This is the thing living in London I'm kinda used to seeing our streets/roads having people putting cables in for many reasons which is fine . However I stopped and talked to one of dudes and asked ya virgin
The answer no.. he said we are community broadband.. same speed as bt. But much cheaper.. I said alas I've a contract how i can just leave he mentioned
There is a thing called " buy back "
Which means new companies will pay your so called exit penalty to join them..
I will add to this to say on the whole imo bt has been a pioneer in B/D and still will be .. and most of all the cats on here who take the time to answer/solve the problems us plebs have I salute you.
I speak for myself, sometimes I spoke frontier gibberish.. , but hey my intention was always fun