In reply to a post by jpm:

This just seems like poor planning by CityFibre. Assuming the physical network is in good condition (and we have no reason to believe otherwise), they have had a while to do something like overlay XGS-PON and then enter a six-month notice period for people to sign up with Vodafone, TalkTalk, Giganet, Zen etc. and perform ONT swaps before turning the old kit off.

You mean like CityFibre announced they had done back in July https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/07/cityfi... - article states the whole city has been upgraded to XGS-PON. I've heard of former Sky customers on Fibrenation in York moving to new ISPs on CityFibre, so this sounds more like something specific to TalkTalk? Is it possible they have an exclusivity deal as part of the Fibrenation sale that is blocking their customers from moving to other ISPs at the moment?

In reply to a post by jpm:

This just seems like poor planning by CityFibre. Assuming the physical network is in good condition (and we have no reason to believe otherwise), they have had a while to do something like overlay XGS-PON and then enter a six-month notice period for people to sign up with Vodafone, TalkTalk, Giganet, Zen etc. and perform ONT swaps before turning the old kit off.

Believe CityFibre removed the UFO hardware already. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2020/09/cityfi...

FYI jpm CityFibre already overbuilt GPON with XGSPON in York. I imagine CityFibre want the UFO service gone as it's not a standard product on their network - see the price TalkTalk charge in regular CityFibre areas compared with UFO.

UFO (York) contract ending in 3 weeks, TT advised me the UFO service is ending, each time I call TT to extend the contract they say someone will ring me back but never do!
Enter postcode into City Fibre website try the other companys listed they come up with ' service not available in your area yet?

My contract with TalkTalk has just ended, and I have been able to migrate to another CityFibre ISP (Giganet).

I had to place an order with my new provider to get an install date, then cancel with TT from that date. I did actually need an engineer visit to replace the old Alcatel ONT (the "homeport") with a newer ONT (a Calix 100-05625) that supports 10gbps.

The migration itself went seamlessly, however I'm seriously unimpressed with Giganet so far (intermittent routing issues on ipv4, I'm stuck behind CGNAT, static ipv4 address option not available, support tickets go unanswered for days) so I may well be moving again shortly.