Is my cabinet really being upgraded in 2014?

Can anyone help, like others I'm trying to plan my broadband. My cabinet, 30 on EMBELPE (Belper) is in Derbyshire's BDUK plan for Phase 2 2014. Anyone got information as to when it really might be?

Seems not.

Have you contacted the Derbyshire project team, as they would be the best to ask about a date, also what does the BT wholesale adsl checker say for your phone number or address?

If the FTTC cab is not live by now, its very likely to be Q1 2015 before its live.

Edited by deleted (Thu 11-Dec-14 19:15:10)

It's worth pointing out that BT work to Financial Year quarters. So BT Q1 is April-May. I realise you probably mean Calendar Year Q1, but things could get confusing .

Perhaps post a postcode and someone may be able to find something out

Thanks for the replies. I've tried contacting the Derbyshire BDUK team by email and the reply is that "because of Government cuts they do not have the staff to answer questions". Hope that doesn't mean nobody's administering the contract. I was hoping for some inside information. I realise that things can go wrong but if the cabinet is scheduled for 2014 the contract must be running late.
As regards a postcode one reply asked for, it's DE56 2TR but if people don't have access to cabinet level information, they won't be able to help.

I shouldn't count on it. My exchange was listed as going live by 31/12/14 when I last checked it two weeks ago, but on looking today it's been put back 18 months. 18 months!. So I think the dates on the rollout plans appear to be generated by one of the National Lottery computers. I don't think you can rely on them at all, unfortunately. It doesn't appear that there's actually any science behind the estimated dates, just guesswork.

Remember the exchange date is meaningless since not all cabs on an exchange are necessarily upgraded and even if they are it is unlikely that all will be completed on the same date. The only date that is relevant is the date when the cab to which your phone line is connected is to be enabled.

Yes but my CABINET was in BDUK as Phase 2 2014, the exchange has been enabled for some time (year?)

My cabinet - number 3, if you want to know - was listed in the Where and When site as going live this month, when suddenly, within days of alleged activation, out of the blue they moved it back 18 months. Sam Knows still lists it as 31/12/14, which shows how sudden the change has been. Clearly the "planners" aren't worthy of the name. I would understand a few month's delay due to unforeseen circumstances, but this tells me that the original date was never intended and simply a convenient placemark. And if they can do it with mine, they can do it with others. Unfortunately, the dates BT gives are simply a work of fiction and cannot be trusted under any circumstances.