Hmm - very interesting; I didn't realise BTW did optical stuff. I'll give our BTW account manager a bell next week. I thought to get something from BT we'd be restricted to the very limited Openreach EBD service - which only runs between a handful of OHP locations.
The PoPs we're looking at are all in Scotland (specifically Aberdeen being the tricky spot at the moment) where the Thus network existed in a decent capacity at one point. Nobody seems to know what happened to it, or whether they still use it. I've heard rumours that C&W just left the old Thus network to rot. Thanks for the tip. C -- Charlie Boisseau Fluency Communications Ltd. e. char...@fluency.net.uk<mailto:char...@fluency.net.uk> w. http://fluency.net.uk/ t. 0845 874 7000 Fluency Communications Ltd. is part of the Commsworld<http://www.commsworld.com/> Group. This Email and files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended for the sole use of the individual or organisation addressed. If you have received this Email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete it without using, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person While Fluency has endeavoured to ensure that any attachments do not contain viruses it will not be liable for any losses incurred by the recipient. Fluency Communications Ltd. Registered in Scotland. Company Number: SC390685. Registered Office Address: 45 Peffer Place, Edinburgh, EH16 4BB On 16 Aug 2013, at 18:34, Neil J. McRae <n...@domino.org<mailto:n...@domino.org>> wrote: BT Wholesale can do optical services - competitive, quick and reliable. I am pretty sure that to BT locations C&W when I left had few DWDM nodes - intact I don't think their where any - might have changed. C&W did offer optical services back in my day also! Sent from my iPhone On 16 Aug 2013, at 17:34, "Charlie Boisseau" <char...@fluency.net.uk<mailto:char...@fluency.net.uk>> wrote: Hi all, We use Voda for some Ethernet L2 access, but we're now trying to get wavelength pricing from them for our own backhauls. C&W seem to have presence in a bunch of exchanges we're unbundling, so it makes sense for us to get our backhauls from carriers that have fibre in the building. So after weeks of pushing for pricing etc. our account manager is now saying they don't offer wavelengths!! I find it hard to believe that a telco like Voda/C&W don't do proper optical services. We can always resort to their Ethernet products, but I suffer from latency snobbery, and Nick suffers from 'putting my Qs in your Qs' and MTU snobbery. Has anyone else successfully bought Wavelengths from C&W? Thanks, Charlie. -- Charlie Boisseau Fluency Communications Ltd. e. char...@fluency.net.uk<mailto:char...@fluency.net.uk> w. http://fluency.net.uk/ t. 0845 874 7000 Fluency Communications Ltd. is part of the Commsworld<http://www.commsworld.com/> Group. This Email and files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended for the sole use of the individual or organisation addressed. If you have received this Email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete it without using, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person While Fluency has endeavoured to ensure that any attachments do not contain viruses it will not be liable for any losses incurred by the recipient. Fluency Communications Ltd. Registered in Scotland. Company Number: SC390685. Registered Office Address: 45 Peffer Place, Edinburgh, EH16 4BB
