcode. I haven't had first hand experience of them but one of my clients uses them.

Have you had a look at linebroker.co.uk ?

TalkTalk Business' offer of £350/m for 1 Gig sounds attractive . Have you asked them for for lower tier pricing?

I think your best chance of getting under £200 is Virgin's DIA Lite product, but it's not great value compared to what you can get if you can spend a bit more

https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/connectivity/i...

Edited by jpm (Thu 30-Apr-20 16:08:31)

300 for a 200meg leased line isn't a silly price how much was you expecting it to cost?

The connection would be to the exchange not the HQ btw so the location of that doesn't affect the pricing.

£350 for a gig is a very good price considering TT have to still use Openreach's ripoff EAD.

Spitfire don't hide their prices, and while cheap, not the cheapest, so you get an idea what 'normal' prices are.

If you're in CityFibre areas, they also have a product called Ethernet Flex which is 200mbps guaranteed with burst to a gig for £199.

They quoted us £350 for 200 and £400 for 300, so as always, bait and switch

In reply to a post by caffn8me:

You might want to see if M247.com can offer something. They are suggesting £200 for a leased line at Zen's postcode. I haven't had first hand experience of them but one of my clients uses them.

Edited by deleted (Thu 30-Apr-20 17:21:09)

In reply to a post by rowter:

300 for a 200meg leased line isn't a silly price how much was you expecting it to cost?

The connection would be to the exchange not the HQ btw so the location of that doesn't affect the pricing.

I meant some of the other prices I got, like £475 for 200meg and £625 for a gig. I was hoping to get it down towards £200 but it looks like I won't get it much lower.
I know they were going to connect me to the exchange POP but they also offer colocation at their HQ for pretty cheap, so I'm even wondering if I could just get the fibre laid it would be peanuts altogether. An upfront cost is worth it for us if it brings down the price, plus there is the Gigabit voucher scheme

In reply to a post by zzing123:

£350 for a gig is a very good price considering TT have to still use Openreach's ripoff EAD.

Spitfire don't hide their prices, and while cheap, not the cheapest, so you get an idea what 'normal' prices are.

If you're in CityFibre areas, they also have a product called Ethernet Flex which is 200mbps guaranteed with burst to a gig for £199.

Spitfire: I love them simply because they are so upfront, every other company justs makes up prices as they go, depending on how much they think you will pay. Once I've got my cheapest quote I might try calling them to see if they'll match.

I saw the Flex but CityFibre aren't around here. I called them and they sent me to Entanet, who haven't responded yet. Daisy also resell it, but they told me it was unavailable.

If there is FTTC in the area, you could check if FTTPoD is available and pay the install charges to get the work done. The monthly prices are cheaper than a leased line but it may cost more to provision than a leased line. I know that cerberus networks and Fluid One offer this.

You could also apply for a community funded solution with Openreach who will draw up the excess charges. Once the build is complete you have a choice to go with any FTTP provider rather than select one with FTTPoD. https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/community-...

It might also be worth getting bonded VDSL which again would be cheaper than a leased line. Cerberus offer this aswell.