In reply to a post by Spudgun:

A little off topic, but are Aquiss fttp connections now completely over the openreach network? I always thought you handed over your backhaul to the entanet network at the earliest opportunity?

The Openreach network only runs as far as the exchange. After that every connection gets handed over to a different backhaul. Not sure why Entanet is any different.

Many apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick here, but do Aquiss meet the OP's requirements of sticking with the same infrastructure that BT use?

That's not how I read their post. They simply ruled out the Zen backhaul.
Picking a provider who uses BT Wholesale backhaul like BT will not mean the same performance. BT Wholesale is sold in many ways and they can differ a lot between providers.
The backhaul is only part of it anyway, between the exchange and the provider. You then have from the provider and your end point which will again differ between providers.
BT have their own core beyond their LNS. Other providers might simply buy transit/peering.

I'd be delighted if I'm wrong about this, as I'd add Aquiss to my short list too if you don't hand over backhaul to another network at some point in its journey to the main data centres in London.

Nothing unique about what Aquiss do that would make me rule them out.

Edited by j0hn83 (Mon 10-Jun-24 21:45:04)

I was in the same boat as OP and couldn't stomach the £85 a year for AA's 900Mb any longer.

After initially deciding to go back to Uno as I'd previously been with them before, I got the unfortunate news that they are unable to do FTTP migrations. No ETA was given as to when they would be able to take me on. I got the impression it wouldn't be any time soon.

After a bit more research I've decided to give Aquiss a shot. Never been with them before but have only read positive things about them. Go live date is 20th of June and I'm happy with the £55 a month long term price, and the discounted first 6 months sweetens the deal. I've already called up a couple of times with some pre-sales queries and every time I spoke to them it was a pleasant experience. Looking forward to go live!