Will Aquiss be offering 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps services

[Chris]

I agree with the sentiments already expressed, I'm on the enthusiast/engineer side of the market and I'm multi-gig ready at home. I'd be extremely interested in upgrading to the fastest available service at the earliest opportunity, as I suspect a number of customers would be.

It might be worth offering a pilot/early user mailing list to gather expressions of interest?

[Martin]

I'm guessing this is still down the the mercy of BT Wholesale not offering the package from Openreach considering Aquiss has now launched 1.2Gb & 2.5Gb on CityFibre

Our route to market for Openreach products is via BT Wholesale (like most ISPs) who at present are the ones holding up things.

The general updates we are getting are hinting that the Cablelinks from Openreach into BTW pretty much all need upgrading.

[Martin]

I agree with the sentiments already expressed, I'm on the enthusiast/engineer side of the market and I'm multi-gig ready at home. I'd be extremely interested in upgrading to the fastest available service at the earliest opportunity, as I suspect a number of customers would be.

It might be worth offering a pilot/early user mailing list to gather expressions of interest?

It's not that I don't want to release products, the vast majority of the industry is in the same boat. My contacts at other providers are as frustrated as much as we are with BT Wholesale.

In the meantime, as a team, we have pushed ahead with other plans and in some cases brought things forward.

[Bawlk]

I'm guessing this is still down the the mercy of BT Wholesale not offering the package from Openreach considering Aquiss has now launched 1.2Gb & 2.5Gb on CityFibre

Our route to market for Openreach products is via BT Wholesale (like most ISPs) who at present are the ones holding up things.

The general updates we are getting are hinting that the Cablelinks from Openreach into BTW pretty much all need upgrading.

Surely not if EE are using, they're all based off the same platform AFAIK

[Martin]

EEs relationship is direct with Openreach for these products (where as their sub 1Gbps are via BTW for the most part). EE have a mixed solution in place (and why they can't offer some of their solutions to all customers).

BTWs own links into Openreach are already running quite tight in some areas. Cablelink updates are running at circa 3-4 months for upgrades in most places.

[Bawlk]

EEs relationship is direct with Openreach for these products (where as their sub 1Gbps are via BTW for the most part). EE have a mixed solution in place (and why they can't offer some of their solutions to all customers).

BTWs own links into Openreach are already running quite tight in some areas. Cablelink updates are running at circa 3-4 months for upgrades in most places.

Doesn't seem to be the case going with people I've spoken to and posted here

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... ent-306046

[Martin]

Doesn't seem to be the case going with people I've spoken to and posted here

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... ent-306046

Good job I don't get my source of information from ISPr

[Bawlk]

Good job I don't either I was mearly pointing out an example that backs up my source. We've tested it and the 1.8Gb is going via the same wholesale multiserive edge router as their 1Gb service

[idmanager@gmail.com]

Hi
My contract will soon be up , is there any signs of the faster 1.8 fttp speeds soon, as nexfibre has just been installed in our estate and I can get 2gig speed from them, don’t want to jump ship if faster speeds will be available from Aquiss

[Martin]

Hi
My contract will soon be up , is there any signs of the faster 1.8 fttp speeds soon, as nexfibre has just been installed in our estate and I can get 2gig speed from them, don’t want to jump ship if faster speeds will be available from Aquiss

No different to my previous points. What I posted at viewtopic.php?p=34#p34 still applies, timescales included.