The first nice weekend for flying after the changes and boy did we have to work for a living!
It seems that, at the moment that the proviso's of a Basic service (i.e no traffic information has to be passed) is causing some pilots to ask for a traffic service instead.
A traffic service can only provided if the radar coverage permits it and often the service was limited because pilots requesting the service were flying below radar cover.
Don't forget that whatever the service, we have a duty of care and even if you only request, or get a Basic service, we will still give information on traffic if a confliction is likely.