Re: What about competition?
With ADSL I had a choice between far more providers and frequent promotional offers to keep the prices down. The bandwidth was enough for my needs, I still don't see the point of fiber or cable for my personal use but I've been forced to subscribe one. I realise there are people at the other end of the spectrum who can't get a decent connection and would rather be in my shoes, but that doesn't say I shouldn't complain.
I've checked Zen and A&A as suggested by sthen and you (thanks for that), but their availability checker returns nothing for my address, and their rates don't look appealing anyway. So competition is still inexistent in this domain. I'm particularly appalled to see that they will still force a line rental on you, even though it's absolutely unnecessary for FTTP, or just take 2 quid off the 17 for NOT providing it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
