Fibre delayed by a year?

Thought for a long time I'd never get fast Broadband where I am. Then about 8 months ago very much to my surprise my exchange (ebchester) finally got on the list for fibre. It was then changed from Future Exchange to Coming Soon with a date of 31/12/13. Great fibre for Christmas Then I was told my cabinet wasn't viable, back to thinking I'd never get fast broadband A few months later Openreach decided they were wrong earlier and not only would my cabinet be upgraded but I'd have fibre by October to November 2013. Also because I live right next to my cabinet I should get max speeds! Great extremely fast fibre Broadband before Christmas

Anyway today I checked and its now gone back to Future Exchange with a date of "End 2014". I hope to god this is just a delay into early 2014 and they're just using end of 2014 to be conservative. Because after all that to only be 1-2 months away and then have it go back to 1 year+ would be horrible!

I've contacted Openreach and I'll post their response here for anyone else who may be interested.

Edited by DonnieDio2000 (Tue 08-Oct-13 13:35:46)

The Openreach Where and When does for some counties also include the council project information so the ebb and flow may be down to changing timelines on that project, presume its Durham that is your area.

U're not the only one, mine is set back until Spring 2014 suppose to be March 2013 then November 2013 and now put back to March 2014.

The 2014 will be for all the cabinets that are planned to be upgraded should be completed by then, it's very likely yours will be done before this date. Though you could be waiting until the end, just think of all the other people with slower speeds than you and who will not get access to faster broadband for many more years to come.

Edited by ryant704 (Tue 08-Oct-13 16:36:56)

I checked on the Openreach rollout plan list and it specifies May 2014 for my exchange, the site map still says "End 2014" but hopefully the list is more accurate?

OK Openreach finally got back to me last week. Apparently they expect my cabinet to start accepting orders by January 2014. Also the DSL checker has now been updated with FTTC details for my house. Says my speeds should be up to 80mbps down and 20mbps up.

So it seems I should have it sometime between January and May next year, looking forward to it

I've been taunted by Openreach since about 2011. Every year it's said "by end of 2011, 2012, 2013 etc". I came off holiday in July and it said for the first ever time, an actual date "RFS by 31st December 2013". Woohoo! I thought. Then a few weeks back it's changed again to "by end of 2014".

To top it off I live a reasonable distance from the exchance, if I was as near as you I wouldn't be that bothered.

I'm not very close to my exchange, just right next to the cabinet. What speeds do you get currently?, just out of interest.

Edited by DonnieDio2000 (Mon 04-Nov-13 21:47:38)

Ah, I see, apologies, thought you were near to the exchange.

I get about 6mbps which is enough for legacy type Internet usage, but not up to multiple IPTV etc. Plus I work from home, I'd like greater upload speeds.

I'm a few km from the exchange and get 4Mbps. Usually fast enough when I'm using it myself, but not nearly fast enough when its being shared. Not so bothered about upload personally. I'd just like to be able to leave something downloading at a decent speed and browse the internet without someone shouting from downstairs that Netflix won't load