In reply to a post by jpm:

Gigabit leased lines in central London are dirt cheap, which is just as well because it's that or ADSL a lot of the time.

Hehe yeah define "dirt cheap"

Saying that 2Connect were several hundred pounds per month cheaper than VMB for the same service! I don't think VMB were really trying that hard...

Leased lines are cheap everywhere at the minute, 2Connect were the cheapest we spoke to but there were a few within a few pounds of 2Connect for us, and there were a lot who were more than double.

The '45 day guarantee' is a current promotion from Virgin themselves - in thaory any provider using VMB can (or at least should) offer that

I wasn't aware. Thats a really good lead time comapred to some I've seen.

£400pm for 1gbps is a very good price.

In reply to a post by Sammm_:

I wasn't aware. Thats a really good lead time comapred to some I've seen.

£400pm for 1gbps is a very good price.

Yes a pretty compelling deal and the price was well south of £400.

In reply to a post by merula:

The '45 day guarantee' is a current promotion from Virgin themselves - in thaory any provider using VMB can (or at least should) offer that

I have a direct quote from VMB, not only were they £200 per month adrift of the price I was offered by 2Connect there was no mention from them of a 45 day install time guarantee.

I can only surmise they either weren’t terribly interested or their sales guy was literally going though the motions....

"Leased lines are cheap everywhere at the minute" - not everywhere. In urban areas there are some very good prices, but in rural areas the prices are much much higher, and seem to be rising. Admittedly I haven't checked for a year, but 5 years ago I was quoted 325+VATpm for a 30Mbps on 100, but more recently the cheapest was a 50 on 1Gbps for over £700pm.

In reply to a post by sheephouse:

"Leased lines are cheap everywhere at the minute" - not everywhere. In urban areas there are some very good prices, but in rural areas the prices are much much higher, and seem to be rising. Admittedly I haven't checked for a year, but 5 years ago I was quoted 325+VATpm for a 30Mbps on 100, but more recently the cheapest was a 50 on 1Gbps for over £700pm.

I installed a 100/1000 leased line for a customer not that long ago in a rural area for £400 per month

That's not bad, but still a lot more than it would be in an urban area - and I'm guessing it wouldn't be that price in all rural areas.
A superfast connection would be nice, but even at that price it makes more sense to give up work and use the money to retire early.

In reply to a post by sheephouse:

"Leased lines are cheap everywhere at the minute" - not everywhere. In urban areas there are some very good prices, but in rural areas the prices are much much higher, and seem to be rising. Admittedly I haven't checked for a year, but 5 years ago I was quoted 325+VATpm for a 30Mbps on 100, but more recently the cheapest was a 50 on 1Gbps for over £700pm.

The gist of his “everywhere” comment was I believe about leased line service pricing elsewhere around the country as a whole.

Of course rural areas in comparison to urban ones (or where a provider has ready access to infrastructure) will virtually always be more expensive to connect for a single service. I know that all too well.