Full Fibre - Will there ever be competion?

[Mike_J_Smith]

Our neighbourhood has recently been upgraded to Full Fibre by GigaClear and I intend to take one of their packages next year once my 2 year deal with Virgin for normal broadband finishes.

Gigaclear are doing lots of deals at the moment to try and get people to make the switch; but most of them are 18-24 months, after which the rates pretty much double.

As far as I know, I can only get Full Fibre through Gigaclear so I was wondering whether that will ever change (like now the broadband lines are owned by BT but you can get broadband through a number of suppliers). Without that competition, I fear prices might soar once we've made the switch. Is there any news out there on how this will play out long term?

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

You have a choice of two gigabit-capable services which is quite good going compared to a lot of people. If Gigaclear don't give you a decent renewal deal then go back to VM on a new customer deal, rinse and repeat.

VM don't offer the fibre, just standard broadband.

I was in the desert of no fibre until last year and then in the space of 4-6 weeks I could get an alt.net (LitFibre), BT Openreach and Virgin. I guess depending on where you are BT or Virgin may come and join the party.

Also it appears GigaClear do have resellers, https://gigaclear.com/our-partners

Ah OK that's useful. A bit of competition should hopefully keep prices in check, although I guess it'll be at a premium for a few years yet.