Aled, You’re right - this is the same with all BT Openreach services - they provide a shelf, an NTE, dedicated monitoring etc. etc. However BT Wholesale have the flexibility to do things in a more sensible way and are competing with the likes of SSE, Level3, Virgin etc. who all offer wavelength services on a per-port basis rather than a per-platform basis.
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 6 Jan 2014, at 14:44, Aled Morris <al...@qix.co.uk<mailto:al...@qix.co.uk>> wrote: On 6 January 2014 14:20, Charlie Boisseau <char...@fluency.net.uk<mailto:char...@fluency.net.uk>> wrote: Surely if BT were genuinely in the DC (i.e. they have a WDM capability in the building), then they don’t need to buy tails from anyone. It's because the service you're buying isn't a one-off wave, it's the platform for providing multiple (wave-based) services. I don't know if it makes sense - technically, obviously there are many ways of providing service, many of which would be more convenient for the customer. On the other hand, commercially BT seem to have done all right with their approach. They've sold plenty so customers must be OK with it. We've had this debate since forever - it was the same with SDH circuits back in the day - you had to accommodate an SDH shelf, PSU and batteries in your rack in Telehouse to get a single E1 from BT whereas other operators would simply run you a coax pair from their suite. Aled
