In reply to a post by Moradin:

EAHTF HERTFORD SG143JW {EAHTF}{P33} 0 100% 6.33 8a Yes FTTC

So your connected to CAB 33, all lines from your postcode connect to it, and its on the list.

Your exchange is accepting orders, so your cab is either done, or due very very soon.

Thanks very much for the info

my exchange was also tweeted, and shows as accepting orders on Open Reach Where and when map.

but not on Samknows.com, or any of the ~20 or so post codes i've tried for it via BT's checker.

can't say for your exchange, but i'm willing to bet i'll be able to order early next week, my Cabinet has been there for months, and has all the work required for it go live done

reason i mention samknows is, they get data from bt - if they can't see it's not available for some, bt/other isp's prob can't either

I think I've found out when my exchange will be FTTC - end of September 2012 apparently - by using the postcode checker on the BT adsl checker web site

In reply to a post by joconnell:

I think I've found out when my exchange will be FTTC - end of September 2012 apparently - by using the postcode checker on the BT adsl checker web site

Quarter end dates are notoriously unreliable. It just means sometime. Highly likely to slip by 3 or 6 months during the last week of the quarter. You wil find many people here where that has happened repeatedly, over a year or more.

Idiotically, it can also slip like that, then come back in the first week of the next quarter with live or in a couple of days. . Just don't get your hopes too high, or tell the kids (if you have any) it's due then.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Just don't get your hopes too high, or tell the kids (if you have any) it's due then.

Sage advice. I'm not desperate for FTTC, the biggest difference it'll make to my online life is that I'll be making more use of online storage services and on-line photo albums than I do now, and it'd be nice to be able to surf/DL whilst watching content on iPlayer on the Smart TV