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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

At least you could double your bandwidth...

Oh yeah 2 x 2mb will really be worth the outlay for line bonding wont it...

You could use load balancing which is much cheaper, anyway BE are doing 3 months free and free install on their bonding

not for long EO, they can be addressed by inserting a PCP into the network close to a large group of end users. Exchange VDSL will do for the centre of the current doughnut.

@Lacertus

What sync speed do you actually get? If you are an EO line, I assume you are in a Market1 location, is that true?

EO lines are not just the preserve of Market 1 exchanges, but potentially exist all across the UK

Indeed. Whereas e0 and e1, e2, e3 etc are a characteristic of small exchanges, e0 and pressurisation as far as possible was a late eighties idea and can be found on large exchanges.

Whats a market1....?

According to SamKnows Swindon Blunsdon is Market 3 - OP mentioned the postcode and exchange.

In reply to a post by Lacertus:

Whats a market1....?

I think market 1 is where BT Wholesale are the only broadband provider i.e. no LLU operators to choose from meaning less choice

In reply to a post by Lacertus:

Whats a market1....?

Market 1; those areas covered by exchanges where BT is the only operator. (By BT they mean BT Wholesale).
Market 2; those areas covered by exchanges where there are 2 or 3 operators.
Market 3; those areas covered by exchanges where there are 4 or more operators.

Your best place to check is samknows but be careful! You can count the number of operators there, and find it doesn't agree with the OfCom Classification shown towards the bottom roight.

That's because it isn't a real-time classification. OfCom issue new lists every now and then, and whatever happens in-between on a particular exchange makes no difference until they do a new list.

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 10-Apr-12 22:09:43)

I wonder what might happen if you asked them to install one new line followed by a second new line? It would cost two lots of ~100, plus line rental for a month, but it might mean they would run a line to you from a convenient nearby cabinet...

Might.