[Gllug] More ISP 'choice': Bulldog LLU unable to give MAC codes

[DL Neil]

Have finally persuaded Bulldog Broadband to accept the Royal Order of  
the Boot. Both short-listed replacements (one LLU, one on top of BT)  
advised that I obtain a MAC code as their means of taking over from  
Bulldog (specifically).

Bulldog's Cancellation Team would only gave me a "Cancellation  
Reference Number". I firmly requested a MAC code anyway, but the guy I  
spoke to read out an email he claimed is the response if he requests  
MACs on LLU lines: <<It is not possible to generate a MAC code for LLU  
as it is incompatible with BT's migration process>>*

I'm bemused: are they saying BT doesn't handle MAC codes? Doesn't BT  
OpenWave (?correct name) administer the last mile? So with whom does  
Bulldog/C&W/Pipex/Tiscali have to be "compatible" if not BT? Is this  
"Cancellation Reference" a MAC code sufficient unto the purposes of  
other ISPs/LLUs or is it a device whereby I end up paying a lot more  
to have my connection changed-over?
=dn

* I've asked that he forward any such email if one arrives in response  
to my request, so that then I will have the exact wording.

Ofcom's web site talks of:
# a seamless switch known as the ?MAC process?;
# a seamless switch known as the ?letter facilitation process?;
# a seamless switch known as ?provide then cease?; and
# a non seamless switch known as ?cease and re-provide?


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