Cab not being converted

Hi

I was wondering if anyone knows who I can moan to about my cab that feeds my property is not being included in the rollout of FTTC in Mickleover, Derby (I have spoken to someone who knows which cabs are being done)

It's on a new large housing estate about 1Km away from the exchange and just off the main road (Straight line to exchange and will be the same duct run) and the nearest cab of the same road is being converted as I type so there is no problem with getting a fibre in. I have also spoke to the site developers and they are not stopping Openreach/BT from installing anything

This is very annoying as the exchange does not even have WBC yet and I was looking forward to faster downloads!!

If you want to know more just ask, thanks

You can't moan to anyone about it in time they may expand but for now its just the PCPs that are live giving the service. Is the another cab nearby thats live? could be possible to move cabs

Yes cabs 1-29 are being done and I'm on cab 31. Cab 5 is near but would be too far for cable runs

Edited by DrPepper (Wed 08-Dec-10 11:25:38)

At only 1KM from the exchange (which has Be/O2 LLU) you should be getting (or be able to get) pretty decent speeds on ADSL2+.. Who is your current provider?

Well like the other poster said, ADSL2+ is your next bet. 1K is a good figure to work with. expect 16mbps or more

A&A. I know I could go over to BE via them but I don't want to unless forced.

I think its a poor show that a large housing development is being denied the latest technology (Especially some of the BIG houses that are around me where this will be ideal)

There is over 400 new homes that will not get this service, yet every other house around the new estate will

It's not the downsteam I am interested in!

Be offers Annex M which can give upto 2.5mbps upload. Have a look at their Pro packages.

As I said I know BE is an option - but longer contracts and still I am thinking of the good of all users on the site not just me!

Thanks any way. I was hoping that someone with experience of this issue would have posted.

You can get 3 month contracts with Be* or use a reseller like ADSL24.

Sorry I cannot help you.

Thanks you have been a help - just not I what I wanted to hear!!

That you Adrian ? Have you left ?

It seems to be hard to get accurate information about whether or not particular cabs are to be installed - one commonality with your situation however - I was looking at one place to rent which is about 500 metres from the exchange (not prepared to take a chance on something ADSL based "you should be able to get" so was waiting on FTTC)

There are cabs all round town and a sampling of random postcodes gives just as random FTTC availability.

Whether that's it, as good as it gets (rollout was September and appeared to be on time) and so that's the town done, or whether they will come back and do the other bits is a mystery. Asking ISPs just has them check the wholesale checker and report back "there's no information". Well, yes. That's the issue

new scheme, lots of big houses and more importantly nice new ducts into each house.....

a couple of years and you may see fttp....you never know

Last night I looked at my builders plans (There are three builders on site) and there is 275 plots for mine alone!

Is that a flock of pigs that just went past my window?

Edited by DrPepper (Thu 09-Dec-10 09:06:04)

I know this is digging this up however 10 months on and they (BT) have just converted 2 cabs that were not done (about 200 metres from the exchange) to FTTC! Yet sill nothing at mine

Over 260 customers and counting denied, very annoying!

Just to dig up an old thread, my cab now has a FTTC cab for the last month. However the on-line checker is still showing 31-MAR-2014, I just hope that its now brought forward as there is nothing worse than driving past it and not being able to connect to it!

Not uncommon for a cab to be stood for some months, as its different teams who do the cab placement, then the duct clearing and the final fibre blowing.

Except it doesn't work like that in all areas....

The other day, I was noticing a new cab that had just been installed, trenches were still dug up, and BT OpenReach were there along with CAS shoving a load of "black cable" which I presume is the tubing through the trunking for fibre to be blown down, into the man hole covers and pulling up at the end.

It was brilliant to see that when they want, BT can co-ordinate there efforts, and presumably if a trunk was blocked, they'd know about it there and then and be able to make plans to get the roadworks planned and prepped and in action.

That was in Kingstanding/Solihull.

When they can do it like that, one wonders why they cannot do that with the rest of them and why cabinets are stood idle for three months before even bothering to check the ducts!

Simon