In reply to a post by orly:

Add to this the fact, that most of this targeted coverage is already being served by Virgin today with better services, and this tells you how far behind current standards BT really is.

How much of the population does Virgin reach and what are their plans for expansion of the network to more of the population?
Is theirs a "genuine FTTP technology"? I think you'll find its not. You'll get fibre to the general area and then a coax cable to your house in most instances.

In our area at least there are several Virgin (ex-NTL) cabinets, I believe fed by fibre, on every street.

There is one BT Cabinet serving the lot, 500 metres from my house. There is an NTL one across the road, and another round the corner three houses away, before reaching the first house down that street.

In reply to a post by digiscott:

I have never been able to get any info on upgrades for my exchange.can yuou point me in a direction to find it.

I use www.samknows.com for general information and then call the ISP to confirm planned dates. When I was with O2 they where not certain when my exchange was going LLU as the RFS date kept moving on samknows. I got a little fed up.

Though from seeking an answer to my question I pottered around on forums and now follow the adsl checker on www.btwholesale.com > broadband > resources> adsl checker.

https://www.btwholesale.com/pages/static/Community/B...

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line speed up to 2Mbps.


Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL Max broadband line speed of 4Mbps.


Your exchange is planned to have ADSL2+ by 30th April 2011. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL2+ broadband line speed of 4Mbps.