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Hi, long time reader / lurker, first time poster here *waves*
I was wondering, is there a way to find out why an exchange might be delayed, or at least what the new ready date might be?
I am on cabinet 3 of the Torrington exchange. ( http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/WWTORR )
According to the information on Samknows, and on the 'Coming Soon' spreadsheet and pdf on the Openreach 'where and when' site, and on http://fttc-check.alc.im/search/EX388AR we were supposed to be getting FTTC in June.
Obviously, that date has now passed, and I was wondering if there was any way to get new information?
Checking https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ or https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html doesn't give anything at all, either on a telephone number or a postcode search; there is no mention of fibre for us.
The shiny new (well, dusty...) cabinet at the top of our hill has been in place for a while now, but there seems to be no activity.
Many thanks in advance for any help. 
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Rather than SamKnows, which rarely nowadays seems to know, try contacting Connecting Devon & Somerset who are the BDUK authority covering Torrington who maybe able to give to more information.
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Thank you for the reply MCM, I shall follow your suggestion, and send them an email via the contact address on their site.
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Hi ShelleH
According to CDAS cab 3 will be live by October according to there updated spread sheet released on the 3rd July.
Btw I am Hatherleigh so not far from you fibre is here already but not for me yet on an exchange only line 
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Thank you for posting the updated information Storm_Force.
I have an avid gamer, and anime fan, who will be pleased to hear that!
He has been incessantly complaining about how unfair it is, that they promised June... lol
You are indeed not far from here, if you are based in Hatherleigh.
I can't say that I envy your position re the direct to the exchange connection at all; that must have been quite upsetting to discover, to say the least.
Hopefully they find some way to resolve the situation for you, and others in your position.
At least I can tell my complaining son, "it could be much worse," after reading the woes caused by direct to exchange connections.
Thanks again.
Michelle
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I'm in Torrington - Cab 1.
While I've been eagerly following the BT teams as they've first been upgrading the old cabinets, then adding in the fttc cabinets beside them. They were at least 8 weeks ahead of schedule in landkey/swimbridge - and it looks like they're pretty much close to finished in Torrington.
The best actual guide as to how the work is progressing is actually roadworks.org.
Spot the boxes, at the top of school lane, and mill street next to the church.
There is only 1 single piece of work left to do - Which they haven't started yet Which is another cabinet near to the dentists in whites lane - which I would have noticed - as I live along there.
Works Start: 24 Jun
End: 30 Jun
Low impact, delays unlikely
Location : OPP SURGERY TO OS WYNDYRIDGE, HALSDON TERRACE
Description : Build 1 precast chamber 1310mm x 610mm x 1265mm deep in Footway,Demolish 1 existing jointbox(s) or cabinet base(s),Install 58m of 1 way poly duct in Footway
Current status: Planned work about to start
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Hi Miggle,
Nice to see somebody else who might have a Cavalier attitude... [ Yes, bad joke I suppose, lol. ;) ]
Hopefully it won't be too long now then, if that is all that is remaining.
I usually pass the dentist each day, so will be keeping my eyes open for them working outside there now.
To the best of my knowledge, Cab 3 is the one next to the church at the top of Mill Street, so about 600 meters from me line length wise; and judging by the symbols on roadworks.org, that last little section might be what finally links them all up... Or at least I hope so.
Openreach replaced a lot of the copper wiring along Mill Street last year, as well as at least one of the poles near us (about 20 meters from me!), and that made a huge difference to our internet speeds at the time; due to the state of the previous wiring, we ended up with almost double our speed at the time, so with a little luck, we'll hopefully be ready to join the modern age properly when they switch on the fibre.
We jumped from a sync speed of 11 Mb to a sync speed close to 19 Mb!
I'm hoping we see another huge leap when they do switch us on.
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Yes I was very surprised when I moved here few months ago to find the Adsl speed was so good - and the town had ADSL2+ (up to 24Mb) rather than just ADSLmax (up to 8Mb).
Fingers crossed for getting close to 76Mb Fibre rate - as we're both so close to the cabinets.
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Yes, it is surprising that our sleepy little pimple on the back-end of nowhere got upgraded really... lol
I agree, with being close to the cabinets, we should get lucky with the fibre speeds.
My downloads are already okay, and my latency is quite good, I just hope that gets better with FTTC too.
And totally off topic really, but in my last post... since you are still quite new to the town... The cavalier comment was regarding http://www.torrington-cavaliers.co.uk/Bonfires those wonderful people.
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Ha yes looking forward to all that. On the Mayday festival I had the day off work, and was woken to a marching band walking past my window. I thought the whole thing was hilarious
To be honest I love this little place, it's quirky, and has tons of stuff on that I can take my daughter to.
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I found out that CDAS are slow to update their maps and postcode spreadsheet once a cabinet goes live. Hatherleigh was due to go live in March according to them but Cab1 went live in January which serves my parents, best thing to is keep checking the BT checker https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/
Good news is the CDAS aren't leaving the EO lines to the end of the project, I have found out they are making progress with one exchange with EO lines due to go live in the next few weeks (not sure if this is a new cabinet or FTTP). Also that they have began survey work in Hatherleigh for the EO lines too so fingers crossed!
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Thanks for the tip Storm_Force, I shall keep checking.
As it is, I don't suppose I have too much right to complain about the speeds I get overall, or the latency, but I just want better, and I know son will be ecstatic when it happens, lol.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/14045...
That's how things are on an average Saturday evening, so not so bad...
I can't wait to post a much nicer one, once the upgrades are done though.
Hopefully you'll have some good news of your own soon, if they are doing the survey work already.
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I see that the planned work along Halsdon Terrace seems to have vanished off roadworks.org now Miggle, but having walked down there today, it doesn't appear to have been done, and as yet there is nothing new scheduled for the next 12 months listed on the site...
There is still the same build up of dirt in and around the edges of the floor panels, and nothing looks to have been done anywhere along the street.
I wonder what they have planned next?
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Thanks ShelleH - Yes, I just noticed that too.. boo..
Also saw that some of my work colleagues were able to order fibre (1 umberleigh, 1 ilfracombe) where last week it wasn't available.
I'm hoping now hoping for either the roadworks.org site to be updated today or tomorrow, or the status of the exchange to update. Now I've got to suffer several weeks of them gloating over their internet speed .
I was watching the roadworks.org site when they started putting the cab's in and they did move forward installations once they'd started going in - and they updated the website. I think I'm getting addicted to checking the status pages...
It usually goes in this order..
http://dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/ADSLChecker.TelephoneN... (waiting for the FTTC items to show in the list)
http://www.roadworks.org
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/WWTORR
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At least I'm not the only one who has become addicted to those pages, lol.
I've also been checking https://twitter.com/DCCSCCBroadband/with_replies and https://twitter.com/Openreach_news/with_replies on a regular basis too.
I think it's just the frustration factor now.
There seemed to be a lot of progress within the last year, and now it's back to not knowing anything new is happening, and wondering if the 'by October' date can be trusted, given that they previously said by the end of June...
Back to website watching I go... 
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Just checked another site, http://fttc-check.alc.im/search/EX388AR and that reckons September.
Also, roadworks.org has the Halsdon Terrace work listed again, with a date range of 15 to 28 of July.
Fingers crossed now.
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have they started the work yet? I'll take a look tonight.. expecting to see roadworks signs hopefully.
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There were no signs of life down there when I went past this morning... My next check will be tomorrow; I'm on a crazy schedule this week, lol.
I'll just keep my fingers crossed for now.
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nothing yet.. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
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damnit, it's disappeared from roadworks.org.. again they may be updating it..
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It's still showing up, with the same dates for me; so hopefully, it was just a case of you caught it as they were doing the database updates or something...
I know that there seemed to be no signs of activity all last week though. The covers on the current in-floor chamber hadn't been disturbed at all. They still had the same collection of dirt and weeds around the edges etc.
It's starting to feel like we're the town that time forgot.
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it's now showing as 'work in progress'
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Hopefully it is a sign of genuine progress then.
I had no reason to be up that way today, but tomorrow I shall be going past; so I shall see... I now have the attitude that when it comes to all things BT / Fibre, seeing is believing, never take their word for it. 
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Well, I went past that way about 9 a.m. on my way home, and the covers of the in-floor chamber don't seem to have been disturbed yet, and there were no signs of any activity having taken place recently.
I guess whoever said that work was progressing and marked it as such, must have a different idea to the rest of us, as to what progress really means.
Maybe an engineer drove past and gave it a harsh stare or something...
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I'm starting to think that they aren't going to meet the promised October roll-out date for us...
The works have vanished off roadworks.org again, but having walked past the surgery again today, it would appear that nothing has been done.
The covers on the in-floor chamber still haven't been disturbed at all judging by the dirt in the grooves, and the weeds that are growing in it; so 'work in progress' turned out to be another lie.
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Yeah - we'll see what happens over the next week, but they've missed their building slot twice, maybe 3 times now.
There's also a bit of cable work planned for the end of october right outside the exchange.
Either way I think they really need to get a wiggle on if they're going to actually complete this by October.. especially as we're almost into September now.
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I'm hoping that they will actually manage to complete it this time, but I won't hold my breath.
I saw that we are back on the roadworks map for today, with completion due sometime within the next two weeks, but given recent history...
The works listed for outside of the exchange in October, they would seem to be for a new cabinet entirely, so that could well be for the lines that are currently direct to the exchange.
Maybe it's a very good sign that they have that planned already... Surely they wouldn't bother with that unless they were intent on having everything else in place?
Fingers crossed...
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I've just noticed on roadworks.org that the work that is due outside the exchange has been moved forward.
It is now scheduled to be done between 26/08 and 08/09...
Hopefully it is a sign that they are going to be on time!
Well, we can dream, right?
They've also scheduled another little bit of work further along New Street, for around the same time, so it does look like they are trying to get everything done all at once.
Fingers crossed.
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well.. all the main roadworks are happening now.. apart from the one we care about the most,
I would be really surprised if they delayed it past the 11th/24th of September. If they did they wouldn't meet the 'From October' deadline.. we'll see
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Yeah, it seems that they are actually trying to meet that 'deadline', so with a little luck, the one near the dentist will be done this time...
I keep hoping to see a work crew down there each time I go past, lol.
Fingers crossed.
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Well.. a lot of activity this week. They've fitted one of the big cabinets outside the exchange, and it looks like they will do the other one today - I had a quick peak at the ground work. (they're fitting 2 side by side) After that they should be moving on to the one along Halsdon terrace. I also noticed one of the chaps fiddling around inside cabinet1 as well.
Keeping my fingers crossed for ordering going live within the next 2 weeks now. yay!
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I'd noticed the activity outside the exchange, and by the looks of it, they are going the whole hog with things; it would seem that Torrington will no longer have any exchange only lines. I've also noticed they've been doing bits of work that seems to be the duct clearing...
It looks like it's time for me to order a new router, to be all ready. As soon as it's upgraded and ready to order, I'll be going to the change a service page on the Zen website and grinning.
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Brilliant news! any pics of the new cabs outside the exchange?
On a separate note, I spotted on roadworks that Victoria Road in Hatherleigh (where phone exchange is) has road closure end of November into December for fibre work. So fingers crossed it may be to sort out the EO lines here!
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pics? haha! I'll take some on my way home tonight. They should look a bit cleaner by then without all the roadworks. Here's the school lane install from 21st June
school lane cabinet It serves connections from Cabinet 1.
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Yes, looks like they're making their way down to hatherleigh and also running down past Filleigh towards south molton. I've spotted a few new cab's there (especially near Mole Valley Farmers), although there's nothing official yet.
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ok, as promised. side front
now we wait for the final part of the puzzle to be finished.
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With a little luck, those final pieces of the puzzle should be done within days.
Just a couple of blocked ducts along New Street and Calvesford Road to be cleared, and the in ground chamber near the dentist now... Then it should be time for them to connect everything together.
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Keep checking the bt checker as it shouldn't be long now!
Just looked at Meeth on the Hatherleigh exchange CDAS have it for OCT 2014 just ran a number through and its live now. I hope they do the EO lines at Hatherleigh sooon!
Edited by Storm_Force (Tue 09-Sep-14 21:13:25)
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I have the BT DSL checker with telephone number output monitored via followthatpage.com
As soon as...
Hopefully they sort yours for you soon.
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aaagh still no roadworks at the final bit. - I live along whites lane so can see the location from my window
seriously need BT to get moving on this one..
I know we're basically the next site in north devon.. but still.
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With a little luck, they'll start early next week, and get it all done in one day... Well, I can dream, right?
I shouldn't imagine it will be too much longer now though, if they are going to meet the target the CDS have set, because as far as I'm aware, they only start to blow the fibre once everything in an area has been completed.
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Hey!
guess what
It begins! FINALLY
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It's not often that I class roadworks as a thing of beauty, however, just this once...
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i am excited for fibre too!!
I'm currently with TalkTalk but thinking of making the switch back to BT.. what isp will you be using?
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I intend to stay with Zen.
They're not the cheapest, but they do have excellent UK based support staff, who don't insist on sticking to a predefined script; I've had one fault in the last 5 years, and they had it fixed the same day...
Then there's the added bonus of having no 'safety' filtering or traffic shaping of any kind.
Throw in being able to run my own email server at home, and there's no contest.
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I'll be going with Plusnet,
They use BT, have a UK call centre and in the past when I've had problems I was able to send all the diagnostic data to them, and I bypassed all the 'have you tried rebooting your router' [censored] that you normally have to deal with.
Also when i moved to Torrington there was a loose BT cable hanging down from my roof. They got an engineer out the next day to tidy it up for me.
on a slightly different note I've just upgraded my router to one that's VDSL capable (as well as standard adsl) which means I wont have to have the BT modem in between my router and the line. - I got a Fritz!box 7490, but there are several others around now, although the Fritz!box has lovely pretty diagnostic graphs on line sync, and quality which is really useful to feedback to an ISP if there's any issues. My previous router was a billion one which has an ethernet lan port too which I could plug the BT fiber router into.. but I quite like the idea of just having one box. I know it's a little overkill but it will support some fancy vdsl technology like VDSL vectoring which is designed to reduce noise on the line. I know.. Me and ShellieH both live close enough to the exchange to probably not need that.. but I'm so excited!
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Forgot to mention..
There was a proper Jeremy Beadle moment when the people who live next to windyridge came back from a week away to find the roadworks outside their house (as they park behind one of the lamp-posts).
I spotted them and explained what was going on.. that the roadworks had actually been delayed 4 times already and this was the last bit of work Torrington needed for the whole town to benefit.
I think The workmen made a small gas leak too as we've had the gas people mending stuff there too. We'll have to see which side they'll still the great big cabinet on.
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I can just imagine people arriving home to find that outside... The looks on their faces must have been priceless.
I'm not sure if it the very last bit or not; the works listed for New St near the top of Limer's Hill still seem to be on roadworks.org, and you're due to get a new telegraph pole down White's Lane at the end of October, but hopefully it's enough done that they will meet the deadline this time.
Also, going by what's stated on roadworks.org, it's a replacement of the in-ground chamber opposite the dentist near you, not a new cabinet.
With regard to the ISP situation, I have been with Zen for the last 5 years, and I can't find a convincing reason to leave.
At one time I would have have considered Plusnet, but knowing that they are simply a sub-division of BT puts me off...
We used to be with BT, and bought our way out of contract with them during the Phorm phiasco, after our line was one of those targeted for their undeclared tests of the obnoxious 'webwise' advertising system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorm
I've since had a policy of never trust BT.
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Also, going by what's stated on roadworks.org, it's a replacement of the in-ground chamber opposite the dentist near you, not a new cabinet.
Thanks ShellieH, I didn't spot that - So i guess they're basically stopping opposite the dentists and running back to around the corner rather than running all the way down whites lane.
Good work on spotting the telegraph pole. I think that one only has 3 houses connected to it.. hardly much point in having a great big pole for that.
As for Phorm/webwise, I can't describe how nasty that tech is. I knew a guy who was working on it - it's been rebadged and is in use by some ISP's in the US. It's just horrible stuff, and the basic tracking is just the tip of the iceburg - as if we didn't get enough junk already.
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It would seem so, yeah. I'm guessing that the rest of the ducting must have been good still.
I see that the Limer's Hill / New Street works have now been removed from roadworks.org, so hopefully, that's another piece of the puzzle done; one step closer.
And yeah, the Phorm stuff is very nasty. I remember reading the analysis by Dr Clayton from Cambridge University, and also some other work that was done to look at it, and I considered it worth buying our way out of several months worth of contract to avoid it completely.
On the upside, it did wake me up with regard to the amount of tracking that is done, and made me aware of several ways to minimise the amount of data that gets shared without us really knowing.
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Gas men have gone, the main roadworks barriers have also gone.. just leaving a couple of coverings with cones on. Fingers crossed for the next few days
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I'll be constantly refreshing my email inbox soon then.
Waiting for that magic mail from followthatpage that shows the update we're waiting for...
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I'm not really sure if this is related or not...
" Start: 01/10/2014 02:00
Cleared: 01/10/2014 06:00
Duration: 4 Hours
Message: Outage of upto 15mins dependant on size of MSAN "
But it sounds like it possibly is.
That's an upcoming outage for our exchange.
Maybe one of the more knowledgeable people here might be able to give us an informed opinion?
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YES! OMG! where did you find that?
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It's a box which links services into the network (they'd need to add one for fiber)
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It's listed on the Zen status pages. They provide details of their own outages on one page, and they list their suppliers upcoming outages on another; that one is on the suppliers page.
http://status.zen.co.uk/broadband/maintenance-outage...
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Well spotted!
Fingers crossed for Wednesday status update! Keep the thread posted on any updates
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I'll be keeping an eye out, so will update as soon as I see anything.
Hopefully we'll get some good news soon.
One thing I did pay attention to yesterday evening was the in floor chamber opposite the dentist, and it was very noticeable that work has been done on that. Also the floor covers and cones a little further along from there, and the new sections of tarmac leading to them; they are all marked with WWU, which is Wales and West Utilities, so I'm presuming that all of the BT stuff is complete now.
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Fingers crossed you go live any day now! I drove through Torrington on Saturday and noticed the shiney new PCP and fibre outside the exchange.
Spotted on roadworks that in Hatherleigh the road outside the exchange is shut for 2 days at the end of November for fibre cabling work so hoping it maybe something to do with the EO lines here!
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I'm certainly hoping that it shall be soon.
I think that the work they are doing at the exchange tomorrow night (early hour of Wednesday a.m. technically speaking) should be the last thing that needs to be done... Or at least I really hope so.
The only other works listed on roadworks.org are two telegraph pole replacements, so they shouldn't have any impact on the switch-over.
That does sound hopeful for you too, and it may well be, that you get your fix of fibre soon.
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.. Tumbleweed... the sound of a dog barking in the faint distance..
Somewhere in Torrington the soft tap..tap of status update pages refreshing.
Hurry up BT! RFS date was 30/09/2014
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I guess this is what happens when they only have a few people who know how to knot the string that connects the cups properly.
CDS told us it would be October, the trouble is, they didn't say when in October... I'm starting to think it will be closer to the end of the month.
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CDS told us it would be October, the trouble is, they didn't say when in October... Ah, but did they tell you which October?
100% Linux and, previously, Unix.
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Hehe... That same thought had already occurred to me.
It's supposed to be this October, but... I guess we just have to wait and see.
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I think I may cry...
Exchange Name: TORRINGTON
Status: Coming Soon
Forecast date: Calendar Year 2015
According to http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/
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argh [censored]!!!!!
on the plus side Connecting Devon and Somerset are still forecasting the area for October 2014 and SamKnows still has a RFS date set of 30/09/2014
So heres hoping...
Edited by deleted (Fri 03-Oct-14 14:58:44)
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CDS are extremely slow at updating their site, My cabinet was live for a good 2 months before they even changed it to available, So I deffo wouldn't pin your hopes on the fact CDS not changed the date unfortunately.
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Probably nothing - but 2 openreach vans are in whites lane, I can't see what they're up to...
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It would be nice if they are actually going to get us sorted sooner rather than later then, and prove that the where and when site has it wrong...
Given the number of let downs so far though, I won't hold my breath.
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It would be nice if they are actually going to get us sorted sooner rather than later then, and prove that the where and when site has it wrong...
Given the number of let downs so far though, I won't hold my breath.
I will say that the date CDS had for my exchange was March 2014 and it was done very late Dec so there is always chances it could be done before the date, I just wanted to point out that CDS take forever to update the website.
Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later for you.
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@Miggle
You say that you'll be going with Plusnet for fibre. Are you with them currently using their ADSL service?
I've had a rethink and Plusnet looks to be really good value for money for ADSL and then upgrade to fibre when its available.
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Thank you IranianGiraffe, it's always good to read words that give hope.
My friend saw an OpenReach engineer in his van not far from our cabinet today, and asked him if he had any idea of when we might get switched on.
The engineer said he didn't know when it would be, but as far as he knows, everything is now in place and ready to go; he also expressed that his opinion was, 'the sooner the better really'.
So back to waiting and hoping we go...
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For what little this is worth, our exchange at Torcross has been moved back to November like yours. RFS was Sep 30, so...make of that what you will! Don't contact CDS or bother looking at their site - it's manually updated, and I wouldn't trust their map either.
Just got to sit tight. I've told everyone in our village not to expect anything until 2015 now.
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Yes - I'm with them for adsl.
Basically they're incredibly technically savvy, I can send/show them raw diagnostic data on my connection, and I've always been able to bypass the stupid 'have you tried restarting it' questions that a lot of ISP's force you to go through. Because they're part of BT (but they don't like to talk about it) - it means that engineering work needed when it comes to your own line is fast.
I've been through a lot of Isp's (I used to work for one), as well as helping to write technical info for a couple of them too, so I've kind of seen support from both sides.
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Because they're part of BT (but they don't like to talk about it) - it means that engineering work needed when it comes to your own line is fast.
If that is the case then the regulator will have something to say about it. Neither PlusNet or BT Retail should receive any preferential treatment from OpenReach - they are just another customer as far as OpenReach are concerned.
And it does also depend on who you get through to at PlusNet. If you get to the right people then they can perform very well but most customers will end up with the call centre staff who will not have that sort of skill level.
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Yes, I've probably just been lucky, in getting through to the right people. Also publicising any large issue on twitter seems to expedite the resolution.
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PlusNet are one of the better ISPs once you get the right people involved. Some other ISPs there is pretty much no route to the right people - whereas with PlusNet they tend to make some of their main customer support people available on the PlusNet forums and TBB.
I do think they are good but your average bod on the street may find it difficult to get to the right person to give the top level support.
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north devon journal.
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/North-Devon-commu...
BROAD BAND: Good news for broad band users. A super-fast service has now arrived. If you wish to upgrade to this service ring your provider and tell him that fibre-optic broadband is now available in the village.
>> Yeah that's wishful thinking.. at the moment
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Extremely wishful thinking. Let's see if they correct it or not.
It would be nice to think that it will be enabled soon, but I am starting to think that we'll be lucky if we get it by next October the way things have gone so far. I'd love to be wrong, but...
It seems every quarter it gets bumped back that little further.
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I think that the auto-response from Connecting Devon and Somerset says a lot really...
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Your enquiry has been successfully received.
We aim to respond to all enquiries within 3 weeks of receipt.
Please note that unfortunately, due to the large number of enquiries we are unable to answer any enquiry that is already answered on the FAQs page of our website.
Kind regards,
The Connecting Devon and Somerset Team
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In this day and age, 3 weeks is a truly pathetic target. So much for bringing us into the modern age...
Yes, you can laugh now.
Maybe one of the answers in the FAQ should cover why they are so pathetically slow...
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Well, CDS replied...
" Openreach�s data is correct.
Regards,
Ed Cross "
At least it never took the 3 weeks, small blessing eh?
I thought they were useless because it was going to take up to 3 weeks for a reply; it turns out they're just useless in a different way...
So much for October this year.
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OMG, they really are completely useless. I guess it's because they just can't be assed to do any research into the reason why it's not live - and have no way of getting further information on it/can't be assed.
What we really need is proper transparency on status.
E.G having a central site where engineer work and exchange status is updated in real-time and made public (just like delivery companies do with their track and trace systems).
It would ease so much of the frustration if people were able to track and understand the reason for delays, and receive updates so they weren't just wondering what was going on. For all we know they're waiting for a fresh delivery of Milk and Teabags at the Exchange before they hit the go-live button.
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I cannot disagree at all. The situation would be far less frustrating if there was some sort of tracking system in place.
Even if they made regular updates to the site, not necessarily with full technical data, but basic information, for example: "Your exchange has been delayed due to 4 blocked ducts, and 3 damaged cables," or such; and then provide a rough timetable of works, and give updates as each one has been dealt with.
It would be far better than treating the end users as if they are mushrooms. (Keep them in the dark and feed them ......it.)
Delays aren't nearly as bad when you know there's a good reason, and aren't left thinking it's because Tom Bodgit, Dick Leggit and Harry Scarper couldn't be bothered to get out from under their duvets today.
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FYI - I've contacted BT to see if they can provide an update on this - waiting to hear back - with a bit of luck they may even post back to the forum.
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It would be nice to get something more than the vague 'calendar year 2015' guesstimate, or the even less impressive level of information that CDS seem to believe is satisfactory.
I am wondering if the delays have anything to do with the cable works that are due to happen in January, along the B3232 near Alverdiscott and Newton Tracey... Although that's just a wild guess. I have no real idea how or where the routing to our exchange is done.
Hopefully BT respond and give a proper answer, that can make us smile...
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Oh no... I see what you mean.. depends where the links back to Torrington go.
I would hope capacity is already at the torrington exchange. I think Alverdiscott uses the Newton Tracey exchange WWNTCY (that's the nearest to them). Hopefully it has nothing to do with us. Really depressing if it does though
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I will confess I have no real knowledge of how everything is linked up... It was purely a speculative thought; if our 'feed' (for want of a better word) comes along the same cluster of cables, then could it have an impact on the ability to deliver our service kind of thing?
I don't know if things run through a main exchange in an area, and then that supplies other exchanges... So would we be dependent upon Barnstaple for instance?
As in Barnstaple, to Newton Tracey, to us...
I don't really have that much in the way of technical knowledge when it comes to how it all works; I just know it's a little bit better and a lot more complicated than the empty bean tins and bits of string we had when I was a kid.
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Yeah, it would be nice to know some of the detail - I know there are real BT engineers on this forum somewhere
I know for our connectivity here at our HQ in FIlleigh we have links going to Barnstaple and Exeter for our fibre. I've got no idea on the domestic side, how they hook things back into the exchange - would be nice to know more.
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Details would be nice; I can however sympathise with any BT engineer who does post here... It must be difficult to speak out and make any kind of definitive statement for fear of being quoted, or worse, misquoted, should anybody raise issues with BT at some point.
To my mind, there is also another big issue that the engineers face; that being they are technical minded types, but they are sadly having to work to the orders generated by beancounters who have little or no technical knowledge, and whose primary purpose is to deliver another dividend to shareholders without actually making much change to the infrastructure...
I wouldn't want to speak out under those circumstances.
Hopefully you'll get a reply to the email you sent, and we'll at least have a little more information then.
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I susspect the main spin spine joins the B3232 at Alverdiscott through Newton Tracey on its way to Barnstaple
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Thank you for your input Ribble, it is much appreciated.
Hopefully when the cable works are done in that area, we should also get our link up at the Torrington exchange then... Or at least I hope so. (I'm not technically literate when it comes to such things, so I just take a best guess lol.)
Obviously, it is frustrating with all the waiting, but I know that things sometimes get in the way when the economic factors come in to play, and the engineers have no options but to do as they're told...
Now it's just a case of wait and see, and hope that the weather doesn't delay things further over the next few months. I know things can get a bit wet and soggy in that area, so I don't envy the work crews, but I am thankful to them when they keep the strings that connect the bean tins from getting too soggy!
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Thanks Ribble
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I had a call back from BT - they said to contact my internet provider, and were unable to provide any further information. Standard response.
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And we all know what the response from any ISP is going to be... "You'd need to ask BT, they are the ones who own the network."
Oh well, thank you for trying.
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And they would be wrong as Openreach run the network and are responsible for the roll-out. This is in conjunction with the councils when its a BDUK project area
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The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
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My apologies, that was my term. I suppose like many members of the public, I still don't make a proper distinction between Openreach and BT.
Heck, I still think in terms of British Telecom most of the time, a name that they have eschewed for quite some time now I believe...
The only time I really make the distinction is when seeing the engineers out and about; I have respect for the engineers, because they are the face that is most often seen by the public, they are the ones who take the majority of the flack, yet they are the ones who don't get to decide how things are going to be regarding the state of the network.
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I do hope its an error on the updated maps from CDAS, as its now stating Oct 2015!! for Torrington
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I do hope its an error on the updated maps from CDAS, as its now stating Oct 2015!! for Torrington
Their site is awful, All the exchange dates by mine were out by a lot, One area it currently has been updated to say a SURVEY is due to be done in the area from May 2015 (or something like that), A BDUK cabinet is down to be installed in the area for that postcode within the next 2 weeks on roadworks.org, Why would a cabinet be put in if a survey hadn't been done. Also my exchange last year said that it was under review and no survey had been done yet there were fibre cabs flying up from the BDUK.
So as you say hopefully it's a error.
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OMG.. not good
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A BDUK cabinet is down to be installed in the area for that postcode within the next 2 weeks on roadworks.org, Why would a cabinet be put in if a survey hadn't been done.
We have just had that situation down here in Aveton Gifford. The survey was due to begin this month yet a cabinet is currently being installed. The newly updated CDS map shows a service date for it of October 2015. Which may slip, of course.
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Does contacting CDS work? Just wondered if anyone's tried this form yet.
https://www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/contact...
probably wouldn't get a reply anyway.
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FYI Openreach have been out all weekend working at the torrington exchange and street access holes. Still currently got one open at the end of whites lane - poor blokes are getting soaked.
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.. and running more cable near the exchange this evening
Edited by Miggle (Mon 03-Nov-14 18:28:05)
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Just noticed that torrington has been mvoed to a PA planner area.. instead of coming soon.. meaning up to 18 months away.. Sad times.
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Just noticed that CDS have changed their date for my postcode to October 2015.. Sad times
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I can't see much planned work around the area that's past January 2015 on v6.roadworks.org .. it may not be that far away.
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Drove through Dolton yesterday (not far from Torrington) new PCP and fibre cabinet must be for the EO lines in the middle of the village, however according to CDAS not live till Oct 2015.
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I decided to follow CDS on twitter so i could keep up with news on the exchange and kinda wish i hadn't! it seems that every exchange in the middle of nowhere is being activated, so i tweeted them and asked about the Torrington exchange and was told the following - "Activation unfortunately pushed back as road closures needed, email us at [email protected] for more info"
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-egsfsbQO0M4/VLAum...
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Thanks Daz,
I hope it's the road closure that's happening right now in Newton Tracey. (fingers crossed)
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Rather than SamKnows, which rarely nowadays seems to know, try contacting Connecting Devon & Somerset who are the BDUK authority covering Torrington who maybe able to give to more information.
If you get any information from them you're luckier than I am. I'm in a part of Okehampton that is Under Review - after initially being "promised" availability by December 2013. An employee of Connecting etc lives just round the corner and he was as frustrated as I am when I asked him few months ago.
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You're right.
CDS emailed me back, and then I got CDS to send an email to Openreach to try and get some timescales .. but no luck, no response - and this was 6 days ago
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I have actually had a reply from CDS - telling me that they can't do anything and don't know anything, because I'm in an area covered by a commercial (non)provider, that can sit on its hands till the end of 2016 after which who knows what will or won't happen. It is so frustrating that there's no way to contact whatever this mythical provider is and the publicly-funded body set up to promote high speed broadband can do absolutely zilch. To make matters worse, I can see properties a few hundred metres away, between me and the centre of Okehampton, that are now in a position to place orders.
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Reply from Openreach via CDS reporting on status of Torrington Cabs.
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"We�ve received a reply from Openreach and they have got roadworks booked in for January and February. At this time they cannot commit to the cabinets being activated before October but are hoping to get them ready before this time.
Keep an eye on the website and Twitter and we�ll post any updates when we get them."
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I hope it's 8 months before that time
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More BT work at new st / whites lane junction in Torrington this morning.
http://i.imgur.com/vUL3OiW.jpg
It wasn't listed on Roadworks.org, and they ran some cable down it.
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more BT work outside the exchange this morning with 2 BT teams working opposite.
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My apologies for not responding much sooner; life priorities and all...
Hopefully that's a good sign, and things will be sorted sooner rather than later.
We can only hope...
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As I was walking through the town, I happened to hear a beautiful sound... The gentle hum of a cooling fan as I walked past cabinet 3!
Hopefully we're nearly ready to go!
I don't know how much longer it will be, but the cabinet obviously has power, and something is running in there now.
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Any more updates on this?
BT's Openreach website says that its still not ready yet.
Also the BT Infinity checker says its not ready either.
I'm guessing October 2015 will be the time its updated, hopefully before that!
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I don't have a clue now... I walked past cabinet 3 again this morning, and it no longer sounds like the fan is running.
The chances of getting any information seems close to nil it would seem. The responses from CDS are pretty much useless, and the time-scales quoted just seem to be extended again and again.
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I honestly can't imagine any more roadworks that need to be done to provision Torrington. Looking on roadworks.org a year ahead doesn't really show anything. WOuld love to hear if anyone else has any ideas. CDS got hardly any detailed feedback from BT back in january.. I think that the work needed was done in Feb. I've given up trying to predict anything now, I shall just keep checking the status updates.
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I honestly can't imagine any more roadworks that need to be done to provision Torrington. Looking on roadworks.org a year ahead doesn't really show anything. WOuld love to hear if anyone else has any ideas. CDS got hardly any detailed feedback from BT back in january.. I think that the work needed was done in Feb. I've given up trying to predict anything now, I shall just keep checking the status updates. Not everything is put on roadworks right away, I have seen some pop up a couple of months early which is given a status of "Advanced planning" but nothing later than that.
Its not that it doesn't happen, its just that it would be too much work to do if something was delayed and had to be changed all the time, which is why I think they try not to submit stuff until they have a rough idea of the correct dates.
So you may go a few month without any info and then work will pop up to be done in the next few weeks.
Paul
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Maybe this will provide a little hope, and lift the spirits of those still waiting...
https://twitter.com/DCCSCCBroadband/status/572328110...
I'd prefer it to be sooner, but I guess that's better than October.
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oooOOH! Well done, that's the most promising thing I've heard in ages!
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I'm just hoping that it's a conservative guess by them, and it does turn out to be much sooner, rather than an optimistic guess that turns out to be wrong the other way, lol.
I wasn't actually expecting any kind of answer really, other than the usual vague, "by October," so I'm hoping it's a sign that genuine progress has been made.
Each time I've walked past cabinet 3 lately though, I've been able to hear the cooling fan running, so I know (or at least think, and hope...) that there can't be too much more to do.
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I see we now have new roadworks listed on the www.roadworks.org site, for the 8th to 11th of March, along Calf Street and New Street.
"Cable provision in duct to Provide Service (no excavation) Rolling traffic lights. Works to be carried out on SUNDAY 8th"
Hopefully it's a sign of good things to come...
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Walking past Cabinet 3 in this morning and BT Openreach workers at Cabinet 3
Blowing in fibre
A picture here:- http://i.imgur.com/5JpbQsF.jpg
Chatting to the workers the reason for all the delay is that the various ducts have been blocked/collapsed and they have been busy clearing them.
Good for Torrington! FTTC is getting ever closer for you!
Now; all I want is for LANGTREE Exchange Cabinet 3 to get its upgrade etc. then I'll be very happy indeed
Edited by deleted (Wed 04-Mar-15 19:08:16)
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Sweet!
That's the cabinet that I'm connected to.
Thanks for posting that. Hopefully it will be here soon.
Good luck with yours too.
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cool thanks for the photo! I saw the one beside cab 1 early in the morning
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Just for curiosities sake, where is cab 1?
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Cab 1 is just past the exchange against the church yard wall, (I'm connected to it) the huwai fiber cabinet connected to it is the green one at the very top of school lane.
You can see it in the photo i posted here about a year ago. I then believe the polypipe / access following cab 1 runs to a street access hole at the top of whites lane, and then runs down towards cabinet 3 as well as continuing forward.
http://imgur.com/59PVYTy
Edited by Miggle (Thu 05-Mar-15 17:36:01)
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Oh wow, now I feel really blonde... I walk past that at least 3 or 4 times a week, and I've never really noticed it. I must remember to pull my head out of the clouds sometime, lol. You're probably going to get a top notch speed given how close you are to that.
I know from my place, to the pole, and then the nearest underground chamber, etc, I am probably about 600m away from ours, line length wise. Straight line distance is about 400m, but it detours slightly if you follow the wires, so...
Even then though, I know it will be far better than what we can currently get, because I am more interested in the increased upload speeds.
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If i remember rightly you're current sync rate was really high - meaning you're going to get a fantastic connection rate on fibre. I'm probably around 150 meters away cable length wise and I'm right between cab 3 and cab 1 distance wise. I can't remember where cab 2 is - maybe in the square.
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Yeah, I do have a good sync rate for the ADSL, I don't know how it will work out with fibre though.
My current stats are: Down 20761Kbps / Up 1215Kbps
It's the upload that's the biggest issue for me. Some days I end up needing to transfer a large number of GB's worth of .psd files, and other bits, and it's actually easier to go to the post office and mail off a memory stick via Special Delivery than it is to do the transfers, especially with my son being an avid gamer.
I frequently get complaints of "You're killing my ping times..."
At least with a higher upload capacity, we could both be happy, my uploads would be fast, and I'd be able to leave him enough capacity to get good latency to whichever servers he's currently connected to.
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I found a BT engineer in pottington Barnstaple praying to the Cable Gods.
So I took a photo! hehe.
http://imgur.com/Xn4zHp0
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Praying that he doesn't have to be part of the team that sorts out Torrington?
I see we have the roadworks near the exchange listed again, this time scheduled for 23rd to 25th March... "Cable provision in existing duct to provide service. POSSIBLE excavations IF duct blockages encountered. Night working with rolling traffic lights."
Hopefully they manage to sort it this time.
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I don't know if it's going to be one of the final steps for ours or not, but another roadwork of possible interest:
14 Apr - 27 Apr
Location: B3232 370m south of jcn New Kennacott
Description: Access to carriageway box to effect fibre spine joint.
That's a little south of Newton Tracey, so it's entirely possible that we might be part of the same link up; I dunno for sure though, I'm just taking a guess.
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Hi ShelleH
Are you on Cabinet 3 on Torrington exchange? Please go to
https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html
and type in your phone number you may be surprised
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And now I shall weep, lol... I had my fridge freezer fail earlier this week, and have had that much expense over the last few, that I will have to wait another week before I can afford to activate my connection.
That chap who goes by the name of s*d must have known, lol.
It's good to see though.
Down Up
FTTC Range A (Clean) 54.4 35.5 13.9 8.4 -- Available
FTTC Range B (Impacted) 46.8 25.7 13.9 6 -- Available
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sad face
What area of town does cab 3 service? i'm just off calf street and the bt checker is still only showing adsl service available..
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https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm?xid=8...
That shows the full list of postcodes served by Cab 3, it covers a huge area, but it's from the top of Mill Street downwards primarily (with a couple of minor exceptions), although they extend outwards as far as Tadiport and Little Torrington.
Edit... Grrr, I'm not sure why, but the link from that site keeps failing, but if you search the exchange on that site, you can list all the cabinets connected to it, and see that P3 serves a huge area, lol.
I'm not sure if it's a site thing that causes the link to fail, or if it's my blonde streak shining through...
Edited by deleted (Fri 03-Apr-15 13:11:53)
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Post deleted by willfish
Edited by deleted (Fri 03-Apr-15 13:24:03)
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Yeah, I can't complain at the quoted speeds, especially considering it's the upload that I struggle with the most.
I noticed on the roadworks.org site that there is currently work going on in Langtree cabinets wise, and that there seems to be cable works leading from the Tadiport area, through to Langtree, scheduled for July.
Hopefully it's all done soon for you.
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That's not bad,
Oh now to wait for cab 3 at Langtree to be upgraded then I'll be a happy bunny, seems there are works going on in the Langtree green cabinets have appeared on the grass verge on the road to the village hall, it's getting closer, very painfully slow
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Sorry about the strange out of order reply's.....connectivity issues this end .
Yes I noticed that there are some scheduled road works to "access underground network", but 20th to 31st July, (hopefully this year).
Anyway fibre is edging it's way out rural, hopefully some of the cabinets on this little exchange can be upgraded or even have Fibre to the remote node installed? We can always hope I suppose.
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No worries about the order from my point of view... I'm often out of order.
Obviously I have no clue as to what they'll deploy and when, but hopefully you end up with a stable and fast connection sooner rather than later.
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Yay CAB 1 is LIVE
placed my order
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Cool, and that's a very nice estimate too.
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Daz when you run you number through the BT checker what cabinet does it state?
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the bt checker wont work with my phone number as i moved my line over to TalkTalk when we moved in around 6 yrs ago.. but the postcode checker still comes up with the same old adsl service only :-/
Apparently i am connected to cabinet 2
http://imgur.com/rn5VDaO
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Just had a look it appears cab2 isn't live yet, though i would expect it andyay now hopefully as the fibre cab has been installed for a while now.
Just keep checking!
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the postcode checker still comes up with the same old adsl service only :-/
The postcode checker is not reliable for FTTx. Use the address checker.
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Cabinet 2 is now LIVE!!!!
HAPPY DAYS!!!
http://imgur.com/sZRVTbW
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fantastic! have you ordered yet Daz? who with?
When i placed my order the earliest i could have it was tomorrow (13th) - although i've got my order booked for the 20th on cab 1.
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Have i ordered? lmao
I've had to order with TalkTalk as we are currently tied into a contract with them and tbh we have no issue with the service they've provided us over the past 6 yrs or so.
The earliest slot i could get was the 22nd but i booked my order for the 23rd, which is a Thursday, so I may as well take advantage and book the Thursday & Friday off work and have a long weekend.
Just wondering now if the misses would notice me ordering a new Billion 8800AXL to replace my current 7800N
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Just wondering now if the misses would notice me ordering a new Billion 8800AXL to replace my current 7800N
Haha, I bet she would! - i've got a 7800DX as backup router - which did does the job very nicely. I'm using a VDSL router right now - a fritzbox 7490 (hopefully so i can put the BT box out of the way and just stick with my one device). Will find out Next week.
I'll be interested to see if they offer to 'move' my master socket like they're supposed to.
Changing the subject completely.. How on earth has someone managed to write 'don't' on the UKIP sign along the old high street without being spotted when the sign is half way up the house.. they must have had a ladder - I did see a couple of people replacing one of the defaced signs.
I think the only UKIP sign not yet painted on is the one opposite the dentist near me. - While i'm not going to vote UKIP (they want to restrict and monitor the internet even more), and it wasn't me - It is pretty funny.
I did change a spare wireless ID to 'Don't Vote UKIP' - which has a rather large range as it's in the attic.
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So Miggle, today IS the day..
Let us know how you get on...
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All done.
Young engineer. I was home by 12 PM - engineer came 14:15.
I'd actually been monitoring my internet connection since 12, i saw they'd flicked over to vdsl and my connection drop around 2PM. I quickly swapped over my network settings, and had my connection up and running before he knocked on my door.
Full 80/20 sync rate for me.
I showed him my stats and he double-checked them.
He left me the BT VDSL modem that they'd normally install in case mine ever broke.
He was very glad i was so quick as he had loads of installs to do today. Although I wasn't given the opportunity to relocate my master socket.. i should have probably said more about it.. but i was too excited.
here is my old connection
old connection
here is my new connection
New Connection
Dazz gets his connection this week too
also me flapping over if it would play nicely with my router was a fuss over nothing - It was easy.
Edited by Miggle (Mon 20-Apr-15 14:38:53)
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Nice one! Roll on Thursday morning for me...
TalkTalk delivered their all-in-one 'Super Router' today and trust me when i say it is rather 'Super' Hoping I can put it into modem only / bridge mode after installation and carry on using my 7800n as the router until i can convince SWMBO otherwise.
You mention that you did the home install side of things yourself, did the engineer offer to install a new filter faceplate or move your master socket?
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No the engineer didn't offer to move the master socket / install a new faceplate. I think he saw I had a faceplate and the stats were fine. But I'm annoyed that I didn't get him to move the master socket. In hindsight I should have screwed back an old manky faceplate / uncabled everything so he'd have had to have moved it in order to provided me with a connection - although I was just excited about my new speed.
If he did move the master socket - i think he would have just extended out internally - rather than re re-cabling and drilling the BT cable from the outside wall to the the new location.
1 thing that may be relevant. This was a contractor to BT Openreach - they didn't have a BT van, although it had a small openreach logo on it. I got the impression that they were incredibly busy.
Dazz.. I haven't checked to see whether my new connection improves my battlefield / Steam gaming collection. I'll try it out tonight - But it was very nice to be able to stream netflix, have several downloads going and play a bit of wow (and teamspeak) without any slowdown.
and Dazz for your billion vdsl router..
your username/password
ATM settings:-
VLAN ID 101 (the important bit - use VlanID for internet access if you have a tickbox)
VPI 1
VCI 32
Encapsulation:-
PPPOE
it really is that simple (you can pick annex A or Annex B if it asks for dsl region - will work with either)
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OOh yes Forgot you were on talk talk. Yeah they actually ship you a nice little all in one vdsl modem don't they.. the HG635? is that the one you have.?
nice little setup for you here.
http://npr.me.uk/hg635.html
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If you have the MKII or MKIII VDSL/ADSL filter faceplate there is nothing stopping you from installing a data extension onto the 2 pin IDC connector to where you want the router/modem to be placed.
I have done this with out ADSL2+ connection, I used CAT5e cable due to having reels of that laying around.
Paul
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Thanks Paul - good point
Something that I should have used a while ago before routed cable to get to the socket. I could probably still do it. Food for thought.
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Just be careful not to disturb any wires connected to the phone face plate or you will loose all your phones, these IDC connectors are a nightmare when it has short wire connected to it and one pops off and then the second wire pops off when you try to insert the first wire LOL.
But if you remove the first faceplate i.e. the phone one lower it down carefully, you can use the cut out of the VDSL face plate to lower the wire through it without disturbing the wires, also to note you will be using the same cut out for your data extension cable so you need to be careful there too.
Paul
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these IDC connectors are a nightmare when it has short wire connected to it and one pops off and then the second wire pops off when you try to insert the first wire LOL.
If you do have that problem, using jelly crimps to extend the wire a little can be useful.
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these IDC connectors are a nightmare when it has short wire connected to it and one pops off and then the second wire pops off when you try to insert the first wire LOL. If you do have that problem, using jelly crimps to extend the wire a little can be useful.
Yep got loads of red 2 and 3 way gel filled crimps
BT did just that funny enough
Plus I have some reels of the same cable BT use internally, so it wouldn't be that much of an issue to replace the internal cable run if needed.
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Does anyone know when Cabinet 8 is due to be updated? (Kingsmead) I type in the schools phone number and its accepting orders, and I read here that the cabinets that are currently enabled spread quite a way the other direction, I went onto a website where it showed a few other cabinets due to be updated but not number 8. Does anyone know how much of a job it is for the engineers/cable fitters to enable cabinets once the main town is enabled? Thanks!
And how long it May possibly take?
Edited by deleted (Tue 21-Apr-15 14:25:58)
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Cabinet 8 for Exchange Kingsmead has already been updated to fibre and has been since 26th July 2012.
Paul
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Cabinet 8 for Exchange Kingsmead has already been updated to fibre and has been since 26th July 2012.
Paul
When I type in my phone number on the superfast openreach, it says :
Exchange name: Torrington
Status: Enabled area
Your area is enabled for Superfast Fibre but your cabinet is not ready yet so you can't place an order today. It is in our plans to be upgraded and we update this info weekly, so please check back later.
So I went onto the BT Wholesale ADSL Checker, to see which cabinet I am connected too, and I get the following:
BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER
Telephone Number XXXXX on Exchange TORRINGTON is served by Cabinet 8
Featured Products
Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)
Upstream Line Rate(Mbps)
Downstream Range(Mbps)
Availability Date
WBC ADSL 2+ Up to 7.5 -- 5.5 to 12 Available
WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M Up to 7.5 Up to 1 5.5 to 12 Available
ADSL Max Up to 5.5 -- 4 to 8 Available
WBC Fixed Rate 2 -- -- Available
Fixed Rate 2 -- -- Available
Other Offerings
Copper Multicast -- -- -- Available
Where did you get the information that Cabinet 8 was enabled? Also if it is enabled why can I not receive Fibre Speeds? Thanks
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I use my Desktop Fibre Checker.
I can have it check every postcodes for a cabinet and return the speeds and type of broadband for it.
I am currently checking now and so far about 200 address can get fibre on your cabinet 8 and I am only halfway through.
I will update this post once its completed.
You may just not be lucky to get upgraded.
Paul
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Torrington cab 8 is not complete, and work is ongoing.
I don't think the previous poster meant Kingsmead (exchange)
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Torrington cab 8 is not complete, and work is ongoing.
I don't think the previous poster meant Kingsmead (exchange) Ah that makes sense, every home apart from a few homes on cabinet 8 for Kingsmead has FTTC.
I didn't read their whole reply where they displayed the speeds along with their exchange and cabinet, I was going by their original post was busy doing checks, while I will now stop 
But yeah Cabinet 8 for exchange Torrington (WWTORR) is still in progress hence FTTC Planned (exchange ready 29th June 2013) Phase BDUK CDS 12a
I thought it was strange posting about a different exchange and cabinet, I have see it for cabinets of the same exchange.
Paul
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Torrington cab 8 is not complete, and work is ongoing.
I don't think the previous poster meant Kingsmead (exchange) Ah that makes sense, every home apart from a few homes on cabinet 8 for Kingsmead has FTTC.
I didn't read their whole reply where they displayed the speeds along with their exchange and cabinet, I was going by their original post was busy doing checks, while I will now stop
But yeah Cabinet 8 for exchange Torrington (WWTORR) is still in progress hence FTTC Planned (exchange ready 29th June 2013) Phase BDUK CDS 12a
I thought it was strange posting about a different exchange and cabinet, I have see it for cabinets of the same exchange.
Paul
Sorry! I should of stated Kingsmead Drive up by the police station. If it says it should of been ready 2 years ago, how long would it usually take for Cabinet 8 to be updated, considering many address' near by have Fibre from Cabinets 2 & 3?
Also do you have a location I can go to check on specific cabinets of WWTORR? Thanks!
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Sorry! I should of stated Kingsmead Drive up by the police station. If it says it should of been ready 2 years ago, how long would it usually take for Cabinet 8 to be updated, considering many address' near by have Fibre from Cabinets 2 & 3?
Also do you have a location I can go to check on specific cabinets of WWTORR? Thanks! No that date "exchange ready 29th June 2013" I think means when that exchange was upgraded to fibre, and don't think has anything to do with the cabinet.
As for how long until cabinet 8 will be updated, that would depend on the route the fibre takes and if they have any issues with planning etc this can all take a toll on the completion date.
As for a location, I have no idea, I would have to do a check for all addresses to determine a rough location and there would be no way for me to know if that's correct due to me not living in Devon.
Paul
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All done and dusted!!
Before http://www.speedtest.net/result/4309396435.png and After http://www.speedtest.net/result/4310633958.png
I got up early this morning to install the TalkTalk fibre router and to make sure the thing was working with my home network ok. It was a good job i did really becasue whilst i was messing around, the internet went dead at around 8:15 for a few minutes and then the router reconnected but to VDSL rather than ADSL.
10 Minutes later i heard a knock at the door, to find a young irish bt open reach engineer (contractor), who came in, changed my master socket faceplate, did a few tests and left.
HAPPY DAYS
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Hurray! Good news Daz, and great speed - enjoy the rest of the week off with your new connection
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