Wholesale Broadband Connect

BT 21st Century Network (21CN) rollout

You are connected to the Stepps telephone exchange.
Wholesale Broadband Connect should be available in your area from March 31st 2012

There is currently no 21CN migration date for your PSTN service

What is Wholesale Broadband Connect

It's BT's packet-switched digital network covering both phone and data.

Basically it means you can get up-to-24 Mbit/s ADSL2+ BB offering from ISPs using BT Wholesale's network, incl. BT Retail, Orange, Plusnet and other resellers. Phone (PTSN) has been shelved for the mo'.

cheers i was hoping that was it roll on march 31st

Beware: BT's RFS dates have a habit of slipping.

What speed do you connect at now? It may not help your download if you are under 6Mbps, though the upload is usually much higher than ADSL. The stats from your router would be useful if there is any doubt.

Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 5856 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps

FAQ


Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.

Download Speed
4168 Kbps

0 Kbps 7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed

Download speedachieved during the test was - 4168 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :5856 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 4500 Kbps

We need the other stats from router; esp. Attenuation & Noise Margin.

Otherwise we can't tell if you will not gain from 21CN WBC or you have a wiring issue.

Pending actual attenuation and noise margin figures, perhaps 1 Mbps extra on the downstream, and a doubling of your upstream.

Downstream Attenuation for this line is probably around 42 to 47dB

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 5856 kbps 448 kbps
Line Attenuation 45.1 db 22.5 db
Noise Margin 5.1 db 27.0 db