Cityfibre - Edinburgh

[s2kjock]

Has anyone here dealt with them at all for residential connections? Despite them seeming to be digging up every pavement and road in Edinburgh over the past 18 months all around me, including past my front door, no indication at all of providing a service to me.

Are they actually just a cover name for a covert team at a Council intent buggering up the city's completely for the private motor car, or do they ever plan to provide some much needed competition to BT and Virgin?

Seems bizarre given the natural turnover in telecoms/broadband contracts that they are not as a minimum spamming every resident with "coming soon" type guff and a timeline to stop people renewing with a long term contract with the competition.

[s2kjock]

I'm not rampantly anti-BT, just want a bit more of a choice and to use the others as a bargaining chip in negotiations. I only want to sign up for 12 months max at a reasonable cost. Currently on Virgin, but out of term contract and not willing to sign up for 24 months to get a decent monthly charge (especially as the speeds have never come anywhere near what has been promised).

[s2kjock]

8bit said:

@s2kjock - you may have done this already but if you go to the CityFibre website you should be able to plug in your postcode and see what ISPs offer service via CF in your area.

I have done this a couple of times, but the only service they seem to offer currently is "fking up your pavement".

I actually can get a 5g signal where I am (just) and were it not for the OH not wanting to risk it, plus it sometimes not coping with 2 people WFH/streaming certain stuff to TV, I'd just use my portable router at £25 - £30 a month until a decent fixed offering came along.