My area in Leicester (Oadby) has gone live with CityFibre a couple of days ago and orders are now possible. (been waiting years for this! nothing available here other than FTTC). And when they come, they come fast. 5 years of nothing, and now suddenly CityFibre are done, Openreach FTTP will be complete within 3 months, and nexfibre have also done their work but no idea on order date. Safe to say our telegraph poles are going to be packed to the rafters (if not already) with CBTs and equipment.
I'm struggling to choose an ISP. I'd have liked to just go with Zen (my current FTTC provider) but they're not actually set up for CityFibre at my exchange (Oadby). And hence they don't come up in the CityFibre ISP list for me. 15 ISPs and they're not one.
However if I postcode check my previous address in Leicester (Belgrave exchange), we get 16 ISPs come up on the CityFibre checker with Zen being that 16th one. I rang Zen and they said they're just not equipped in the Oadby exchange.
So it's gotten a little tricky to choose. Also Giganet aren't in the list, however I can place an order directly on their website as their checkers reflect that I can get CityFibre. I've read online about Noone (recent takeover though makes it look less of a good choice and possibly employing CGNAT soon even with static IPs). We have Yayzi, IDNet, AAISP (quite costly though!), then the usual suspects - TT, Voda, bunch of others.
Yayzi didn't have the greatest of reviews but reading the latest responses by them to reviews, they've got some new equipment on the go now. Not sure if they're a viable option now.
My requirement is basically the 900/900 connection, one IPv4 Static IP, no CGNAT (goes without saying!), and a decent latency bearing my location in mind (Oadby is South Leicester).
Can anyone provide any input on their CityFibre choice and where to go? Some do a 1 month rolling at higher upfront cost (IDNet, AAISP, Yayzi) so an option to test someone out - otherwise just a 12-month rolling so at least I'm not tied in for too long before moving. AAISP looks like a holy grail going on what people say online but the price increase is quite substantial.
Please drop your twopence here, any up to date info or direction will help! Anxious to get an order in with somebody asap!
Thanks.