Now Broadband + Talk contract renewal - Openreach provider is a must

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easysaver said:

The cheapest EE product is the same speed and price as BT, to be expected.

For future reference - https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/fttp-providers
Vodafone is listed but may also use CityFibre, and a quick search on Sky comes up with a Sky forum post saying they have recently started using CityFibre as well.

I'd guess that where a provider can use either Openreach or CityFibre then surely it's most cost effective to use an existing fibre line rather than install a brand new one. But I guess that depends on their contractual agreements with the suppliers. It's the uncertainty that's the killer for me.

My price with EE was agreed over the phone with BT retentions & £3 per month cheaper than BT could offer, I wrongly assumed their advertised prices would be slightly cheaper too.

I don't think the cost effectiveness of existing v a new fibre line comes into it, would imagine it's CityFibre offering access to their infrastructure for slightly cheaper than Openreach?

mac.d

dnpark38 said:

I'm with ZEN on BT/Open Reach and they are expensive compared to the adverts which abound on Facebook.

I'd noted a drop in their prices via their own website, and when I spoke to them they were obviously keen to sign up a new customer, but when I queried it they were pretty clear about the cheaper price only being available via CityFibre. I should've known better, they've always been good but expensive!

Whereas when I spoke to someone from Sky, I suspected their cheap deal was the same, but they were evasive and the guy either didn't know or pretended he didn't know the difference, then hung up on me.