To be frank most of the retail arms of the providers have little to know clue about how xDSL and its many variants work and the nuances.

Each provider usually has a couple of people who do have a good idea, but they will be well hidden from consumer contact.

Suspect a lot of time on ANFP type issues has been around the whole vectoring concept.

In reply to a post by Desmond:

I'll try not to be rude, but this power thing and noise and the rest just sound like excuses. I suspect if the Queen was on an exchange only line at Buckingham Palace...

according to the bt checker, for the well publicised numbers and postcodes associated with the palaces (which i imagine are all direct lines to the exchange), Queenie doesn't have it so good.

Buckingham is on the whitehall exchange, with an EO line. which is currently "exploring solutions"

Balmoral Castle is on the crathie exchange, which is also an EO line. Ballater, just 7 miles down the road has FTTC HA!
Like most people on holiday, I guess she's a little cut off up there. And in London she's got to contend with the urban exchange problem, so there you go. Doesn't seem to be a money or privilege issue, I think it's just how the network is set up.

I suspect being on an EO line won't be an issue. There will most likely be leased lines serving the Royal properties.

Hi, sorry to resurrect this thread. I'm moving into business premises next door to a fibre-enabled exchange. Therefore EO only lines unfortunately. (Got Virgin thank god!)

Can I ask whether there is a minimum "safe distance" between the VDSL equipment and the existing ADSL equipment? Surely that's what is actually important.

According to what I've read, OpenReach could simply put a fibre cabinet on the opposite outside wall to where all the ADSL equipment is so interference would be a problem whereas they're not allowed to put it inside the exchange but at the opposite side of the building.

Have I understood this correctly?

Thanks

Nick

Edited by deleted (Fri 19-May-17 19:43:46)

Yep. The DSLAMS can't coexist in the same place basically.

I realise that but there must be a minimum separation required. If the exchange building is huge and there is space inside far away from the ADSL equipment then why can't VDSL be installed?

I've seen mention of 400m E side cable length mentioned. That would place the cabinet outside most small to medium sized exchange buildings . Openreach/BT also have a policy of trying not to place the cabinets inside the exchange grounds as this makes future closure more cost effective and less disruptive.

In reply to a post by nssimpson:

I realise that but there must be a minimum separation required. If the exchange building is huge and there is space inside far away from the ADSL equipment then why can't VDSL be installed?

I wonder also if its jumpering related ? The frames are congested enough already in some sites ?

In reply to a post by witchunt:

future closure

Sorry to disrupt the flow of the thread, but how does this work? Will every exchange be closed down eventually?

Edited by deleted (Sat 20-May-17 09:57:23)

I image the headend sites are pretty secure for sometime.