I have asked the same question to my CRM and the OTA with no response so any light you could shed on it would be great.
Thanks, Paul Astle This email was Sent from my iPhone please excuse any grammar and spelling mistakes. > On 10 Sep 2015, at 8:29 pm, Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > > Edward > It's a fair challenge I will comeback with a fuller response. > > Regards > Neil > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 10 Sep 2015, at 17:50, Edward Dore > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Neil, >> >> I may have missed this, so apologies if it has already been explained >> elsewhere, but are you able to shed any light on what the official reason is >> for not leaving CPs with the option of paying extra to have a BT/Openreach >> supplied VDSL modem with the customer facing Ethernet port as the >> demarcation point for the service? >> >> Surely if CPs are willing to continue to pay extra for this option over the >> line-only service, then it shouldn't be a problem to offer both variants of >> the service? The likes of Sky and TalkTalk get their reduced cost service >> where they can bundle their own integrated VDSL modem/router at the cost of >> moving the demarcation point back to the master socket similar to ADSL and >> smaller CPs get to keep using the BT/Openreach supplied separate VDSL modems >> with the demarcation point at the customer facing Ethernet port, but pay >> extra for doing so. >> >> Edward Dore >> Freethought Internet >> >>> On 10 Sep 2015, at 14:59, Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 10 Sep 2015, at 13:07, Gord Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> But like Brandon says, that's another issue - it's the end-end+demark >>>> principle. I see this as BT Group washing their hands of things as a >>>> business tactic to raise profits on SFI visits and dodge out of fixing >>>> the faults in their plant. I can see only one winner there. >>> >>> What absolute codswallop. >>> >>> "Dodge out of fixing the faults" ?! If there is a problem and it needs >>> fixing then we want to fix it. We want customers to be happy, I would >>> assert we make more money having stuff that works than stuff that doesn't. >>> >>> In an ideal world the FTTC OR box would never have been deployed but given >>> the lack of maturity and compatibility issues back then in VDSL chipsets it >>> was felt that having this as part of the product was unavoidable. >>> It's a very different world now. -- ------------------------------ The Networking People (NorthWest) Limited. Registered office: c/o Hanleys, Spring Court, Hale, Cheshire, WA14 2UQ. Registered in England & Wales with company number: 07667393 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
