I've been asked to give a brief description of LLU and what changes that you don't see.
LLU is doing the whole thing from where your copper cable ends in the local phone exchange to the internet, instead of getting what is called BT central pipes that come in different sizes, the more users the higher the cost. For 1 622 megabyte pipe that can hold that can hold thousands of users depending on how much each of them are using in terms of speed like if 10 users is downloading at 240k/s on a 2 megabit line that is using 2.4 meg out of that 622 meg central pipe that the ISP has to BT, these pipes can cost over 175k a month in charges to BT.
The way it used to be done before LLU is that BT did everything to fix the problems from what ever was needed in the exchange or the network between the exchange to where ever Wanadoo have a building full of fancy equipment that networked you to the outside world, where as now it is Wanadoo that has to do this as they don't pay BT anything but space charges in the exchange for their equipment. It is also a new area as they didn't have the need to know how it was all done before they put the equipment in the exchanges and I do believe they are struggling with the lines that aint just a straight forward swap. Also maybe with compatibility problems with equipment, most likely yes with the manpower and people who know how to fix the problems.
They wont come clean as if you look at one of my posts to the so called Wanadoo staff member they say about their LLU provider, where if they had a provider it would have to be some one like Bulldog, Tiscalli or Easynet which would still give them the same problem that they had to pay for wholesale charges to a different company instead of BT and it would cut into profits. One thing that is puzzling me is that are they really a Wanadoo employee and they say LLU provider it could be in a worse position over all but I am taking what they say with a pinch of salt as I do know Wanadoo was trailing their own LLU in Leeds a while ago.
LLU is the process where a rival operator purchases space in a BT exchange to instal their own kit and provide end users directly, completly bypassing BT except for the use of the notorious "Last Mile" BT charge for the use of copper to the end users premises, however compared to Wholesaling it from BT, it significantly cheaper - Its the LLU enablement thats expensive.
There are two types of LLU - Full and partial
Full (Bulldog) completely control the last mile for both PSTN and xDSL services, and provide these directly to your home onto their own networks.
Partial (Wanadoo) control only the xDSL part of the last mile - End user PSTN services are still provided by BT.
In both cases, the LLUO needs to have a backhaul from the BT exchange to link to their own network - Also, in these days quite expensive.
LLU is a reasonably new technology. I think its nice to remind ourselves that companies like Bulldog and Wanadoo are on their own, and no longer have the incumbent to blame and fix problems with.
Yes, its fustrating - but BT had to start fom somewhere too, so do wanadoo, tiscali, bulldog and Talk Talk - There is no such thing a a 100% fit for service xDSL network. If BT still have black holes in their network where they cannot provide DSL, so will tiscali and co...
And unlike BT, who have tens of thousands of knowledgeable enginners, and nearly a hundred years telecoms experience to back it on, LLUO's engineers are in a new phase - Engineers havnt dealt with LLU before, and its a learning curve...
And for the record, I DO NOT work for ANY of the aforementioned companies!
LLU is the EU wide deregulatory attempt to unwind the old 'encumbent' national PTT (old state run phone company) monopolies, in France its called 'degroupage', its happening in Germany too.
I very much doubt that Wanadoo, aka France Telecom a majority state owned PLC, are using their own staff in the UK to install equipment, the LLU work will be sub-contracted.
When you opt for LLU, the Sub-contractors are handed one end of a twisted pair that may have been in the ground for 50 years, in a rain-filled duct that collapsed 20 years ago, then overhead on a rotting telegraph pole and finally via a street cabinet that is rusting where it stands.
I doubt if anyone "has the faintest idea" what the true attenuation or crosstalk on your line is like, until they actually connect an ADSL device at each end. They might have a best guess.
And BT have fought tooth and claw NOT to give up those wires.
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