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"If you don’t have an active OpenReach connection a new ISP will have to install one (£30-£60 and a few weeks to schedule)."

No charge for a F.T.T.P. connection.

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That's a maximum speed of 73Mb/s I think?

I'd look at TalkTalk but the company's reputation is even worse than Virgin's. If you're happy with FTTP speeds, NOW broadband is £23/m with offers on their TV packages and it's only a 12 month contract

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I have an Openreach engineer coming out to do the install.

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I'll be interested how you find the TalkTalk services. I'm still waiting for the notification of my price rise and I'm starting to think I might not get one or can call and get a similar price to what I'm paying VM. I'm out of contract in June 23.

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Assuming that Openreach (the supplier) is reliable, which of the sub-contractors is regarded as the best.

I know that a lot of companies advertise services using Openreach infrastructure, talk talk, EE, Zen, and a whole host of others.

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Even if there's no immediate price rise for you, you'll definitely get a notification due to the wider T&Cs change (removal of Wifi Hotpots and future inflation-linked price rises), it is on its way, they just haven't got around to all of us yet.

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Assuming that Openreach (the supplier) is reliable, which of the sub-contractors is regarded as the best.


https://www.giganet.uk/

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Thanks, but not available in my area yet.

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Nor mine, but I've registered interest. It's looking extremely likely that Openreach will have rolled out to my area by the time my VM contract ends.

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I'd have a lot more confidence in these alternative fibre providers, including OpenReach, if they'd commit to a going live timetable. I'm not even getting a year for the likely rollout when I enquire, let alone a month.

I'm not rural - I live six miles from central London in one of the biggest boroughs and there is NO fibre alternative to Virgin and every avenue of investigation so far has drawn a blank. This country's in the high speed slow lane alright.

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I'm more fortunate in that regard, Openreach are busily working in my area converting exchanges ,installing poles etc. I'm confident by the time June 24 rolls around, it'll be done.

Small market town W. Mids, surrounded by ruralness, seems odd that London would be bereft of that type of infrastructure already.

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The current trend has rural heading for a higher FTTP coverage (% of properties) than urban. I am not aware of any government scheme to help urban not spots. :(

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Just had the email, my service will increase from £61 to £76 per month. Called retentions who offered to "rebundle" my services on a new 18 month contract for £82 a month, I declined their kind offer!

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Just had mine £12 increase called retentions now paying £7, less than before increase so a £19 per month discount ! Same package , down side 18 month new contract :erm: just have to live with next increase.

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Had another look at my contract, I missed a bit that links to a page on VM for "generic" terms and conditions, and that bit it links to includes a clause of VM been able to opt out of the price, but also the entire contract. It does state though as was said a penalty free exit can happen, so if I do get the price rise email, I will be haggling for it to be discounted like others have done.