Will I regret not going for fibre broadband?

lee111s

Mister_G wrote: »

The fact that your are getting an ADSL speed at the top end of the range indicates that your copper line is in reasonable order.

Therefore it follows that you should have been getting the quoted figure in the table when you had your BT VDSL connection, unless there was some sort of a fault at the cabinet.

ZEN are a very good ISP and if you did have any issues with speed, then I'm confident that they would sort them out for you.

Not sure that BT would do this!

I note that, luckily, you have FTTP available. Not sure if ZEN can offer this to you.

Not quite.

FTTP on Demand costs roughly £17000 over the first three years including installation, after which the pricing drops to standard FTTP pricing of ~£30-70 per month depending on speed package required.

Mister_G

lee111s wrote: »

Not quite.

FTTP on Demand costs roughly £17000 over the first three years including installation, after which the pricing drops to standard FTTP pricing of ~£30-70 per month depending on speed package required.

I assume that FTTP on new builds (becoming more common) doesn't cost this?

lee111s

Mister_G wrote: »

I assume that FTTP on new builds (becoming more common) doesn't cost this?

Correct, some new builds and other areas where Openreach are installing FTTP as part of their commercial roll out is known as native FTTP. A very different beast to FTTP on Demand.

Native FTTP is displayed on the BT Wholesale checker as WBC FTTP.

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LadyMcFinch wrote: »

That deal has now come to an end and I'm looking to sign up with Zen. I was going to go with the regular broadband for a 12 month contract, total £300 for the year, but I'm feeling tempted by the fibre (£583 for the year).

Sky's ADSL for new customers is only £18.99 a month (£227.88 for 12 months). If you're happy enough with the speed you get you will have no problem whatsoever getting that price off them, and if you push it a bit more, much less. use the latest MSE Sky BB offer as a bargaining tool.