Changing Fibre ISP

[#1]

With ADSL there is no charge for switching between ISPs who both utilise BT Wholesale infrastructure.

Looking Fibre services from various ISPs there is almost always a set-up charge. Do these charges apply to customers who already have a Fibre service when switching to a Fibre service with another ISP (assuming that no "free" router is required)?

[#2]

Yes they apply to migrations too.

[#3]

However this charge is varied by all ISPs when they create new customer offers so the headline cost figure can be cut lower but the one-off install costs can be pushed up. Or not sometimes.

Basically this one-off cost has no relationship to the true cost of getting your service live. The amount you pay is normally a lot less than the wholesale cost of setting up. And the rest is recovered over the contract period from your other charges.

[#4]

And of course you can always offset the setup fees with cash back and the like.

I recently migrated from Sky to BT, and I was still £200 up even after taking into account the £60 setup fee BT charged.