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Broadband Related => FTTP Rollout => Topic started by: Chrysalis on July 08, 2021, 12:05:11 PM
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They have started a rollout in Leicester.
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They usually do new property deployment, but as noted by ISP review last month, they are doing other stuff as well:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/06/isp-grain-spotted-expanding-their-uk-fttp-broadband-build.html
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Ok thanks, not so interested in these guys as I dont think they wholesale, but regardless I did contact them, and they say planned but not yet, very vague but clearly not coming soon.
They dont have a checker, so I will probably be forgetting about these guys.
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There's a lot of suppliers you never hear of.
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seems so yeah.
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I am in one of the properties covered by the Grain Connect (subsidiary of Solway Communications) in Scarborough. Annoyingly their residential service isn't really suitable for "power users", as they're using CG-NAT and require you to use their router. After lengthy conversations with their team, they are able to offer a static IP (so no CG-NAT) with the option to use your own router etc, but this is only available on their business plans - all with a 24 month contract (these are the prices I was provided with, so your milage may vary)...
- 100Mb Down, 10Mb up - £25p/m + £5 static IP uplift
- 200Mb Down, 20Mb up - £40p/m + £5 static IP uplift
- 300Mb Down, 30Mb up - £75p/m + £2.50 static IP uplift
- 500Mb down, 50Mb up - £125p/m
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Wow they make Openreach FTTP seem like saints with their business segregation.
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Looks like they are expanding their coverage area
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/08/grain-prep-gbp175m-plan-for-large-uk-fttp-broadband-rollout.html