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HI Guys,
Does anyone have any info on the haslington exchange (CREWE) the original date was MAR2011 but has been brought forward to DEC 2010 i have not seen any activity on this side of crewe but i know for sure that the willaston exchange on the other side of crewe is now active. Is this just BT with there wires mixed between the two exchanges as it looks more likley that 2011 date for the haslington exchange is more accurate.
Any Info would be gr8 and appriciated
Many Thanks
Darren
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i have seen vans around crewe feeding the cable ducting underground, so they have started the work, dunno if itll be on time though, 31/12/10 is the due date
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where abouts did you see them just out of intrest
cheers
darren
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well i saw some today just off flag lane, have seen them along underwood lane too recently, and i know they are on the haslington exchange, they tend to install cabs furthest away first and work there way towards the exchange, thats what they are doing in winsford near me, cant be long now as my cab has had power cables installed and pavement retarmaced, woo hoo.
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cant be long now as my cab has had power cables installed and pavement retarmaced, woo hoo.
That's what they've done here in middlewich. I've had a cabinet installed back in august, tarmac replaced and all. The open reach vans have been now and again and the RFS date is the 31st as well. The cabinet has been there since august, but still nothing.
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theres a few different ones on the sysdney estate but does not look like any are BT just wondering if they are going to link them as theres a few . cant imagine they will make there own deadline of 31st dec with all this snow lol
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just an update looks like open reach are still installing fttc . There were 2 OR ivans on landsdown road on the sydney estate today so looks like they are still trying to achive a 31st go live but i hope the rumors are not true about a shortage on the new cabinets
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I`m pleased to hear that something is still happening. I have no idea if anything has happened near me as I'm out of the country at the moment.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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full steam ahead bt are all over landsdown from the top of ungeford road looks like they are trying to beat the snow before it returns next week lol
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A hole has just appeared about half way down Middlewich street a few yards from the cabinet there. (corner of Middlewich St. and Elm Drive). So things are looking up
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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2 super size cabs put in on landsdown rd one out side the pub for leap frogging and one at the top where it meets hungerford road
and exchange is still showing 31st dec so looks promising
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The fibre to my cabinet has been installed, and yesterday the cabinet was placed.
I spoke to the BT guys when the installed the fibre and they said that as far as they were aware the exchange would go live in December bit not all of the cabinets would be installed.
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where abouts in crewe ?
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one on broad st near bargin booze looks like that will be finnished tom
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Still no change with the cab on the corner of Middlewich street and Elm Drive, still hole only nothing has happened since that I can see.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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The corner of Middlewich street and Elm Drive now has an FTTC cab. My cab has changed too, I looked at it tonight and there is a new cab exactly where the old one used to be and three BT duct covers in front of it that weren't there before. Not sure whats going on there 
Edited to add: It's not an FTTC cab either it's too small.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses Edited by TheHorseman (Tue 21-Dec-10 23:17:44)
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Remember BT do have a smaller size FTTC cabinet.
small fttc cabinet
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yeah it will be the new size FTTC cab not sure aout mine yet as its either going to be a new fttc or they have patched my cab into a cab furthur up the street with a cable tie which in turn goes into the fttc cab guess i will find out soon enough
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It doesn't look like that one at all, it looks like the more modern BT standard cab (they're wider and a bit taller than the old ones). There is a new FTTC cab further down the road but whether they will just patch us to that one or fit a new FTTC cab at some point I don't know.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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they will probably patch it to the other fttc cab but had to replace your old cab to do this they will probably use a cable tie on the duct system as it does not make sense putting fttc next to every cab. im in same situation how far is the fttc cab from yours ? and what are your estimated speeds ? as mine are around 33mb which does imply it has to travel a distance or i would be getting 40mb like some one in my family where there cab is across the road .
Other scenerio could be your are getting a fttc cab next to it but they had to swap yours first for the new equipment
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My quoted speeds from the BT wholesale checker are: 31.6/7.5, the two cabs are about 600 meters apart. Bt have never got their estimates for my line correct. Their estimate for adsl2+ on my line is about 6/7 meg but I actually get 13.2 (3dB margin).
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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Take this with a pinch of salt but I spoke to a BT guy today who was wiring up the Fibre Cab I am connected too, he said it should be live in about 3 weeks.
I am just off Minshull New Road.
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lots of activity today
OR were wiring up the FTTC cab on broad street near bargin booze.
Contractors putting in a rewiring on FTTC cab outside flying lady
OR installing cables near the cab on the big round around near the old copenhall high school
Plus Post above
Also spoke to engineers and same anser next couple of weeks (which also ties in with the email i had from Zen Fibre Broadband about them going live next month on the haslington exchange. Personally believe that the haslington exchange will still be a phased role out from Jan to March as it serves 22,000 residential premsis)
I glad a started this thread as feedback from you guys has been good over the past couple of weeks keep the info coming in
Cheers
Darreb
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sorry for spelling mistakes been a long day !!!! LOL
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Yes, as I was coming home from work, there were about four BT vans parked up just off Crewe Green roundabout and also a couple of BT vans parked up by my cab. (still no FTTC cab there yet).
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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bt fan today on the hungerford rd cabinet playing with fibre cable
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New FTTC cabs going in on Lansdown past the Flying lady and one on the sysdney main road before you get to the Sydney arms.
The FTTC map says exchnage already enabled (I THINK NOT LOL) but to be fair line checker still saying 31/03/2011
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My Cab was fitted a week ago yesterday, corner of Middlewich Street and Remer Street.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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My cabinet is up and running, to what degree I am unsure but sticking my ear to it just I could hear the fans working.
The cab is on the corner of Rolls Avenue and Frank Webb.
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I don't think that mine is ready yet, it is still silent. All the holes dug have been filled in (Last hole was filled in last week - Power?). I guess it just needs Openreach to install their stuff and test it.
BT Wholesale checker still gives 31st March for my number 
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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same here 31st of march im on lansdown rd still think go live will be end of feb / start of march but i do know there still putting cabs in haslington it self must say there moving like lighting
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There is an engineer out this morning near me. I asked him when everything was to go live and he said he didn't know.
He said he was uploading software and then BT have to come back out.
I have just come home and he is working on another cabinet near me.
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I live just off Leighton Avenue - Wistaston Road,and there has been no sign of work around My nearest cab opposite the garage,does'nt look like early March for Me then.
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The RFS date has changed today from 31st March to the 2nd March.
I hope this is accurate!
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
I hope this is accurate!
Was this for your cab? I've just tried to access the BT Wholesale checker but it times out . Mine has been showing the 31st March for a while now. I don't think my cab is active yet as I can't hear any noise from it (no cooling fans)
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses
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Yes, my phone number and cabinet.
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Looks promising then, the BT Wholesale checker looks to be stuffed at the moment. It is either timing out or saying that there are no details for my number.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses Edited by TheHorseman (Mon 21-Feb-11 12:55:58)
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Live in Salisbury Close, off Salisbury Ave - opposite side of town.
Salisbury Ave is about 200m long, with a cabinet each end of it, to the Willaston exchange. Last summer BT connected both cabinets to the exchange - at one point, working 24/7 AND on Sundays (apparently something went wrong...). Willaston exchange is 1.9km away.
Our cabinet is between the other two - yep, they were pulling fibre right past it, and were even working on it, sorting out distance related problems, etc. Its also 1.9km from Haslington exchange. But the line length is 5m+ as it dog legs out to the Post Office, and then on to the old exchange site towards Haslington (the real Haslington). Why oh why that happened - the estate is only 4 years old - no one knows.
The RFS date for WMHAS has jumped all over the calendar 2010 to 2012. Using the Infinity checker we were told we would get service as of 311210. That changed to 010311, and now 310311. So far, no sign of any fibre being laid. And I doubt it will. The cabinet serves 166 households - less if you exclude the apartments. The path to WMHAS is convoluted, and given the experience in Basingstoke I think BT are going for cabinets which have 'straight-line' paths to exchanges, e.g very very few changes of direction.
I run a lot, and saw most of the Willaston fibre being deployed, and it was all in cabinets that had only one or two corners to the exchange... I hope there was an awful lot more I didn't see.
What is depressing is that this is the future for much of Britain: not 'high'-speed FTTH, or even 'fast' ADSL2 services, but instead flaky 2-3mbit connections capable of supplying a consistent 200kb/sec at best, and averaging 100k/bit. Yet with some imagination and foresight, BT could make inroads into these slow-spots and drag them forward, rather than widening an already deep divide.
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Stil says 31st march for me on landsdown rd and I checked a number on hungerford rd but my parents house on holland st has gone to the 2nd march so looks like one side of Crewe is good to go next week. Interesting thing was they dug up the cab again on landsdown but it's all filled back in todAy so not sure if that was the power not seen cable anyone now if they feed the ducts or if they do lay how long it takes
Cheers Daren
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Still gives the 31st for me too (Greenway). All holes filled in around my cab a couple of weeks ago or more ( cab is at top of Middlewich Street).
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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has anyone elses changed to 2nd of march ?
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Yes, it changed on 21st for me.
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still 31st for me looks like mines going to go back
must say BT have been Poor in there role out PLans and Inaccurate Information
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Still 31March for Me as well,Still nothing going on round My Cab:'(
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Where Abouts in Crewe are you For 21st Go Live
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all i have put a map of crewe with cabs that i know of and there expected go live on the haslington exchange if you drop me the locations of any you new and dates i will add at least we can build a picture in the next coming weeks looks like one area of crewe is going live at the start
link below
http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww132/truex360/?a...
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will post when it changes
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Ordered mine!! Getting installed on the 9th March.
Grosvenor park
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That's great, though the checker is still showing the 31st for me . Who have you signed up to?
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
Grosvenor park
I live on Grosvenor Park too!!
Ordered mine yesterday with Aquiss.
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Looks like bt are rolling high speed area in haslington in the slow spots then working in maybe could be wrong but seems left side of crewe from broad st to hospital are now live since 2nd march. Does look like anyone still showing on 31st is gonna get pushed back. Must say it's dissapoontong from bt as my cab and one up road have been there with power for weeks. Looks like bt are no good at resource planning or operational role outs lol give us a shout I'f you have got any jobs going I'm sure I could improve simple things like weekly updates instead of stupid promotions like the race for infinity lol
super speeds but super slow at role out ! Fact !
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In reply to a post by Anonymous: In reply to a post by Anonymous:
Grosvenor park
I live on Grosvenor Park too!!
Ordered mine yesterday with Aquiss.
Aquiss a bit pricey and no download limit
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Pricey? Who have you gone with then?
What do yo mean about download limit?
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Sorry I meant there was a download limit. (60gb, 90gb or 120gb limit)
I've ordered with BT £27 per month with no download limit.
Aquiss very pricey with poor upload speed too
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
I've ordered with BT £27 per month with no download limit.
Aquiss very pricey with poor upload speed too
BT have a fair a FUP and I believe the package you have selected is subject to traffic management. You are also subject to a longer contract than that with Aquiss. As for the faster upload, I have that with Aquiss, I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for.
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BTs FUP is 300GB, plus P2P is subject to management. If you exceed the FUP then I believe that you are limited to 2Mbps during peak time for the next month.
I am likely to go with Aquiss on their business 45 package, the peak time limit is 45GB/month but outside of the peak times is unlimited (weekends are also unlimited) and there is no traffic shaping or throttling. Peak times are 8 am to 8pm and that suits me fine as for most of that time I am at work.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
super speeds but super slow at role out ! Fact !
This theory doesnt work either. I am 5km from Haslington exchange, have a shiny new Infinity Cab (since Early Jan), get approx 350kbps if i am lucky- and mine is silent, and apparently doesnt have fibre to it yet.
I guess 31/3 is a pipe dream?
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I guess 31/3 is a pipe dream?
Don't give up hope! Same here, mid january then nothing. Then the go live date changed to 31 Sept 2011. Saw the OR vans by the cab at lunch time today so took the dog for a hasty walk!
The engineers said it was all powered and fibred up. Just needed to go live at the exchange which they would have assumed it would already have been. Weren't sure if they would liven them up in batches or not, but thought that that would be the obvious thing to do.
Gonna keep checking now to see if the date changes on the BT checker,
Then it's Aquiss here we come
Knowing how it works is completely different to understanding how it works.
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Cab 66 down Wistaston Road has now got a big hole next to it,it is roped off so hopefully we might see some work this coming week.Still keeping My fingers crossed for March 31st,but not holding My breath though. 8-)
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See Aquiss have now a Residential Fibre Package,60gb for £36,which looks better than the business 45,which after adding vat is also £36.Although the peak usage hours are 8am to Midnight compared to the Business 45 's 8am to 8pm.
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maybe power ?? my cab27 got re-dug two weeks ago and now its humming lol dont know about fibre though but i would of thought so if they had put power in as it took a couple of days before it was refilled lol
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Hi All,
Grosvenor Park (Leighton Park) is live. I've placed an order with Zen. The install is scheduled for 17th March  They are stating 33mbit down and 6mbit up. I'll let you know what it actually does.
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yeah give us some feedback u lucky [censored] lol
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The residential package has an upload speed of 2Mbps as standard, 10Mbps is extra (standard on business packages). I intend to give the business 45 a go, when I get enabled (still giving 31st here).
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
Grosvenor Park (Leighton Park) is live. I've placed an order with Zen. The install is scheduled for 17th March They are stating 33mbit down and 6mbit up. I'll let you know what it actually does.
My estimate is 27.4 Mb / 5.9 Mb go live is the 10th.
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I'm not really sure where my cab is (Stewart Street I think)... but my cab went live on the 2nd (I live on Ludford Street).
Due for install on 10th... and after weighing up the options I decided to go with IDNet.
Estimated speeds are 28.2Mbps Down & 6.6Mbps Up...
Hoping for a big improvement on my current 9Mbps Down & 1Mbps I get with O2
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my cab 27 on lansdown is now set at 10th march so looks like there batch rolling out after all finally descent speeds going from 4mb to 33mb+ hopefully
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9mb download I would kill for that,I'm with o2 adsl2+ and Max is 2mb if I'm lucky,usually about 1.5. So here's hoping that I can get the estimates from the Wholesale checker 29mb etc etc,when My cab gets going.
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have to agree if i could get 9mb on sky i would stay lol as they have the best unlimited package for value
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Gutted!!! MyCab which had a big hole next to it yesterday has been filled in and tarmaced,looks lovely but where's the New cab gonna go??does anybody know if they are placed into a hole o'r just placed on top of fresh tarmac.
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Maybe the cables are coiled up there waiting? It needs the incoming fibre, a link cable to the existing cabinet, and mains power.
My broadband basic info/help site - www.robertos.me.uk
My domains,website and mail hosting - Tsohost. Internet connection - IDNet Home Starter Fibre.
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i would say personally that its prob for fibre and that you cab is linked to another FTTC ? maybe. Keep the Faith i was the same on friday then saturday my cab went to 10th march. I reckon that all cabs will be live by end of march keep us posted
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
I hope so, my cab is still showing the 31st March. The FTTC cab has been in place for at least 7 weeks now but the last time I checked the cab was still silent.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses Edited by TheHorseman (Sun 06-Mar-11 15:30:27)
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update::::
I just caught a very friendly OR engineer at my cab... (cab 6), He is there, putting meters in and powering up. Apparently there is a duct blockage affecting about 5 cabs, of which mine is one of them!!!! This will be resolved by friday this week. He says ALL cabs which have gone in will be live by 31/3!!! (this guy was a supervisor in a small van!! seemed to know his stuff)
Good luck everyone
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
I just caught a very friendly OR engineer at my cab... (cab 6), He is there, putting meters in and powering up. Apparently there is a duct blockage affecting about 5 cabs, of which mine is one of them!!!! This will be resolved by friday this week. He says ALL cabs which have gone in will be live by 31/3!!! (this guy was a supervisor in a small van!! seemed to know his stuff)
Good luck everyone
PS The affected cabs are in Weston Village and Haslington...
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yeah ive seen engineers out at haslington bt everywhere else seems set so looks like 31st will be good our next prob will be ftth/p lol
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hi getting it installed wed 9th bilton way cavendish road estate Mint!!!
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yep just ordered this to cant really fault it with a free install and martin knows his stuff and has answered all of my replys
before everyone yaps on about BT Infinty yes you can download of peak (maybe your lucky and your shifts let you) but for most people will leave there comps running do that over a month soon adds up and yes they are lifting FUP but not not traffic shaping
and the end of the day it comes down to personal preference mines Aquiss will provide feedback as soon as i can for people in the haslington exchange area
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hi all, just been installed getting 38 meg download and 7 meg upload better than the less than 1 meg i was getting!!!!
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Are you the poster on Grosvenor Park? I have just seen the Openreach engineer.
If so.....
I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE !!!!!
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no mate bilton way estate at the back of bENTLEYS
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Got my installed earlier. 37mb down and 7 up on wireless connection. Nice
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Whhhaaaa,:'(
I want it too.
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Me too, BT checker still showing 31st for me
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A wireless connection does not effect the speed the router syncs at.
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Dang problem with my cab. Apparently none of the cables hadn't been spliced in it... so no fttc for me until it gets fixed.
In reply to a post by Anonymous:
Due for install on 10th... and after weighing up the options I decided to go with IDNet.
Estimated speeds are 28.2Mbps Down & 6.6Mbps Up...
Hoping for a big improvement on my current 9Mbps Down & 1Mbps I get with O2
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Just looked at the BT Wholesale checker and my date has moved to the 30th June
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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MIne too
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Do you have an FTTC cab yet? Mine was placed 9 weeks ago today and nothing has been done to it since. I had a listen to it last night and it is still silent.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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yes, mine was put in just after christmas. in weston village.... apparently has no fibre to it yet but has power...
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all of the vdsl kit is installed also... so there must be a problem blowing the fibre to it.
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Yes Mine has changed to 30June as well.Cab on Wistason Road Got My new router all ready,hope that some of the larger ISp's get on the bandwagon before then.
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STILL WAITING FOR DATE FROM AQUISS SEEMS BT ARE DRAGGING HEELS ON INSTALL DATE SUPRISE SUPRISE
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Maybe we should do a survey and see how many cabs have ACTAULLY gone live!! Seems like not many at all.
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I Know for a fact that the ones below have gone live
Cab27- Mine ( Lansdown RD)
Cab29 - Outside Flying Lady (Lansdown RD)
CAB?? - Top Of Lansdown /Meets Hungerford
CAB?? - Broad Street Near Bargin Booze
Got my Install Date From Aquiss for this Friday so will POSt Results Etc
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anyone else know of any others?
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Cab 54
Rolls Avenue / Frank Webb Avenue.
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Ok, Had a phone call today from BT trying to flog me BT Infinity, said I was not interested in
going BT because of BT Traffic Management. Said I would go with other providers on FTTC
looking at Zen and IDNet. I'm on CAB 55 top of Cliff Road / Bradfield Road, I'm on Be and my
Contract ends in July so that would be perfect. Presently get 5Mb Down / 1Mb Up on a good
day so FTTC will be a revolution.
Fingers crossed should be no problems, I'm only 200M from the Cab.
Cheers and GNite
Edited by deleted (Wed 16-Mar-11 02:53:52)
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im on marshfeild ave does anyone around this area have upto 40mb yet.
is marshfeild on the cab thats on sunny bank? should i phone up BT or wait for the line to be whole saled out
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there still laying fibre cables from the big rounder bout going into haslington interesting thing was they were putting new poles up are they running it in the air as the road is way to busy ?
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Any idea when salisbury close is getting fibre yet ?
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could already be live what does the BT wholesale checker show ?
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Never. The availabillity date has now been changed to June 30th; another qtr away. I have no doubt that by the second week of June the date will change to 30th Sep, or to "not available yet"
Are you in Salisbury Close? If so, drop me a PM as I have a cunning plan (hah!) which may have some support within BT
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I dont know whether anyone else has noticed? . But Openreach vans seem scarce in Crewe now. I think theyve got the exchange going and a few cabs live and moved on.... anyone else noticed this? Almost like they have given up on the other installed cabs! Whats more frustrating than this is the fact that the rollout and plans are like an MI5 state secret.... No information very poor show.. (sorry is this BT we are talking about? Surely not)
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I agree ... if nothing else by the time they get to the other cabs they will be claiming no capacity at the exchange!
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no i have to take my little girl school in haslington it self daily and i constantly see them. it seems there working on patches so i reckon there waiting for planning permissions. but there currently in haslington as for 30th june i reckon next month
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Had my infinity installed today, off parkers road
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"Thanks a lot Tref. Keep them coming� I�m still fighting misperceptions in BT.
The comments on where to deploy are absolutely spot one. We�re looking into this.
Take care,
Laurent
Laurent Kretzschmar
Business Development | Openreach "
Sent to BT via Timico.
"Please, BT, make the FTTC map data publicly available. Cabinet-level availability of FTTC products are a very real requirement for many of us. For example, choosing between two potential new homes can be down to the availability of high-speed broadband; and by high-speed, we mean in excess of 8mb. The current post-code dsl checker database is woefully inaccurate, you have an opportunity with FTTC to correct this problem.
In addition, the public can in turn do your research for you; do you really know how many people in a given cabinet area want an Infinity product? If you publish the cabinet data, then those in an area with no current plans to enable will become aware of the fact, and can lobby for the cabinet to be enabled. You could pre-empt this by making the lobbying material available � such as a petition form. Submitted petitions would enable a much granular estimation of the potential takeup; a win-win situation for all in areas where the was no prior intention to deploy FTTC.
I would also suggest considering cabinet areas which have been lagging for almost a decade; suburban cabinets which are 6km+ from an exchange (line-length). Customers on these cabinets have always been an the trailing end of broadband ; from being unable to receive any service until RADSL, and <1mb service since. These customers have been left behind by DSL, ADSL2, and now FTTC. FTTC offers the capability to service broadband-drought spots.
Please make this data available."
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mines being installed tomorrow will provide feedback choose aquiss
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Good stuff, let us know how you get on and the speeds you get off Parkers Road. I'm on the Cabinet end of Cliff Road / Bradfield. Have you gone with Infinity or another??
Thanks
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just been installed had a good chat to the OR engineer he said that they are still rolling it out in haslington. funny he also said that he could not put me a new master socket in as im not with BT Retail he had to use the one that was already there due to the fact i went with AQUISS but not bothered as thats where i wanted it. Must say to anyone looking for a DIFFERENT ROUTER on aquiss go with the buffalo G300 NH i this auto connected all i had to do was enter my user name really pleased with it. The BT engineer was also impressed as they dont install it unless you go with BT Retail. my first speed test below
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Git
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Yeah,Double git.8-|
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If we knew which anonymous (s)he was we could wheeliebinbomb his cab... BLAZING broadband
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Another hole appeared next to my cab over the weekend. This was filled in and now has a small grid between the new and old cabs which says "earth rod". I am on one of the cabs which has changed to 30/6/2011. Anyone know what this is. Nothing had happened for a couple of weeks until this appeared.
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Seadog, regarding parkers road. I went with infinity, speeds depend on which site i do test on, this site gives me a reading off 28913 Kbps down 6516 Kbps up and on speedtest.net 37 down and 8 up
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just use the bt speed test its more accurate
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Ok thanks for the stats on the Parkers Road Cab, looks very promising. I'm with Be on ADSL2+ but am lucky to get 5 Down / 1 Up so FTTC will be great. Just need to wait a few more months to get out of my Contract with Be and switch. Cheers
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I work for a business in High Street in Crewe; everywhere I have checked comes back with a negative for FTTC availability/roll-out yet we are pretty much in the town centre and there is a recently installed FTTC Cabinet on the corner of Brook Street/Edleston Road which is a stones throw away - 50 meters maybe. Does anyone know if we will be able to get FTTC here - ideally through Zen but at a push BT?
Thanks,
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Probably.... ask the friendly engineer.
meanwhile, in other news. WOOOT Salisbury Close is having a fibre cab excavation as I 'speak'.
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I had a listen to my cab last night and finally it has power I'm guessing that is what the nearby hole was dug for last week.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses |
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i reckon within the week hopefully as thats what happened with mine on lansdown RD have you decided who you are going with yet ?
Looks like my first initial post on the haslington exchange has been quite successful following the post from before christmas is there any other cabs that are still showing JUNE ?
Thanks to All Who Have contributed on the Haslington Exchange Topic
Regards
darren
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I shall probably go with BT Infinity, as it is the cheapest option. I had initially considered Aquiss but can't really justify the cost (around double what I currently pay for Be*). I am sure that Aquiss' c/s is far superior to that of BT, I will just have to hope nothing goes wrong.
I think that the cab probably had power to it sometime last week as I saw the hole as I was coming home from work (prob last Tuesday) but I was off ill from Wednesday so not sure exactly when.
The BT Wholesale checker is still showing June at the moment. Hope it changes soon.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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I'm sorry to hear that, but warm thanks for considering us anyway.
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I have a question, I do not have the modern split master socket and it is in a stupid place (right up against the right hand side of the lounge window frame) will the installer fit a new modern master socket? preferably on the wall below the window. To do it properly would need a small junction box and a bit more cable.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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I have a question, I do not have the modern split master socket and it is in a stupid place (right up against the right hand side of the lounge window frame) will the installer fit a new modern master socket? preferably on the wall below the window. To do it properly would need a small junction box and a bit more cable.
Not sure if this is aimed at myself?
BT will change the wallsocket to a new one as part of of the install. We are currently offering the FTTC extension kit free with our installs at Aquiss (saves around £50) so any extra wiring will be covered, without too much cost to yourself.
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Thanks Martin, my master socket is actually fastened to the windowsill rather than the wall hence my saying it is in a stupid place. The installers who fitted my double glazing had to cut their trim panels to avoid it, as it is right up against the window frame.
I still have somewhat of a dilemma in choosing, my wallet says BT but I am reluctant to do this as I have been with them in the past and know what their c/s is like. Also the fact that a couple of people in these forums have had no installers turn up on the day they were given and BT seem to have no idea why.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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My Date has just jumped from 30th June to 31st March so hopeful for next week
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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told ya
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I am really happy with the service I have received with Aquiss.
As a side note the new cabinet on the corner of Minshull New Road and James Atkinson way is live, a friend has his install booked for Thursday.
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ALSO ON AQUISS ON FULL SPEED AND LOW PINGS 24/7 V NICE
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I hope so, one day to go. If it changes later today or tomorrow I shall not be happy.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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A friend of mine has install scheduled for tomorrow, BT have delivered his router and welcome pack yesterday.
Fingers crossed for you!
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Thanks, order placed with BT and install date is Friday 8th April
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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Thanks, order placed with BT and install date is Friday 8th April
My friends BT order was complete today with no issues.
Good luck!
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Thanks, order placed with BT and install date is Friday 8th April
My friends BT order was complete today with no issues.
Good luck!
I hope that my install has no issues either. I had BT broadband back in 2002, the c/s wasn't very good but the BB worked ok. I was paying £29.99 for half a meg!!
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses
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I had my fttc installed on 9th march onthe bt option 2..On the website it states it is an 18 month contract,however on my installation letter it states it is for 12 months..Am i missing something here or do does anyone reckon its a mis print on my letter.
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probably a mis print but keep hold of it and see how the market progresses as more suppliers will move to fftc come 2012 so he who has the letter is the victor
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I have also gone for Infinity option 2 but have not yet had the letter, it was only ordered on Thursday though. Now waiting for next Friday.
I have had cause to talk to BT c/s in the last couple of days, as I noticed on the 'track my order' it had my old mobile number (must have forgotten to change it). I gave up on the phone system as it seems designed to stop you from talking to a person. ( though many businesses seem to have that kind of phone system so BT are not alone). I emailed them in the evening instead and got a response the next morning saying that it had been done. That is much better than it used to be.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be*
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Still waiting for the cabinet on the corner of Coppenhall Grove and Victoria Avenue to be upgraded. They started work on it just before Christmas. Then the snow came down and they just abandoned it. Eventually the hole was filled in and nothing else happened. The upgrade date just keeps being put back. I am starting to get the feeling my nearest cabinet has been forgotten
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From BT placing the FTTC cab to it going live was 11 weeks and 3 days in my case. Hope they have not forgotten you, good luck.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be* -> BT Infinity
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Same with my cabinet where i live- all others have seem to be upgraded or are in the process of being done - some with a turnover of only a few days in certain cases. Just have to keep fingers crossed!
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hi did your letter quote 12 or 18 months?
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18 months on mine.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be* -> BT Infinity
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
I asked Openreach about my cabinet (above) and this is the main part of their reply:
'Whilst your current cabinet is included in the schedule there are still significant works to be done...'
So there is still hope!
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It's now the 4th June and still no sign of cab 66 on Victoria Avenue getting started let alone finishing by 30th June.I am still getting this reply from BT Wholesale Availability Checker,
Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 30th June 2011. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 29.4Mbps and upstream line speed of 6.4Mbps.
Anybody heard anything,I'm desperate to get on it to get off My Adsl2 1.3 connection.
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Do you mean you have no FTTC cab yet or that the cab is not complete? It was 11 weeks and three days from my FTTC cab being placed to it going live.
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be* -> BT Infinity
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Yes,the FTTC has not even been placed yet.
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Yes,the FTTC has not even been placed yet.
I had an engineer round last week to fix my terrible connection and he had no idea when cabinet 66 would get upgraded. He said in the 15 minutes he was working on it 5 people asked him about fibre. Felt quite sorry for him actually. All he could say was that once you see markings sprayed on the pavement around the cabinet it should be no more than two weeks from that point.
I really am starting to think it has been overlooked. Maybe BT have old maps dating back to when there was nothing but scrubland there.
It�s really frustrating because we moved (around the corner) to this new place just before Christmas and the place we moved from now has fibre, like everywhere else in Crewe. Now we still have to put up with painfully slow speeds.
Is there any way all of us on cabinet 66 can group together and make ourselves heard, to show BT that there is a need for an upgraded cabinet in this area?
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All I can say is that the BT spreadsheets that escaped into the wild last month *do* show that cab 66 on Haslington is included in phase 5b alongside the others.
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I believe I was one of those 5, and he told Me that he had no idea if it was going ahead.
Wonder if it would be worthwhile going to the Exchange at Queen Street.Any Ideas?
Email Me at [email protected] if you want to get in touch.
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Hi, previously Anonymous and fellow cabinet 66 sufferer here.
I do think we might need to give BT a nudge somehow. Not sure if we could just walk in to the exchange, but we could try. Would they be open at weekends though? I�ll e-mail you and we can figure something out.
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Hi, previously Anonymous and fellow cabinet 66 sufferer here.
I do think we might need to give BT a nudge somehow. Not sure if we could just walk in to the exchange, but we could try. Would they be open at weekends though? I�ll e-mail you and we can figure something out.
Just checked the BT Wholesale checker and guess what:-
Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 30th September 2011. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 29.4Mbps and upstream line speed of 6.4Mbps.
*****Y Typical,
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Have started a new Haslington thread for cab 66.
Haslington Exchange Cabinet 66.
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