I have no options of FTTC otherwise I would be going that route.

Postcode is M4 1PP ( City centre )

What speed do you have? What do you want? What do you NEED?

Is 4G an option?
You can buy a fair bit of 4G data when compared to costs of a leased line.

I'm seeing averages of around £310 to £550 for 100/100 in that area - depending on the wholesale network used.

Install can depend on term but you'll likely have ECCs too which could amount to nothing, or a hefty sum.

Matt

Ahh so you're in one of these dead buildings (new build?) like I was in London a while back - stuck equidistant between two exchanges, but no cabinet enabled for FTTC (I'm presuming the situation is something like that).

I would say wireless / microwave would be the best route. I notice Metronet (UK) Limited do microwave "leased line" solutions. Not sure if that's the same company you are with? All they would need is a line of sight across to their nearest pick-up point and you would be good to go. No digging up roads to lay physical cables etc.

Not sure how much rubbish I'm talking with my suggestion here but I'm sure someone reading will correct me / fill in the gaps if I am talking rubbish.

http://www.metronet-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/0...

I checked the Wholesale checker for your postcode. Should be able to get around 10meg? Are you really still on a fixed 1meg as your sig shows?

boxrick

The Broadband map shows a Metronet speedtest in Birchin Lane at 90.95 down :74.16 up. So there is some sort of infrastructure in your locality.

Try asking them as having a customer close should make it easier / cheaper to serve you.

My sig is many years old, just never updated

I have 2* 14/1 talktalk lines right now on ADSL2+.

Interestingly I contacted Metronet around 3 months ago asking how much a wireless leased line would be, cost wise they quotes at £650 per month on a 12 month contract for 100/100. Seems odd considering that you can quite often get a fixed line for cheaper than this.

£300 per month is quite do-able, £600 way out of my budget.

I require larger upload ( ie 10+ mbit ) to keep data in sync between sites, do large video uploads and offsite backups. None of which are possible on my current connection.

4G is mentioned, it is a very valid option. But I need to push the 100's of gigabytes upload in data, no provider seems to support anything more than about 30GB which is pathetic and way out my use range.

Edited by boxrick (Wed 30-Mar-16 23:24:23)

In reply to a post by boxrick:

I have brought my poor internet connection up on these forums before, but I am considering a leased line of around 100/100.

Are there any recommendations for cheap reliable providers?

Rick

How cheap did you have in mind? There might be an option around the £600 a month mark with a 36 month contract.

In the city centre that might drop a couple of hundred quid, however if you're in a block of flats that may well cause a bunch of issues.

Edited by deleted (Thu 31-Mar-16 00:18:41)

In reply to a post by keyholder:

Im also thinking about going the same route, as quite frankly my Bt spin off ISP connection is utter [censored], latency spikes as high as 140ms at 4am. ?? > and i live in OAP central.

http://www.hso.co.uk/leased-lines/leased-line/bt-lea...

http://chunkychips.net - £400pm for a 100/100mb leased line.

BT's are around the £480pm for 100/100 and are supplied with a cisco router to

£400 over 3 years is alot, roughly £15k i think. + then you might have setup fee's which can come into the £3k mark.

You forgot to add VAT and that the £400 rate from Chunky Chips, £480 including VAT, is only available in certain areas.

The lower end quotes I've had in a residential area from commercial providers came in around £600 / month including VAT for 100Mb over a 100Mb bearer.