On Fri Aug 16, 2013 at 05:58:04PM +0000, Neil J. McRae wrote: > Openreach have EBD also - if you tell you AM to drop me a note I will see > what we have where you need it - in that location we me be more limited but I > can have a look.
I've just been looking at this too, as $dayjob is starting to unbundle some exchanges. Although EBD is wavelength based, so you have a bit more flexibility what you can run over it, be careful with the pricing. In my case, I found that a bunch of 1G EADs between exchanges was cheaper than running 1G EBD's. And, one frustration with EBD - it's all based around chains between the ASN's (i.e. smaller exchanges) and OHP's (i.e. major exchanges). In my case, I've got two exchanges which are on the same chain back to an OHP where I also have a presence - but I don't seem to be able to take advantage of the "chain" - just buy a wave from each ASN back to the OHP. GEO do have fibre into quite a lot of the BT exchanges - they provide backhaul for one of the major LLU providers - and will sell you wavelengths (albeit on your own dedicated fibres). SSE are starting to dig fibre into a bunch more BT exchanges, and you might find that Aberdeen is on the list as it's their stomping ground. Alternatively, the likes of Enta or Expo-E have presence in a number of BT Exchanges (particularly in cities). Simon
