On 09/09/15 22:37, Brandon Butterworth wrote: > This is a game you can't win, best not play it with them
In principle, I agree on the fact that Openreach are reducing the service that existed - and was improved upon - when FTTC was first introduced. I also empathise with anyone that has to deal with them on a regular basis, especially WRT to faults. Two things now spring to mind: 1. There /are/ other ISPs playing this game, and finding their own USPs to continue doing so - if they were dropping like flies, I would believe it was completely worthless to pursue it - just doesn't appear to be the case. Case in point: this thread exists. 2. Unifying such a CPE/NTE product could also serve to provide a unified voice with which to deal with Openreach over faults. Surely they inevitably deal in large numbers or not at all, and that's (hopefully) what you would have by the time enough providers were using the same hardware - safety in numbers (well, statistics). At the end of the day, I can't imagine a commodity/consumer service coming with free NTEs for longer than is required - no doubt the same will also happen with G.Fast (as it did ADSL - damned Stingrays). Getting angry with the way Openreach operate hasn't solved anything to date, that I'm aware of. -- Tom
