BT Announce Another 98 Exchanges

BT have announced another 98 exchanges whilst at the same time pushing back the dates of those comming soon. Most of the Jun 12 ones have now been pushed back to Sep

The chances of BT meeting its target of FTTC enable exchanges seems to be rapidly disappearing

Link to BT Press Release

Locations included in today�s announcement:
ADEL West Yorkshire
ALDRIDGE West Midlands
ALEXANDRIA Strathclyde
ARMADALE West Lothian
ASHBOURNE Derbyshire
ATHERTON Greater Manchester
AYLESTONE Leicestershire
BEAUMONT Leicestershire
BEESTON Nottinghamshire
BELGRAVE Leicestershire
BERWICK Northumberland
BIDEFORD Devon
BLANTYRE South Lanarkshire
BOLSOVER Derbyshire
BOSTON Lincolnshire
BRECHIN Angus
BRIDGNORTH Shropshire
BURGHFIELD COMMON Berkshire
BURNHAM-ON-SEA Somerset
BURSLEM Staffordshire
CALTHORPE West Midlands
CARLUKE South Lanarkshire
CASTLE BROMWICH West Midlands
CHALFONT DR. Nottinghamshire
CHALFONT ST GILES Buckinghamshire
CHAPELTOWN West Yorkshire
CHEYLESMORE West Midlands
CHIPPING NORTON Oxfordshire
CHURSTON Devon
CORSHAM Wiltshire
CULVERHOUSE Caerdydd - Cardiff
CUMNOCK East Ayrshire
CWMBRAN Tor-faen - Torfaen
DAUBHILL Greater Manchester
DENTON BURN Tyne and Wear
DRUIDS HEATH West Midlands
DUNBAR East Lothian
DUNCHURCH Warwickshire
EDINBURGH MAYBURY City of Edinburgh
FARNINGHAM Kent
GLASGOW CRANHILL Glasgow City
GLASGOW SHETTLESTON Glasgow City
GLASGOW THORNLY PARK Renfrewshire
GLENFIELD Leicestershire
GORSEINON Abertawe - Swansea
HENFIELD West Sussex
HIGHWORTH Wiltshire
HINDHEAD Surrey
HOLT Norfolk
IDLE West Yorkshire
INVERURIE Aberdeenshire
IRVINE North Ayrshire
KILSYTH North Lanarkshire
KIRKHAM Lancashire
LITTLEWICK GREEN Berkshire
LYTHAM Lancashire
MAGHULL Merseyside
MALMESBURY Wiltshire
MARCH Cambridgeshire
MARSHALL'S CROSS Merseyside
MATLOCK Derbyshire
NEATH Castell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot
NORTH BENFLEET Essex
NORWICH NORTH Norfolk
OAKHAM Rutland
OBAN Argyll and Bute
PETERHEAD Aberdeenshire
PILL Somerset
PINXTON Derbyshire
PRESTWICK South Ayrshire
RIBBLETON Lancashire
ROCK FERRY Merseyside
ROTHERHAM South Yorkshire
RUDDINGTON Nottinghamshire
SANDOWN Isle of Wight
SHIRLEY; HAMPSHIRE Hampshire
SLEAFORD Lincolnshire
SPRINGFIELD; WEST MIDLANDS West Midlands
STEWARTON East Ayrshire
STOKE TRINITY Staffordshire
STONE; STAFFORDSHIRE Staffordshire
STRANRAER Dumfries and Galloway
STURRY Kent
THORNE South Yorkshire
THURNBY Leicestershire
TITCHFIELD Hampshire
TURGIS GREEN CHINEHAM Hampshire
UDDINGSTON South Lanarkshire
UTTOXETER Staffordshire
WARRINGTON Cheshire
WESTBURY -ON- TRYM City of Bristol
WHITBY North Yorkshire
WHITEHAVEN Cumbria
WHITTLESEY Cambridgeshire
WISBECH Cambridgeshire
WISHAW North Lanarkshire
WOODGATE West Midlands
WYTHENSHAWE Greater Manchester

And care to share the analysis of the 1000's of cabinets being pushed back, or is the sample the usual - one or two?

Yep very annoyed that my exchange has been pushed back till Sept, been looking forward to June for ages. They managed to complete another exchange a few miles down the road in June when promised, but delayed our local exchange.

How very dare they make you wait another 3 month.
I bet you wish they would just forget your exchange like they have done with many and that way you would not be so annoyed when they had to push back your special date.

I feel your pain.
May god be with you

Good to see Boston finally on the list (just as I'm about to move)

Infinity Website says Accepting orders.

Wholesale checker says pushed to Sept 2012

What one is usually correct ? (I am guessing the wholesale checker) although it seems a little naughty if BT are implying I can order it via them but not anyone else.

@iwish

From that reply it sounds like your a lot more frustrated than me.

Maybe me being annoyed was a little strong, I'm a little gutted then it was not done in June because I was expecting it since last year. Nothing wrong with anticipating a date only to be disappointed.

Oh and please keep your imaginary creator well away from me, thanks.

wow still no exchange for COLLYHURST in MCR. one of the biggest manchester exchanges and they keep ignoring it, I'm sure it serves over 50,000 properties

Accepting orders means THE EXCHANGE not every cabinet.

The ADSL checker tells you (in theory) the situation for your line.

Since eveybody who had a date of 30/06/2012 has been pushed to September 30th 2013 does not mean they will all have to wait that long.

Cabinets are enabled gradually within an exchange area depending on number of subscribers, further works to unblock ducts etc.

Your cabinet could be enabled next week or it could be months away - we cannot tell.

You ARE lucky that your exhange is enabled - many people are still waiting for the exchange to be scheduled, works to start and their cabinet enabled.

It makes no difference which supplier you would order the service through - they all have to wait for Open Reach to enable the cabinet and the ALL suppliers can, if they wish, offer the service.

Wholesale usually more up to date, since Retail takes the wholesale data, suggests BT Retail has not updates its cache yet.

Look ups can cost money (50p per time), so some providers run their own system based on the releases of data, but takes time to update.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

wow still no exchange for COLLYHURST in MCR. one of the biggest manchester exchanges and they keep ignoring it, I'm sure it serves over 50,000 properties

According to Samknows Collyhust serves 14,950 residential customers which doesnt make it particularly large at all.

You are not suggesting the the whole of the greater manchester should be rolled out in preference to the rest of the country are you? Somebody has to be at the back of the queue!

In reply to a post by Bob_s2:

BT have announced another 98 exchanges whilst at the same time pushing back the dates of those comming soon. Most of the Jun 12 ones have now been pushed back to Sep

The chances of BT meeting its target of FTTC enable exchanges seems to be rapidly disappearing

sept 2012 pushed back to december 2012

lame.

suspected as much as it looks like work hasnt even started.

Thanks for the clarification, that is pretty much what I had guessed, but as I had not seen the exchange in a announcements list ( WWBWAT ) I was a little confused.

thanks for the clarification.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

In reply to a post by Bob_s2:

BT have announced another 98 exchanges whilst at the same time pushing back the dates of those comming soon. Most of the Jun 12 ones have now been pushed back to Sep

The chances of BT meeting its target of FTTC enable exchanges seems to be rapidly disappearing

sept 2012 pushed back to december 2012

lame.

suspected as much as it looks like work hasnt even started.

Mine is now showing Sept instead of June , But as of only yesterday plans for the 32 cabs which they are going to deploy was revealed via the council's street works site , as prior to that apart from a few markings( DSLAM) near to some PCP's and a lot of unlocking existing ducting and a small amount of install new poly ducts, there was no indication of FTTC being deployed here , and most of the duct unblocking kept getting pushed back by openreach and there is still some not done even now . organisation doesn't seem a strong point

Wonko

If the Infinity checker says 'accepting orders' and that is what you want, place your order!

If you don't want Infinity you should use the ISPs checker you do want, as some enable exchanges faster than others. They each have to connect their own backhaul or rent it off someone else who has got their own.

It is surprising that BTRetail are saying they can accept orders as they usually get their backhaul via BT Wholesale, but the wholesale checker could be a day or so behind hand. However ISPs do know when the backhaul is meant to be delivered so may be taking orders in advance of go live next week!

Hmmm, my exchange is accepting orders but my cabinet has been delayed till 30th September. That explains why I haven't seen any work on my cab, yet plenty of nearby cabs have been done.

Hello can anybody tell me when FTTC going to be enabled next year is it early or mid or late next year?

Edited by deleted (Wed 11-Jul-12 09:35:14)

In reply to a post by Broadband2000:

Hello can anybody tell me when FTTC going to be enabled next year is it early or mid or late next year?

FTTC is enabled and available in a large amount of the UK already!

beachbioy may be worth cehcking with your local authoriry planning team to check that it has not been objected to or rejected by highways al roll back on a specific cab suggest some specific problem

How do I know if fibre at my exchange?

Go to the open reach website here;- http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

and put your postcode in.. you will see a marker with your exchange.

and/also.. put your postcode into the link in my signature. (remove the space between the digits),
that will tell you if your cabinet is planned for it.

and, go to the BT site, and put your phone number in.

My exchange will be done next year samknows checker say:FTTC will be available in your area, but the precise date is unknown i wonder when will it be done hmm? My exchange name is Chalfont Drive.

My exchange was due in June and has been put back to September.
Is the general opinion on here that it could be sooner than September?
Could it get put back another 3 Months when September comes?

My 12 month contract with O2 runs out this month I can wait 3 months but if it keeps getting pushed back I might as well shop around and get a deal on 12 month contract again and save a bit of money.

What kind of activity from BT have you seen in the area? Do you have new fibre cabinets around? This is they key to knowing if you'll be enabled soon or delayed further.

There's been a new cabinet at the end of the street for a few months now.
I did see fresh works leading up to to the cabinet soon after, so assumed it would be ready to go.