EALOW now accepting orders for FTTC...

But the wholesale availability checker says no...

Could there be a fault in the database that someone could be prodded to investigate?

EALOW NR32 4EP Cab 59

The cab is installed (power etc was done months ago), 100% of lines in the road are served by the installed cab..

In fact, I can't see any lines / post codes in Lowestoft which return a positive result...

Wait some more for the checker to update, or be a bit pro-active and chase it?

If you haven't found any line or postcode checker returning a positive, what makes you think the exchange is accepting orders?

In reply to a post by Stoo:

But the wholesale availability checker says no...

Could there be a fault in the database that someone could be prodded to investigate?

EALOW NR32 4EP Cab 59

The cab is installed (power etc was done months ago), 100% of lines in the road are served by the installed cab..

In fact, I can't see any lines / post codes in Lowestoft which return a positive result...

Wait some more for the checker to update, or be a bit pro-active and chase it?

When the exchange in my area went to "Accepting Orders" it was almost a month before I could even place an order.

accepting orders means the exchnage is live -- i would keep an eye on the checker as those cabs whcih are due to be deployed shuld be showing estimated speeds
exchnage can go live with only a small number of cabs live

As someone else has said, our exchange at Gorleston went live about a month ago and still nowt.

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As someone else has said, our exchange at Gorleston went live about a month ago and still nowt.

My exchange went live at the end of 2010 - but the FTTC cabinet for my PCP has only arrived today.

Exchange being active means nothing unless you can see an FTTC cabinet by your PCP.

I know this, I posted about the FTTC cab being installed several months ago, and I mentioned about the cab being installed in the first post...

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

As someone else has said, our exchange at Gorleston went live about a month ago and still nowt.

Actually i`m now showing as being able to get FTTC in July Via Talktalks checker.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

If you haven't found any line or postcode checker returning a positive, what makes you think the exchange is accepting orders?

Openreach super fast when and where site plus the twitter feed..

Yep, I've been able to do that for months as well, but I wouldn't go near talk talk with a sizeable barge-pole..

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In reply to a post by Anonymous:

As someone else has said, our exchange at Gorleston went live about a month ago and still nowt.

My exchange went live at the end of 2010 - but the FTTC cabinet for my PCP has only arrived today.

Exchange being active means nothing unless you can see an FTTC cabinet by your PCP.

Yes cab been there for months but I notice that some work is being done early July via the roadworks checker at that cab so possibly the last of the works.

In reply to a post by Stoo:

Yep, I've been able to do that for months as well, but I wouldn't go near talk talk with a sizeable barge-pole..

Neither would I...

Our cabinet was installed in January, BT did some work on it about 10 days ago, Talk Talk where showing available in July, BT advised December 2012, the exchange is showing as CS (coming soon) my Plusnet fibre is being installed by BT on 25/06

The checkers are a load of cobblers

Lisa J

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

As someone else has said, our exchange at Gorleston went live about a month ago and still nowt.

Actually i`m now showing as being able to get FTTC in July Via Talktalks checker.

Talktalk have a long reputation in jumping the gun. They are taking orders in Carlisle as well. You wont get it a day earlier by pre-ordering with them.

Apparently they're having ducting issues in the town, so a lot of the enablements have been pushed back to the September/October placeholder

The biggest issue is that they can't get the fibre from the south of the town to the north due to the tunnel under the river being sealed off to stop a sewage leak..

Oh well.

Quick update - lots of activity on Elgin over the last week or so, much of the rollout in the north of the town is taking longer than expected due to collapsed ducts...

End of July seemed to cover several areas around Oulton Road and along Yarmouth Road, with more work being scheduled for mid-late August at the lower end of Hollingsworth Road - seems they're having install the fibre cab on the opposite side of the road to the PCP near St Margarets, so roadworks are involved, at a similar time there is more duct clearing at the junction of Hollingsworth and Oulton.

Once the ducts have been cleared, we should see the chaps with the tubes and fibre turn up again.

Progress!

Well, I have my answer..

Thank you for contacting Openreach about fibre broadband.



We are experiencing engineering difficulties with the provision of service at EA/LOW 59.

This is because there are blockages within the underground network and we have had to apply for special 3 way traffic management so that we cab excavate.

If all goes to plan and no other problems are encountered, we expect to bring the cab into service around the end of September.

Looks like they put everything in place including the power and tie cables, but the main fibre feed got stuck on the way through..

Ah well, at least I know it's coming