Zen LLU

I have managed to to get out of my contract from BT penalty free and I see my exchange has ZEN LLU.

Does this mean my line going no where near the BT network? Apart from my D-side - Cab - exchange.

How is the performance on Zen LLU? and pings from Midlands area to London.

My exchange is Swadlincote.

Edited by lockyatlrg (Thu 20-Mar-14 21:09:56)

It's just a pot of luck! If you are getting slow speed with BT but you more likely to get the same with Zen.

Even when there is a zen pop at my exchange?

Does that mean they'll be using C&W backhaul?

zen have their own LLU equipment they not a reseller. No idea where they get their backhaul from tho.

Sadly for some unusual reason they only enabled one of 2 exchanges in my city centre, mine is the one they didnt enable, I call it unusual as every single other provider enables both if they pick one.

Edited by Chrysalis (Thu 20-Mar-14 22:11:03)

According to this it may be C&W - http://www.zen.co.uk/latest-news/zen-internet-invest... - but I don't know if it applies to Swadlincote exchange

Edited by deleted (Thu 20-Mar-14 23:15:15)

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

According to this it may be C&W - http://www.zen.co.uk/latest-news/zen-internet-invest... - but I don't know if it applies to Swadlincote exchange

Swadlincote exchange is on Zen LLU according to SamKnows. Presumably this mean a Zen PoP rather than full unbundling. Surprisingly the nearby and much larger Burton on Trent exchange doesn't have a Zen PoP.

Edited by Tacitus (Fri 21-Mar-14 09:39:15)

The 200 pops also have a MSAN offering ADSL2+ to those connected to the exchange.

The POP for GEA-FTTC serves a wider area as one exchange may be the handover node for a number of smaller FTTC exchange areas.

The ADSL2+ LLU bit was not part of the original pop announcements, but double checked this last week.

HI,

Please can you PM me the phone number we will provide the broadband over, complete address and i will look into this for you.

Swadlincote got FTTC before Burton too, Burton is one of the worst exchanges I have ever seen, the whole place needs bulldozing down, people can't even get a PSTN service in Burton. So I'm not surprised LLU providers keep clear of it.