[uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

What are the thoughts of smaller OR CPs represented here regarding the withdrawal of Openreach FTTC CPEs as an option? To me it seems like a backward step, and while the big volume boys may well want to provide their own quad play CPEs (and avoid having two boxes etc), for smaller operators,

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

" Of course, it may just be us that doesn't like it :)" Robin, I can assure you it isn’t only you. The absolute winner for us is the fault ownership as you've already detailed and indeed the fault management and recovery process without the passing of the buck which tends to dominate ADSL

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

On 7 September 2015 at 15:27, Robin Williams wrote: > for smaller operators, the Openreach provided CPE had a lot of benefits - it > was a circuit provided end-to-end by Openreach which included the CPE > equipment as part of the support. +1 If I was a gambling man..