I'm so far from the exchange that it's not going to make much of a difference for me. However, the freedom of not having "Line Profiles" is like having handcuffs removed !

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like having handcuffs removed

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The voice of experience?

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I'm so far from the exchange that it's not going to make much of a difference for me.

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I concur.

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However, the freedom of not having "Line Profiles" is like having handcuffs removed !

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I have heard a lot about this 'advantage' but I've not tried out LLU yet as there aren't any LLU operators on my exchange that I would consider going with but BE have an RFS date of 30th June so I will just have to wait and see

Interesting map - but my exchange - Droitwich which is hardly a metropolis - has, according to samknows:

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
BT Wholesale SDSL
AOL LLU
O2 / Be LLU
Bulldog LLU
TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
Sky Broadband / Easynet LLU

I'm moving from IDNet to Sky Mid to save �20 per month.

Size isn't everything

It's a combination of cost and potential.

A small town can be on a main cross-country cable route with ready access to backhaul. As a result of rapid growth in the last couple of decades it could have a modern exchange with plenty of room for kit. The addition of housing estates may mean an orderly cable layout that serves everyone really well.

A large town or even parts of a city could be a long way from a decent cable and therefore starved of backhaul capacity. They might have an ancient crumbling exchange with no room for expansion. The cable runs might be turtuous and incomprehensible with a large percentage of customers out in the cold.

Edited by Andrue (Sat 29-Mar-08 09:34:27)