BT only exchange?

Drunkstar

egarobar wrote: »

Yes, I agree with Denebola that it is unfair. We live in rural Wales, and we and many of our friends/neighbours have had exactly this problem - e.g. SamKnows saying OK, TalkTalk saying yes we can, then finding out after 3 months that BT won't let them.

But its not that BT wont let them. Or did you not read the above posts?

steveo3002

iceburn wrote: »

but O2 could provide her with the home access package that cost like £17.50 a month (a rebrand of BT) but is unlimited etc...

ive got this , very pleased with it

got a better price too , £12.99

deklan99

egarobar wrote: »

Yes, I agree with Denebola that it is unfair. We live in rural Wales, and we and many of our friends/neighbours have had exactly this problem - e.g. SamKnows saying OK, TalkTalk saying yes we can, then finding out after 3 months that BT won't let them.

First you will have to find out why BT "won't let them" before complaining. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/oftel/publications/broadband/dsl_facts/LLUbackground.htm shows what has to happen for LLU operators to install their equipment. If your exchange is physically too small for the extra gear and/or it is impractical/unsafe for BT to expand the exchange there's nothing that can be done.
Combine that with it costs LLU operators around £100000 to install their own equipment it just isn't profitable for them to contemplate exchanges with very low subscriber numbers.
Recent news suggests BT's USO will be removed and rural areas won't have to use BT at all - http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article5439268.ece and " could pave the way for BT to rip out its century-old copper network in some of Britain’s least-populated regions".