Might be worth trying your address in the
Fibre First checker - although I expect all it will tell you is that you have FTTC.
The advantage of the leased line is it will be installed quickly - perhaps in 3 or 4 months - whereas FTTPoD sometimes takes 12-18 months. And it *will* give you better service in the short term, especially if you're hammering the 100M uplink.
The advantage of FTTP is that after 12 months, you have native FTTP at FTTP prices. The leased line price probably won't go down if you keep it going after 3 years, even though in effect you've paid off the build cost over 3 years.
Your 3 year cost (assuming you stick with Cerberus 330/50 after 1 year):
FTTPoD: 9066 + 100*12 + 71.50*24 = 11982
100/100 LL: 307*36 = 11052
But after that the FTTP is 235.50 per month cheaper, so 3 more months and you've broken even.
That's worst case. I also expect that by then FTTP will be cheaper and/or faster, with big players like Sky and Talktalk selling Openreach FTTP. And of course, you're only tied into a 1 year contract.
You can let AASIP have a go for six months and see if they can fix it back to 80/20. You can be pretty sure that your leased line quote isn't going to get more expensive over that time, and you might find out you're getting native FTTP. But you'll lose your £250 survey fee.
Regarding residential or business, it doesn't matter if your building is classed as residential as long as you have evidence you are "trading from" that address. Section 3.3 of
T&Cs:
If required to do so you must provide evidence of your status as a SME or sole trader.
Documentation we will accept includes: VAT registration; Charity Registration: HMRC
notification; sole trader UTR number; certification of incorporation (limited companies);
business bank account statement issued within the last three months; non-domestic rates
reference. Other documentation, such as business-related utility bills, may be acceptable in
certain circumstances if combined with other documentation.
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