On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 01:55:00PM +0100, Thomas Kenyon wrote: [snip] > I thought that the line would now go through talktalk (It is an LLU > service after all). > FWIW, the same thing happened to me with a line that moved to bulldog.
In the UK BT still own 85% of all copper into premises. Ofcom forced them to relinquish various controls so others could offer service using their lines (but BT still remain owners of the copper). Initially there was CPS (carrier pre select) whereby the line was still rented from BT, but another operator would get all the call traffic, this is done by programming the line in the exchange. There is now also WLR (wholesale line rental) where the billing of the line is taken over by the other operator, but call traffic really stills go through the exchange to another operator. With LLU (local loop unbundling) there are two options, shared metallic path, whereby BT bill the line and do voice, and the LLU operator takes the broadband service. Non-shared, the line is completely jumpered to the LLU operator and they take voice and data (Bulldog used this). TalkTalk WILL do full non-shared service, however as they haven't built out enough most of the customers they're signing up are actually using BT Wholesale for broadband provision and using WLR for voice. They will eventually migrate those users to their own kit when they unbundle the exchange. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
