FTTC - BT 21CN to Zen's network

I'm moving from IDNet's FTTC after 18 months or so to Zen's mostly due to IDNet's peak bandwidth being on the low side (80GB) and their unlimited package is very expensive, whereas Zen's 200GB is as good as unlimited for me.

Out of interest does anyone know how BT's network connects into the ISP? I'm in Leeds where Zen have a POP (http://www.zen.co.uk/about-us/our-network.aspx). As such would I be connected from BT's core in Leeds straight to Zen's Leeds POP and then via their internal network, or is it likely BT will connect elsewhere in the country, such as London before handing over to Zen?

Hi there,

This web page has some good information about the connection between BT and the ISP.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/BTCentrals.htm

Paul

Edited by Ripley (Mon 30-Jan-12 19:58:18)

Would be interesting to know what BT centrals Zen have, maybe that is confidential information however...

Ubernick - On a FTTC connection in Leeds you will connect to our network in Manchester.

Just to add,

Leeds circuits will always head to Manchester regardless as posted by Zen_ijg, and other WBMC circuits will connect to either Manchester or London depending on their location and will be fixed to either at the time of order.


~Edited for clarification~

Edited by deleted (Tue 31-Jan-12 13:54:02)

In reply to a post by Ripley:

Would be interesting to know what BT centrals Zen have, maybe that is confidential information however...

Just to add to the info on Kitz, the connections from 21CN are referred to as hostlinks and run at either 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps or higher and are delivered over fibre Ethernet.