openreach installing fibre cable?

Hi folks
First post here so be gentle....

I noticed recently that an openreach van spent a couple of days at my cabinet - and I thought my luck was in and I would be fibre enabled pretty soon. But a good few weeks have passed and nothing has changed. No new cabinet has appeared and I am beginning to wonder now if they were just connecting some new customers and not dragging fibres along to it. I live in new estate so I suppose its pretty possible they were hooking up new users. I'm worried that we will be skipped for now as far as FTTC is concerned as iit wont be commercially viable to hook us up. About 80 houses in the estate but more on the way.

Is it possible that the guys were indeed putting in the fibres for a shiny new cabinet? Or does this mean nothing and I am clutching at fibre straws...?

Thanks
Martin

Posting your exchange and either the postcode of the cab or your own should help others provide some information.

What was he doing? An OR van at a PCP isn't anything to get excited about usually; just their day job.

If there's an FTTC cab nearby, then maybe (installing tie cable), or if there was some black pipe with yellow markings, that'd be the getting ready for fibre.

As MCM said, best to check all the checkers, and maybe your local BDUK scheme, if any.

Thanks for the info.
I put my postcode (G641GF) into the wholesale checker and it told me I was on cabinet 50 on the Bishopbriggs exchange. No FTTC info on the page although nearby cabinets are accepting orders. My main concern is that we will be passed over as there are not that many houses in the estate currently. Miles away from the exchange too so the ADSL speeds are laughable.

As for the work being done on my cab - sounds like it was pretty routine, no evidence of anything new appearing next or near to it.

Ta much

I cant see how only 80 houses would cost in but when the estate is done who knows ?

Also Openreach Where and When says the following:

Exchange name: Bishopbriggs

Status: Under Review

We're in your area but we're still assessing whether or not we can upgrade your cabinet. This means you can't order Superfast Fibre. Click here to find out more >

So you may or may not have a long wait.

Paul

Bishopbriggs should not have long to go.

Govan has just went live under the governments scheme for fibre. I am currently waiting for my install date of 6th Janairy -3 weeks from order!!!

http://www.digitalscotland.org/whereandwhen

It says it's available to some premises on Bishopbriggs exchange.

The exchange has def been enabled - and lots of cabinets on the Bishopbriggs exchange are starting to accept orders. It's just my cabinet that I'm worried about - only 80 odd houses on it might not be worth upgrading....

Thanks for all the info guys
M

Edited by deleted (Sun 28-Dec-14 11:52:38)

suggest you check with digital scotland -- if its a new dvelopement and the developer only have a voice conversation with openreach and the development is new -- prettly likley will not have been covered under BDUK

if not you may have to speak to your developer to see if they will prviate fund with openreach

Thanks for all the info so far guys

Sorry, I meant to mention that the cabinet is just outside the boundaries of our new estate - its at the edge a previous "new" estate and has been there for about 10 years. I'd guess it's been sitting idle for all those years waiting on any further building - Bishopbriggs is expanding out where we are.

Our estate is nowhere near being handed over to the council yet - there are a lot of new phases of house building still to go, but does the fact that the cabinet is def on council land mean that there will be less dealings with the developer?

Thanks
M

Does it serve the other "new" estate?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Does it serve the other "new" estate?

Hard to tell but I dont think so - I've got a load of friends and family in this older new (?!?) estate and they are able to order fibre but on another cabinet - cabinet 48 I think it is - we are 50.

My sister lives about 100 yards from cabinet 50 and about 1/4 mile from 48 and she is on 48 - put it that way.

Cabinet 50 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9012093,-4.1925949...

Even the houses right behind it seem to be served by 48.

The new estate is opposite it - that google photo looks to be a couple of years old now. Loads more houses now..

Thanks
M

need to check with dgital Scotland but based on your informaiton would be pretty confirdent that not covered bny anyone

Edited by deleted (Sun 28-Dec-14 13:43:09)

In reply to a post by Fastman2:

need to check with dgital Scotland but based on your informaiton would be pretty confirdent that not covered bny anyone

Yeah I get that feeling too..

Cheers

Fibre broadband not currently available

You are served by cabinet number 50 on the Bishopbriggs exchange.

Fibre broadband is available to order in parts of the Bishopbriggs exchange, however your premises do not have access to fibre broadband currently.

This position may change, so please check back periodically.

Wee update.
Just got an email back from Digital Scotland. "Your premises are not included in the Digital Scotland rollout"

Then they very helpfully sent me a link to a price comparison site to see which providers could offer me fibre deals. When I clearly can't get fibre.

Looks like I'm stuffed for now. Do these decisions get reviewed every now and then? I'm thinking in a few years my cabinet will have a lot more folk connected to it.

Cheers

In the current project which is 85% of Scotland with access to fibre based broadband this is probably true, but the next step which is 95% to finish in 2017 to 2018 has not had all the decisions made yet.

So its not a never, just no-one can give you a firm time scale, or you might be in the 5% that will only be looked at beyond 2018 and hopefully before 2020.

Thanks for the info.
My adsl speed isn't great but it will do just fine for now.