Good God, Chrysalis ……… I'm a lowly engineer, a piece of …. on somebody's shoe. I wouldn't get past the first hurdle, or even be given a reasoned excuse as to why they are doing what they are doing.
Lets not go getting all flustered with knee-jerk reactions, just yet. I know
Jack about 'Vectoring engines' and/or their capabilities. As you say, it is just "rumours" about the ECI upgrade expense, and until all trials are completed and Openreach can be confident in vectoring as a sustainable product in regard to DSL speeds, then it's business as usual I'm afraid.
I can't comment on OR's behalf, but in my own opinion they are not going to deploy vectoring to just the one vendor. They are probably trialling Huwaei as I believe they were vector-ready to some degree, whereas ECI weren't ?? It's long months away, whatever the reality of the situation is, so until then …….. it's goodnight from ……….. whoops, slipped into a sketch there for a moment.