VDSL2 - Schedule?

Anyone know if there is a 'fixed' timescale for the VDSL2 rollout by BT which promises to double VDSL speeds? The suggestion made by BT was 'by 2012' but no amount of Googling seems to give me any real timescales...........

In reply to a post by Garyilka:

Anyone know if there is a 'fixed' timescale for the VDSL2 rollout by BT which promises to double VDSL speeds? The suggestion made by BT was 'by 2012' but no amount of Googling seems to give me any real timescales...........

No schedule has been released to the public. Can't say for certain that there is one within BT either.

Some peoples FTTC service is syncing at over 60mbps so i think they must be testing it in some parts.

IIRC it requires agreement from Ofcom due to the proposed change to the frequencies being used - presumably to ensure interoperability. So I suspect the lack of a firm date is because it is effectively "pending agreement with Ofcom".

How come Ofcom is always down the throat of BT, but so lax with VM.

Some peoples FTTC service is syncing at over 60mbps so i think they must be testing it in some parts.

Do you have any hard evidence of that ? I query it, as if and when the downstream sync would be more like 80 meg ?

In reply to a post by New_Londoner:

IIRC it requires agreement from Ofcom due to the proposed change to the frequencies being used - presumably to ensure interoperability. So I suspect the lack of a firm date is because it is effectively "pending agreement with Ofcom".

IIRC, the restriction comes from the ANFP, which is governed by the NICC. One of the news websites that reported the 80Mb upgrade also reported the NICC had approved the change a week earlier.

Well tbh only BT speedtester hitting i think it was 68mbps so in theory the sync speed would be 75mbps + probably.

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4967/unledtq.jpg

...or a fault on your FTTC DSLAM port/not configured correctly.

Well given that the screen shot he gives shows DS IP profile 37614, speed 68504, and US IP Profile 2000 speed 13883, summats oop!

Wiki suggests that trials are taking place in various places (scroll right down to the UK deploynent section). This is pretty old news however so whether it still applies is anyone's guess!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_speed_digital...

I thought BT were already using VDSL2 for FTTC and the speed boost (to 80Mbps) would simply be a case of switching to a different profile and increasing the upper frequency limit?

I thought BT were already using VDSL2 for FTTC and the speed boost (to 80Mbps) would simply be a case of switching to a different profile and increasing the upper frequency limit?

Yes Ade, that's correct.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

I thought BT were already using VDSL2 for FTTC and the speed boost (to 80Mbps) would simply be a case of switching to a different profile and increasing the upper frequency limit?

Yes Ade, that's correct.

In view of the dog's breakfast aka FTTC rollout, I suspect I'm going to regret asking this... is there any schedule for the 80Mbps upgrade?

Not as yet. Not 100% sure that the necessary changes have been agreed by OFCOM/NICC.
My impression is that it wont be automatic either, but as a tiered product offering.

I think that was my original question - perhaps not posed so succinctly...........

Edited by Garyilka (Sun 10-Jul-11 19:48:59)

Oops... I misread it, sorry

No worries - I guess however we pose the question the answer will remain the same (faint echos of a song there somewhere!!).

Are you asking me specifically ?
I was just agreeing that the current product is VDSL2 already, and that the speed increase, if and when, would be a profile change.

It was just a general query, but it had to get hung on somebody's post and (in flat mode) yours was at the bottom

It was unnecessary anyway, I must have had a major senior moment and completely misread the OP