In reply to a post by mr_mojo:

Right, I see. Slightly mixed up in my terminology then.

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/super-... is what I was referring to.

I'm surprised Sky is offering their unshaped/unlimited fibre service over BTw's bandwidth pricing. Am I right at looking at the BTw pricelist that it's £40mbit/month? 5 or so really heavy users could cost £1000+/month in bandwidth. Doesn't seem very sustainable at all...

You've slightly misunderstood what GEA is.

As well as Sky and TalkTalk, BT Wholesale also use GEA, hence why all ISPs non-LLU ISPs "use" GEA, which is what someone said earlier.

GEA is the Openreach link from the premises to the cabinet and thence to the FTTC head-end exchange. Sky and TT do nor use BT Wholesale for fibre. They take it straight off Openreach.

So for a small exchange where the GEA feed goes to a different exchange, Sky/TT need to be LLU'ed at that different exchange and have to purchase a GEA link there.