I did put my phone number into the Vivaciti site and it says.
ADSL2+ LLU 100GB FUP
So sometime this year Talk Talk did work on the Jedburgh exchange and i can now get LLU either through Talk Talk or Vivaciti.
Well that's good, i'm still surprised though.
It would be extra nice if i could get higher speeds on upload since my website is around 3GB in size and backups take a long time at 448kbp/s. I'm actually happy enough with the 5.5mbp/s i currently get on download, although more speed is also nice.
I'm currently with Zen, if i wanted to go LLU would i get a MAC code or just ask Talk Talk to put me on their LLU service, can i be guaranteed it will be LLU and they won't put me on an inferior IPstream product. ( thats Talk Talk )
I do website backups sometimes in the evening, maybe once a month, would Talk Talk see the FTP backup taking place and confuse it with P2P ( never use ) and throttle my speed, i do enjoy online gaming and don't want speed capped, is LLU with Talk Talk good at not throttling online gaming or indeed IPlayer or movie trailer downloads, if all they throttle is P2P then thats fine as i don't use it, i just wonder how they differentiate between P2P and applications like FTP and IPlayer and downloads.
Just noticed that the Vivaciti site says ADSL2+ LLU - offers unlimited usage on the LLU platform (C&W) Not available at your exchange, does this mean there is a capacity issue at my exchange, why do i not get that offer. ?
Finally, am i right in saying that higher upload and download speeds depend on BT carrying out work at my local exchange. ?
Thanks for everyones help, looks like i may be able to save some money with LLU although i'll actually be a little sad to leave behind the excellent reliable service that Zen Internet gives me, i also know it might be costly to go back to Zen should Talk Talk disappoint me and the only way they would do that is by throttling me during peak times. ( something i experienced once with Virgin many years ago and don't wish to experience again )
Edited by deleted (Thu 03-Nov-11 02:13:34)