FTTC in Hastings

Hastings exchange is/was due to be enabled for FTTC on 1/3/2012. That is today but trying to order a FTTC product I'm told that it isn't available on my line. Is that likely to be because the checkers haven't been updated yet or the fact that FTTC hasn't gone live yet? Is there any way to tell when it has gone live other than to keep trying to order a service? Postcode is TN38 0GN if that helps. Current ADSL2+ service has 61.0db attenuation so it ain't fast, keen to get on to something a bit quicker.

Where did you get the date from?

Put your phone number into the OpenReach checker. When that says you can get FTTC, then you can order.

I got the date from SamKnows but looking at the Openreach docs it just says March 2012 but no date Guess I'll just have to be a bit more patient...

A great place to check for this is actually the escc roadworks page!

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/roads...

Check page 4 for some BT works, so it does show that BT are getting there! I'm in the same boat, waiting for my cabinet to be changed

It seems to me that the BT Wholesale checker is very hit and miss, my brothers house shows as not having FTTC available, yet on the BT Infinity site it shows that it is. Even BT told him he couldn't get it, but then when he said about the Infinity site they checked another system and confirmed he could! This was a week or two ago and it's still the same now.

Anyway I've found that Openreach has a feed on Twitter where each Monday the announce exchanges that have gone live.

Then it's just a matter of your cabinet being done, you can find your cabinet number here. Filter by postcode, if it's not there then it was not scheduled when the spreadsheet became available.

I emailed Sam Knows about the Twitter feed and they said they are in talks with BT to try and improve the information available.

I'm also eagerly awaiting my exchange to go live, cabinets installed and RFS was 1-03-2012.

Edited by R0NSKI (Thu 01-Mar-12 16:27:25)

NDHAS HASTINGS TN380GN {NDHAS}{P18} 0 100% 19.21 7b Yes FTTC

So that is telling me that 100% of lines in TN380GN postcode are served by cab {NDHAS}{P18} and that the cab has been deployed, right?

All correct apart from the deployed part. I think that column is somewhat misleading as I seem to recall someone on here saying that it is to show cabinets that have been scheduled for deployment. So, keep an eye on the cabinet and when you see it being replaced, you shouldn't have long to wait! (Should change from a scabby old green box to a shiny new larger box!)

I have no idea where the cab is

Surprised to find this thread here, am on the Hastings exchange currently until saturday when moving back with parents who are on the BALDSLOW exchange which same as Hastings was theoretically enabled 01/03/2012 but none of the checkers show it as available. Have started a Sky LLU connection but want to upgrade to their fibre service which goes live in April. Hoping its all sorted by then!

Actually thinking about it when I was in London Road today I saw a BT engineer opposite working on a big box, maybe its the start!

Edited by deleted (Thu 01-Mar-12 17:09:11)

Im on the hastings exchange, hopefully wont be long now.. Lots of new cabs all over the town

In reply to a post by sjr:

I have no idea where the cab is

Google maps are great There is one at the end of Fern Road, about 50 yards up from the junction. Can't say if that is yours or not, but it appears to be the closest!

In reply to a post by sjr:

Hastings exchange is/was due to be enabled for FTTC on 1/3/2012. That is today but trying to order a FTTC product I'm told that it isn't available on my line. Is that likely to be because the checkers haven't been updated yet or the fact that FTTC hasn't gone live yet? Is there any way to tell when it has gone live other than to keep trying to order a service? Postcode is TN38 0GN if that helps. Current ADSL2+ service has 61.0db attenuation so it ain't fast, keen to get on to something a bit quicker.

If you check the Openreach website they have it down as 31st March (or was it on the BT Infinity website). Also according the Openreach website, the Hastings exchange is going to be FTTP rather than FTTC.

Edited by simon194 (Fri 02-Mar-12 13:38:52)

Gandalf -- not qite correct it gains a Green box not replaces a green Box (the orginal Gren box will provdie voice servics and copper broaddband to premiises and also copper to exchange for those not taking a fibre sevice

New green box need sot be with short distance of Current green Box

Ahh right, got it. Thanks for the clarification. Well, there is plenty of room next to the green box that serves my house

In reply to a post by simon194:

In reply to a post by sjr:

Hastings exchange is/was due to be enabled for FTTC on 1/3/2012. That is today but trying to order a FTTC product I'm told that it isn't available on my line. Is that likely to be because the checkers haven't been updated yet or the fact that FTTC hasn't gone live yet? Is there any way to tell when it has gone live other than to keep trying to order a service? Postcode is TN38 0GN if that helps. Current ADSL2+ service has 61.0db attenuation so it ain't fast, keen to get on to something a bit quicker.

If you check the Openreach website they have it down as 31st March (or was it on the BT Infinity website). Also according the Openreach website, the Hastings exchange is going to be FTTP rather than FTTC.

Update: Apparently it is FTTC not FTTP despite what the Openreach website says but also it looks like the rollout in Hastings is now on hold with no firm date for availability. Link

Certainly doesnt look like anything is on hold by driving around all day, both bexhill and hastings are having work on the new cabs everyday at the minute, one ive got my eye on is the one on bexhill road its a big [censored]! was put in 2 weeks ago and looked finished now it has been dug up around it? The barrier around it said openreach but now says uk power network.?

They'll be connecting the power now then.

Waiting game now then all have to sit tight untill the 31st...

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Certainly doesnt look like anything is on hold by driving around all day, both bexhill and hastings are having work on the new cabs everyday at the minute, one ive got my eye on is the one on bexhill road its a big [censored]! was put in 2 weeks ago and looked finished now it has been dug up around it? The barrier around it said openreach but now says uk power network.?

They haven't stopped work on the deployment but what the announcement implies is that 31st March is no longer the RFS date for Hastings and Baldslow.

Hi

I just spotted a new cabinet installed on little ridge avenue near tesco express, baldslow exchange st leonards.

[IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/1qfwk6.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2cpe3at.jpg[/IMG]

If you see one serving the A21 let me know.Last I saw it was set for Xmas time.

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Hi

I just spotted a new cabinet installed on little ridge avenue near tesco express, baldslow exchange st leonards.

[IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/1qfwk6.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2cpe3at.jpg[/IMG]

Yea thats by sister and her boyfriends house...the [censored] lol.
There's boxes going up everywhere there's loads.
I live on elphinstone road (the langham end) and my cabinet hasn't even been touched!. I saw the BT guys laying the cables at it and spoke to them and they said it will be done on my street but if you got further up elphinstone road they've done all the boxes up there which im actually quite annoyed about as it seems they've skipped my box, i just hope it gets done. As for the 31st of march thats just an estimate i doubt it will be done by then. They say once they have 10 cabinets installed and completely wired up they activate it, im not sure if thats true or not. They don't seem to have a lot of information on whats going on either.
They seem to be doing really strange areas first like warrior square i don't mean to offend anyone but most people there will never afford the internet! or even care about it.

even if they don't install all the cabinets before 31st March, they will activate the cabinets that are already installed right?

I wouldn't count on it, we had an FTTC RFS date of 1-03-12 on Sam Knows for our exchange. Superfast where and when just shows March 2012, cabinets been in for at least a month now, and we're still waiting.

Edit: Exchange has still not been activated - they seem to announce them on Twitter

Edited by R0NSKI (Mon 12-Mar-12 19:29:35)

BT is already accepting orders for BT Infinity for baldslow line.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

BT is already accepting orders for BT Infinity for baldslow line.

Yea my friend said he can get it now.
BALDSLOW gets it before NDHAS [censored]?
BT need to sort there act out and do my cabinet. Im going to have to get in contact with BT cause im getting very concerned my cabinet is not going to get done.

I'm now getting this on the Openreach ADSL checker for the first time (Hastings exchange)

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st March 2012. 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 40Mbps and upstream line speed of 10Mbps.

My Baldslow Line

TalkTalk Fibre,
Your estimated download speed is 45.9 Meg
Upload speed is 8 Meg

TalkTalk wont let me order yet, but BT is accepting orders through my line.

Nothing on my Baldslow line, still normal. Will have to wait I suppose.

Wooo! Work started next to my cabinet yesterday

Anyone got any idea when P024 at the top of Pevensy Road (by the chimney) is going to be done, it suggests it's deployed but there is no new cabinet in its near vicinity

Cheers

Mark

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Anyone got any idea when P024 at the top of Pevensy Road (by the chimney) is going to be done, it suggests it's deployed but there is no new cabinet in its near vicinity

Cheers

Mark

I went up the road yesterday to speak with one the engineers as i have no cabinet either but all around me does!...anyway he said theres a total of 94 cabinets to be done in hastings and they will all be done by the end of the year!. So there's no way of knowing when it will be done it just depends where you are on the list. It could be months after everyone else has got it.

I'm in Chowns Hill, off the ridge near the vets and church. I don't even know where our cabinet is but I haven't had much of a look although we've seen an openreach van at the bottom and top of our road so hopefully soonish!

Edited by deleted (Thu 15-Mar-12 22:30:06)

does anyone know if these FTTC Cabinets make fan noise when its active?

Holding date.

The cabs fan's will make noise but only if their starting to overheat etc, so if its cold you will not hear the fans.

Hi guys

Been following this thread for a week or so. Very informative so thank you. I'm
Close to town around the Linton road area and have spotted a new cabinet but whether it's relevant to me or not I don't know. Nothing showing via the checker yet.

Found myself cabinet spotting on the way to tesco last night, there's plenty around.

Let's just hope for some luck on Monday that some more get switched on! I need my uploads!

All the best

If you post or pm your postcode we can tell you which cab you are connected to.

Cheers bud - thanks for the offer, I'll just sit it out. Now if there was an opportunity to bribed the engineer to give my cabinet some preference I'd take you up on the offer! Lol

In response to the cooling fan question - The noise is equivalent to a standard fridge compressor at 0.5m distance, and they only run during hot weather.

May I ask why you are interested about possible noise?
I thought the closer the fibre cabinet is to someone, the happier they would be

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

In response to the cooling fan question - The noise is equivalent to a standard fridge compressor at 0.5m distance, and they only run during hot weather.

May I ask why you are interested about possible noise?
I thought the closer the fibre cabinet is to someone, the happier they would be

if I know it makes noise then I will know the cabinet switched on and ready for business.

Im with talktalk ADSL2+ 10meg

Im still not sure if I should upgrade or not. my average local network to local network transfer speed is like 20megs.

and talktalk charges £10 extra for 40meg
and £15 for 80meg

Random Update:

Hole has been dug up, on pilot road, near the orginial cabinet, near spars store.
Assuming its for the FTTC Cabinet.

People in the Castleham Exchange, Haa Haa No FTTC for you.

Check talktalk site.

My Pevensey Road postcode and phone number gave me a date of July 2012 for their optic broadband offering

In reply to a post by sjr:

I got the date from SamKnows but looking at the Openreach docs it just says March 2012 but no date Guess I'll just have to be a bit more patient...

Openreach have just updated their "where and when" documents, here.

Good news, Baldslow is now accepting orders but the bad news is Hastings has been pushed back to June 2012. On a more positive note Hastings is now listed as FTTC/P. Just need to find out which areas will be able to have FTTP.

Cant beleive baldslow has been enabled first! What an absolute joke!!

Greetings to those in or around Hastings and Bexhill.

Sadly I am in Cooden which is NOT currently being enabled!

I see East Sussex County Council have a Broadband Survey, which I intend to get as many people to fill out as I can.

Is anyone who is connected to any of the "potential" cabs, fed by a Telephone pole to get their ADSL or Voice service? Am just curious.

I will keep an eye on this thread for further updates

A link to the survey would help!

I'm on BALDSLOW and have nada when entering my postcode (Sky phone line) so most of us are in the same boat still!

In reply to a post by Avit12:

Cant beleive baldslow has been enabled first! What an absolute joke!!

I guess covering a much smaller area than the main Hastings exchange it was bound to be enable first. Hopefully Openreach will use the next 3 months extending the infrastructure so that more of us on the Hastings exchange can have FTTP right from the start because going down the "FTTP on Demand" route is way too expensive.

One thing I noticed is there is no sign of Castleham or Guestling on the list of the exchanges being enabled in 2013.

In reply to a post by CJT:

Is anyone who is connected to any of the "potential" cabs, fed by a Telephone pole to get their ADSL or Voice service? Am just curious.

I will keep an eye on this thread for further updates

It's all telegraph poles round my way and the cabinet is just around the corner sitting right next to one so hopefully having FTTP will be a possibility, especially since the PCP my line is connected to is about 20m further away on the otherside of a main road.

In reply to a post by Avit12:

Cant beleive baldslow has been enabled first! What an absolute joke!!

Yea it is a joke, i don't even have a cab yet!, it's because there's hardly any people on that exchange.

In reply to a post by simon194:

In reply to a post by CJT:

Is anyone who is connected to any of the "potential" cabs, fed by a Telephone pole to get their ADSL or Voice service? Am just curious.

I will keep an eye on this thread for further updates

It's all telegraph poles round my way and the cabinet is just around the corner sitting right next to one so hopefully having FTTP will be a possibility, especially since the PCP my line is connected to is about 20m further away on the otherside of a main road.

It's all poles around my way as well the cabinet is about 10 doors down the road. Would have thought where there's poles would have FTTP as it easier install and requires no road digging etc, suppose were be lucky to even get FTTC some time in the next few months.

In reply to a post by sjr:

A link to the survey would help!

Apologies here it is ESCC Broadband Survey

Thanks Simon..

I look forward to hearing when your connected

Well this side of Baldslow is not activated unfortunately. Maybe they don't like working on the A21.

Maybe

we shall see

fingers crossed for you

to be fair Hastings has more cabinets that balslow.

theres no harm activating it early if all the baldslow cabinets are done.

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In reply to a post by Avit12:

Cant beleive baldslow has been enabled first! What an absolute joke!!

Yea it is a joke, i don't even have a cab yet!, it's because there's hardly any people on that exchange.

Baldslow apparently covers over 4,200 residential properties so it's a reasonable size.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

to be fair Hastings has more cabinets that balslow.

theres no harm activating it early if all the baldslow cabinets are done.

True because Baldslow only has 10 cabinets listed in the FTTC rollout.

And it also covers the CSA at Ashdown House so Baldslow would be done first of course.

Sillyish question, where I live in the sticks the line goes over countryside etc, is there a map showing the route of the lines to see where my nearest cabinet is, if there is one.?

Pilot Road Cabinet done, drove past it this morning.

Don't rub it in.

I just checked the BT Wholesale checker?

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 40Mbps and upstream line speed of 10Mbps.

Top of harley Shute Road, FTTC here I come

In reply to a post by peterthepiper:

Sillyish question, where I live in the sticks the line goes over countryside etc, is there a map showing the route of the lines to see where my nearest cabinet is, if there is one.?

Move house

Don't think OH would see that as a valid reason to move somehow.

I would have to forget about dreaming of getting 80meg

becuase my maximum speed according to talktalk is

Your estimated download speed is 45.9 Meg
Upload speed 8 Meg

and my nearest fttc cabinet is about 5 minutes walk away.

The checkers do underestimate what your line speed will be.

Are Openreach still out and about in Hastings? Not seen any activity for a while.

Hi, saw one guy working on a cabinet on corner of Hollington Old Lane / Blackman Avenue this morning.

Yep have seen open reach on Bexhill road, Fern Road, and Warrior Square both bexhill road and fern road looked like they were feeding fibre optic cable under the pavements

Cheers

Mark

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Hi, saw one guy working on a cabinet on corner of Hollington Old Lane / Blackman Avenue this morning.

that will be near Castleham exchange, that exchange has no FTTC plans.

Cabinet on Bohemia Road outside the ambulance depot has been completed this week.

Thx. Good to hear the work is progressing.

As Hastings is listed as receiving both types of connectivity, I wonder how they decide upon whether a customer gets FTTP or FTTC.

The one on hollington old lane will be on hastings exchange not castleham

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Are Openreach still out and about in Hastings? Not seen any activity for a while.

It's gone a bit quiet although there was a bit of Openreach activity along the Ridge near PCP 3 opposite Hillside Road no cab appeared. It's all been filled in again.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Thx. Good to hear the work is progressing.

As Hastings is listed as receiving both types of connectivity, I wonder how they decide upon whether a customer gets FTTP or FTTC.

The only areas I know that are supposed to be getting FTTP is the Warrior Square area, Seaside Road and Grosvenor Crescent.

Edited by simon194 (Sat 31-Mar-12 12:37:41)

In reply to a post by Avit12:

The one on hollington old lane will be on hastings exchange not castleham

if you type hollington old lane postocde on samknows, it comes up as castleham exchange
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

In reply to a post by Avit12:

The one on hollington old lane will be on hastings exchange not castleham

if you type hollington old lane postocde on samknows, it comes up as castleham exchange
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

That cabinet is connected to PCP 9 further down Blackman Avenue which is on the Hastings exchange and covers the northern bit of Hollingtion Old Lane between Blackman Avenue and Old Church Road but not the bit between Blackman Avenue and Coventry Road. This one also covers Coventry road and bizarrely Drury Lane on Ponswood.

These oddities probably go back to when the Castleham exchange was built when they switched lines from the Hastings exchange and probabaly the early days of ADSL when BT would re-route lines to try and improve sync speeds in the St Leonards area.

just to let people know if they dont already if the bt speedcheck says no for infinty then try talk talk site. i tried the bt site and it said no. When i checked talktalk site it said this.

Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband is planned for your line in July 2012. Register your interest and we'll contact you as soon as it becomes available.*

Your estimated download speed would be 53.9Meg and upload speed would be 15.7Meg.^ Top speed depends on line and location.

Compared to your current download speed of 3.6 Meg.

why cant bt give this info its their infrastructure, run by incompetant- 10 years too late corporate dinosaur thats why

my advice dont bother with bt .....ever

Personally I think its TT that's giving out bad data, so far I think every one who's said TT has a date when BT does not says July, me included, notice a trend???

Spotted a new cabinet today just past the traffic lights by the Grove School going towards Queensway.

Baldslow FTTC Status changed to Available on Samknows.com
Hasting FTTC Status: RFS date set : 30/06/2012

Hastings Main Exchange is less important.

Good News,

TalkTalk is now accepting orders for fibre optic for Baldslow exchange.

The Hastings exchange is now being shown as accepting orders on the Openreach fibre map - http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/ (on the map, not the PDF which still lists Hastings as coming soon).

I checked a couple of postcodes on the BT wholesale checker, and one of them came up as having FTTC (Sedlescombe Road North).

L.

I suspect Sedlescombe Road North is on the Baldslow exchange.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I suspect Sedlescombe Road North is on the Baldslow exchange.

The north part of Sedlescombe Road North round Ledsham Avenue down to Harrow Lane is on the Hastings Exchange, then down to Old Roar Road is on the Baldslow exchange. When you get past the roundabout with St Helen's Road it's back on the Hastings exchange.

It says that TN34 2DD (Linley Drive) is available now. That is definitely on the Hastings exchange

The PDF file now also shows Hastings as available 'now'. Even though, my line still isn't recognised (and my cabinets been done).

I'm guessing there must be some delay between going live and us being able to order it.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

The PDF file now also shows Hastings as available 'now'. Even though, my line still isn't recognised (and my cabinets been done).

I'm guessing there must be some delay between going live and us being able to order it.

My cabinet was kitted out on 22nd April but doesn't appear to be powered up yet unless they are using very quiet fans to cool things.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

The PDF file now also shows Hastings as available 'now'. Even though, my line still isn't recognised (and my cabinets been done).

I'm guessing there must be some delay between going live and us being able to order it.

?
Which PDF file?

http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

Gives all three exchanges subsets in PDF and excel format.

Live , coming soon and Future.

2. we like to make superfast services available as soon as possible so when we declare an exchange is 'accepting orders', all the street cabinets in the exchange area may not have been completed yet. This takes time, so please be patient with us.

3. in many exchange areas not every cabinet can be upgraded.

My cabinet has not been installed yet, though, there was two large Openreach trucks outside about a month ago. The detailed roll-out spreadsheet listed FTTC for my postcode, however, I am hoping the lack of cabinet means they have changed plans to FTTP, otherwise June is not looking like a go.

L.

I've just checked BT to see if it's availble for me to order yet and it seems that my building seems to be the only one in our street that is not connected via the cabinet as I can't order infinity at all and says to register intrest instead but via FTTP instead does anyone know how that works and if I'm going to be able to get fibre in June or anytime soon?

NDHAS HASTINGS TN380AL {NDHAS}{P37} 0 92% 19.02 7b Yes FTTC

NDHAS HASTINGS TN380AL {NDHAS}{P91} 0 8% 22.57 7b No FTTP

thanks

Openreach will run the fibre up your nearby telephone pole, and then to your property using the existing copper line as support. Not sure if that means you will have to wait longer for an install date.

A seaview and FTTP, very nice

L.

I am in a void

After entering various local postcodes into the BT Infinity checker, I discovered I'm enclosed by streets that can order Infinity for June. However, I am unable to order, and it appears all properties that should have been connected to a currently missing cabinet are also unable to order Infinity.

L.

Could someone help me out here with a couple of questions i have.
My current phone line comes from a pole outside my house from the previous posts does this mean im likely to have to while longer than if it came from a cab? Im not sure where my cab is , im on one of the unadopted roads behind boscobel road.
Also does this mean the fibre optic will come right to my door rather than stop at the nearest cab and will this mean a better speed when it does arrive?

Malc

Sadly, a current phone line connection via a pole does not necessarily mean you will be offered FTTP. Though roll-out plans may have changed since last Decembers spreadsheet, it only lists the following postcodes as getting FTTP - TN37 6SZ, TN38 0AJ, TN38 0BX, TN38 0AL, TN38 0AH, TN38 0AE, TN38 0AQ, TN38 0AG

For a more up to date assessment, type your address into the BT Infinity checker. With FTTP, the fibre would be terminated within your property, and would be a higher speed.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I've just checked BT to see if it's availble for me to order yet and it seems that my building seems to be the only one in our street that is not connected via the cabinet as I can't order infinity at all and says to register intrest instead but via FTTP instead does anyone know how that works and if I'm going to be able to get fibre in June or anytime soon?

NDHAS HASTINGS TN380AL {NDHAS}{P37} 0 92% 19.02 7b Yes FTTC

NDHAS HASTINGS TN380AL {NDHAS}{P91} 0 8% 22.57 7b No FTTP

thanks

From what I understand FTTP in Hastings won't be rolled out until the end of the year or early 2013 when the FTTC rollout is complete. There's only a couple of areas slated for FTTP, your area which I'm guessing is somewhera around the Grosvenor Crescent/Seaside Road area and part of the Warrior Square area.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Could someone help me out here with a couple of questions i have.
My current phone line comes from a pole outside my house from the previous posts does this mean im likely to have to while longer than if it came from a cab? Im not sure where my cab is , im on one of the unadopted roads behind boscobel road.
Also does this mean the fibre optic will come right to my door rather than stop at the nearest cab and will this mean a better speed when it does arrive?

Malc

It won't make any difference unless you have a direct exchange line. The lines that come via poles will end up at a cabinet somewhere. One advantage of having the line coming via telegraph poles is that once "FTTP on Demand" becomes available it should be a lot cheaper to install than if it's all underground.

Hi I live in Collinswood Drive and I think we are connected to cabinet P024 which is near the chimeney (junction of Pevensey Rd and Highland Gardens).

Theres still no sign of this cabinet being updated but it does appear on the list that it will be odone by the end of June

I walk past my nearest fttc cabinet almost every day and today I noticed fan noise coming from the cabinet for the first time.

They keep happy customers inside the cabinet?

Been keeping a track of this since back in January.

Good news on my cab according to BT. Available 30th June at speed of 66.7mb down and 20mb up. This is at the top of Harley Shute on FTTC. Must be pretty close to the cab with those speeds you would think?

Is this still looking a realistic date as we all know what these things are like?

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Been keeping a track of this since back in January.

Good news on my cab according to BT. Available 30th June at speed of 66.7mb down and 20mb up. This is at the top of Harley Shute on FTTC. Must be pretty close to the cab with those speeds you would think?

Is this still looking a realistic date as we all know what these things are like?

On 3rd May, Openreach announced fibre was becoming available in Hastings on their Twitter news feed and their When and Where web page has Hastings listed as Accepting Orders but I don't know anyone who has been able to order it yet.

The cabinet I'm connected to isn't powered up yet even though it was fully commissioned 3 weeks ago.

In reply to a post by simon194:

The cabinet I'm connected to isn't powered up yet even though it was fully commissioned 3 weeks ago.

How did they commission it with no power?

In reply to a post by adebov:

In reply to a post by simon194:

The cabinet I'm connected to isn't powered up yet even though it was fully commissioned 3 weeks ago.

How did they commission it with no power?

The power has been connected, that was done about two months ago, but judging by the lack of noise from the cabinet it's not been switched on yet.

The cabinet outside the ambulance station on Bohemia was being fiddled with by a single open reach engineer yesterday. Possible enabling it, or pulling all the wires out. Either way, i'm no better off yet

The cabinet outside the ambulance station on Bohemia was being fiddled with by a single open reach engineer yesterday. Possible enabling it, or pulling all the wires out. Either way, i'm no better off yet

Has anyone actually been able to put through an order yet?

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Has anyone actually been able to put through an order yet?

I don't know anyone that has been able to order apart from one of my mates on Little Ridge but he's on the Baldslow exchange. None of 4 cabinets in my general area appears to be powered on yet including one that was the first to be fully commissioned back in January.

Fttc micro filter trials...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5213-openreach-in...

Can order from West St Leonards, in the Maze Hill and surrounding areas. It appears Openreach are gradually working their way from West to East.

I'm unable to order, but surrounded by addresses that can.

L.

I just spoke to someone at BT about ordering Infinity & he said the exchange isn't due to go live until the 30th of June & that they'll start activating the cabinets after that.

I can't find anywhere that'll let me order it yet.

P.S. He also said to take no notice of the Openreach info... That although Openreach may have done their work, that doesn't mean much with regards to when which cabinet will be live.

cheers for this "Mr Anon", this is very helpful and insightful, it makes sense

I shall now 'concentrate' on retuning for my freeview HD at the end of the month, and deal with infinity afterwards rather than saturating the adsl checker! ta

FF

My cabinet was finished a few months back. They've now dug up the path in front of the new cabinet again along to the nearby lamppost. Sorting out the power to the cabinet maybe?

Thats the works to bring mains power to the cabinet, should not be too long after that till it goes live.

Hi all, anon here again

Just spoke to a very nice man at BT Business who said that they are now taking orders for Infinity 2 in the area I'm interested in at the moment (Wellington Square).

Ordering at the moment involves paying £99 for a check to see whether the line is suitable for the service. This check can take up to 20 days from ordering to completion (!!!???).

If the line isn't suitable the £99 is refunded - Not sure if it's credited if it is suitable....

So - Nearly there

www.spyro-computer-support.com

Nice one. Thanks for the update

I shall also attempt to make that call tomorrow, and see how far I get, although I am further into town.

FF

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Nice one. Thanks for the update

I shall also attempt to make that call tomorrow, and see how far I get, although I am further into town.

FF

Looking at anon's post I think he was enquiring about BT's business fibre service rather than the residential one.

The works are complete now. The cabinet is now emitting a nice quiet fan noise. I think it was finished on Tuesday. BT Infinity, Talk Talk and Sky still say the service is not available to my number though (This is deffo my cabinet, I've checked!). What's the problem? Is there still more work to be completed inside the cabinet?

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The works are complete now. The cabinet is now emitting a nice quiet fan noise. I think it was finished on Tuesday. BT Infinity, Talk Talk and Sky still say the service is not available to my number though (This is deffo my cabinet, I've checked!). What's the problem? Is there still more work to be completed inside the cabinet?

Most of the cabinets in the Harley Shute Road area have been powered up for the last 2-3 weeks and the BT Wholesale/BT Infinity checkers have speed estimates but are saying fibre won't be available until 30th June 2012. Whether this date will change at all, I have no idea.

Just checked BT Infinity and got the same message as you Simon194. Tried Talk Talk and Sky (who I'm currently with) and they still don't see me as having a fibre option yet. At least I know my cabinet is working and I'm definitely on it. Just a waiting game now.

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Just checked BT Infinity and got the same message as you Simon194. Tried Talk Talk and Sky (who I'm currently with) and they still don't see me as having a fibre option yet. At least I know my cabinet is working and I'm definitely on it. Just a waiting game now.

I actually get a speed and date of 30th July with Talk Talk but like you I get nothing from Sky (who I'm also with). Personally I don't mind the wait because I'm planning to sign up to Sky's Fibre Pro Unlimited service which isn't going to be available to existing customers until June/July. I probably wouldn't pass the credit check if I changed providers anyway.

Against my better judgement I tried the TalkTalk checker and it says fibre on my cab by August, whereas the BT Wholesale checker says end of June. Who to believe, if any?

I now have 30th June for BT Infinity and 'in June' for Talk Talk (prob 30th too). Still nothing from sky. I am now chasing for an update..........

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I now have 30th June for BT Infinity and 'in June' for Talk Talk (prob 30th too). Still nothing from sky. I am now chasing for an update..........

I have now as well.

I also had a email back from Sky regarding their Fibre Unlimited product and it said that "unfortunately our coverage currently doesn't match the coverage of BT Infinity". Whether that implies it's not going to be available in Hastings or not I have no idea.

You definitely can't order it if you are connected to the Baldslow exchange because a mate of mine has tried.

Checked today. BT Infinity and Sky are now available to order no more delays or future dates!. My installation is booked for 3weeks from now (Sky). Fingers crossed!

Where abouts in town are you?

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Checked today. BT Infinity and Sky are now available to order no more delays or future dates!. My installation is booked for 3weeks from now (Sky). Fingers crossed!

So it is although I'm after Sky's 80/20 package which isn't available as an upgrade to existing customers until sometime next month.

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Where abouts in town are you?

Top end of the park.

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Where abouts in town are you?

Top end of the park.

I'm near the Mount Pleasant public house.

Good to see it finally becoming available.

Just need it down the A21/Baldslow and I'd be happy.

Can order in coventry road now

Finally have seen the cabinet going in that will feed Boscobel Rd and the top half of Collinswood Drive, didnt think it was going to happen as the 30th of June was closing in fast

Get 40/2 and upgrade to 80/20 in June.

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Get 40/2 and upgrade to 80/20 in June.

It's only a couple of weeks away hopefully plus there's alway the possiblity Sky won't offer the upgrade straight away.

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Finally have seen the cabinet going in that will feed Boscobel Rd and the top half of Collinswood Drive, didnt think it was going to happen as the 30th of June was closing in fast

The cabinet might be going in but it could be weeks before it goes live. It's the electrical contractors that seem to hold everything up. The cab near me was put in at the beginning of March and only went live last week.

I'm able to order now (De Cham Rd). But Sky won't allow existing TV customers to change to the all-in-one plans, which is incredibly frustrating.

The options are very limited at the moment. I think I'm going to wait it out until fibre becomes more than a BT, Virgin or Sky thing. I've heard nothing but nightmares with Sky. I used Virgin back in 2009 in Bournemouth (Bournemouth was the first ever 'fibre-city') and I got 50mbps consistently, but I think their service has degraded since then.

Holding hope that Be/O2 will hurry up and begin their fibre upgrade soon.

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I'm able to order now (De Cham Rd). But Sky won't allow existing TV customers to change to the all-in-one plans, which is incredibly frustrating.

The options are very limited at the moment. I think I'm going to wait it out until fibre becomes more than a BT, Virgin or Sky thing. I've heard nothing but nightmares with Sky. I used Virgin back in 2009 in Bournemouth (Bournemouth was the first ever 'fibre-city') and I got 50mbps consistently, but I think their service has degraded since then.

Holding hope that Be/O2 will hurry up and begin their fibre upgrade soon.

I thought anyone could sign up for their broadband packages including fibre regardless. It's the Unlimited Pro one that's only available to new customers at the moment.

I decided to upgrade to their fibre service because it has finally been confirmed that there will be an upgraded path to the Pro service for existing fibre customers. Roll on the 20th.

I've had Sky broadband for a couple of years now and in all that time I've only had one problem, apart from their nationwide network failure a while back. The thing is, people that have issues with their service the air their opinions in public and not the satisfied customers.

If you don't want to go with Sky or BT there's Plusnet, ADSL24 and others offering fibre in the area and in August, Talk Talk will have their fibre packages available (although, from experience, I wouldn't wish TT on anyone)

Anybody able to order yet in the town centre?

I'm still waiting

FF

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I thought anyone could sign up for their broadband packages including fibre regardless. It's the Unlimited Pro one that's only available to new customers at the moment.

I decided to upgrade to their fibre service because it has finally been confirmed that there will be an upgraded path to the Pro service for existing fibre customers. Roll on the 20th.

I've had Sky broadband for a couple of years now and in all that time I've only had one problem, apart from their nationwide network failure a while back. The thing is, people that have issues with their service the air their opinions in public and not the satisfied customers.

If you don't want to go with Sky or BT there's Plusnet, ADSL24 and others offering fibre in the area and in August, Talk Talk will have their fibre packages available (although, from experience, I wouldn't wish TT on anyone)

Well to be honest I'm in a good place right now. I got my O2 contract in 2008 and it is 100% unlimited, no peak-usage limits, no throttling, just absolute unlimited all month long. And I've somewhat grown accustom to that and don't intend on changing to anything but unlimited. If I change providers and lose that, I'd regret it, even with the faster speeds. And nowadays 'unlimited' never means unlimited any more...

So I think I'll wait it out a bit longer. Not ready for pay ~£60/m for fully-unlimited fibre.

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In reply to a post by simon194:

I thought anyone could sign up for their broadband packages including fibre regardless. It's the Unlimited Pro one that's only available to new customers at the moment.

I decided to upgrade to their fibre service because it has finally been confirmed that there will be an upgraded path to the Pro service for existing fibre customers. Roll on the 20th.

I've had Sky broadband for a couple of years now and in all that time I've only had one problem, apart from their nationwide network failure a while back. The thing is, people that have issues with their service the air their opinions in public and not the satisfied customers.

If you don't want to go with Sky or BT there's Plusnet, ADSL24 and others offering fibre in the area and in August, Talk Talk will have their fibre packages available (although, from experience, I wouldn't wish TT on anyone)

Well to be honest I'm in a good place right now. I got my O2 contract in 2008 and it is 100% unlimited, no peak-usage limits, no throttling, just absolute unlimited all month long. And I've somewhat grown accustom to that and don't intend on changing to anything but unlimited. If I change providers and lose that, I'd regret it, even with the faster speeds. And nowadays 'unlimited' never means unlimited any more...

So I think I'll wait it out a bit longer. Not ready for pay ~£60/m for fully-unlimited fibre.

That's why I've stuck with Sky. Talk Talk started complaining because my usage was over 200GB per month (a majority of that was work related) and in the end terminated my contract. I just love it when an ISP starts imposing their FUP after they've taken over the customer's of another ISP (originally with Bulldog) that offered proper unlimited broadband. Luckily I was already transfering to Sky on my second line so it wasn't too much of a problem.

Now it's regularly over 500GB a month by the time you add my son's online gaming and my daughter's film and music downloads and not heard a squeak from Sky about it.

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Anybody able to order yet in the town centre?

I'm still waiting

FF

A lot of the town centre is on exchange only lines so no FTTC is available. Probabaly because the exchange used to be down Havelock Road where UCH is now.

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Anybody able to order yet in the town centre?

I'm still waiting

FF

A lot of the town centre is on exchange only lines so no FTTC is available. Probabaly because the exchange used to be down Havelock Road where UCH is now.

Cheers Simon, any idea if that includes White Rock road?

I'm sure, I'm associated with Havelock Road, but whether it's exchange only I've no idea....

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In reply to a post by Fibre_fan:

Anybody able to order yet in the town centre?

I'm still waiting

FF

A lot of the town centre is on exchange only lines so no FTTC is available. Probabaly because the exchange used to be down Havelock Road where UCH is now.

Cheers Simon, any idea if that includes White Rock road?

I'm sure, I'm associated with Havelock Road, but whether it's exchange only I've no idea....

The White Rock Road area should be connected to PCP 34 which is at the top of White Rock Gardens near the junction with White Rock Road.

I had the BT engineer in yesterday to set everything up. He had to go back to the cabinet to fix an issue but other than that it took less than an hour. Probably should take 30mins. On checking line speed so far the max i am able to receive is 25mb but this may go up or down. So far its only gone down so I don't think I'll get much more than that. As I was on 1.5mb I am over the moon, just a shame I can't get any nearer the 40mb. I'll update once the line settles down.

Good news

How long did the adsl checker report your line is capable of fttc before you ordered? Ta

FF

Although this is for Hastings, not Eastbourne, I'll report here anyway.

For the cabinet I'm connected to, the checker reported the capability a few days after the power was connected. A few days following that I was then able to put in an order on the BT Business website and around three weeks later I received the service at an initial 79999/20000. I've had some problems but I believe they were mostly related to a faulty master socket filter, and as such am currently using my ADSLNation XTE-2005 until I'm completely certain of that. My sync is now 73322/20000 with an interleaving depth of somewhere around 1500, but the ping is only about 12ms higher as a result so fairly tolerable for gaming online still. As of posting this is my 11th day of using FTTC, with original estimates or 58.5Mbps/18Mbps.

Insightful Ixel,

Many thanks

FF

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I decided to upgrade to their fibre service because it has finally been confirmed that there will be an upgraded path to the Pro service for existing fibre customers. Roll on the 20th.

Finally been connected after a mix up with the install date and I'm the first one on the cabinet.
Just need to get it upgraded to Fibre Pro but Sky won't let me for another month which is a bit annoying because I discovered I could have ordered Pro by phone after I had ordered online.

Long thread affecting viewing mode so closing and suggest a part two with a link to this thread.

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