Can anyone find me some info?

Hey guys,

Things seem to be progressing in my quest for fibre, my area is now in scope, and the Fastershire website now says:

All cabinets that were originally planned to be upgraded as part of Phase 1 of the Fastershire project are now live in the Wormbridge exchange area, and 4 cabinets have been fibre enabled. We've recently reviewed the network in the area and have identified an additional cabinet that we will be upgrading and we will finish work on this by the end of this year.

Can anyone provide me any info, I'm an EO line on the "Wormbridge" exchange. It'd be super appreciated! I've tried contacting them directly but got no response.

Codelook shows one cabinet in design phase due live by April 2017 however it doesn't have any postcode data

Ah okay!

Wormbridge has no VDSL2 at present but does have a chunk of FTTP on it, assuming we are talking about the exchange near to HR2 9DG

So not sure what the 4 cabinets in the original post is about, unless including neighbouring exchanges.

I've just noticed a huge green cabinet been put in, just up the road, which has to be a good sign surely?

I can't seem to get any info anywhere, I'm a business running from home, so it's very frustrating.

If it's outside the school then yes

Try tweeting @fastershiire I did this but in my case it was an error in database.

Yeah it's right outside the school, opposite, by the business centre there.

I've tried tweeting them, they seem to have gone inactive with Twitter since completing "Phase 1".

They haven't updated the online checker with any progress on the "design" etc phases, so I wonder where they're at exactly. Might take a walk up there and see if I can see anyone or have a peek as to whats going on.

Will that cabinet provide my fibre service?

How did you find out about the cabinet by the school, the only reason I know of it is by seeing it, can't find a reference of it online, or any info about it tbh.

Thank you!

It may do if your line is to be transfered to it

Hi, did they say they would move your EO line? As when "we" got FTTC I could not get it as I'm on an EO line and they refused to move me and I'm still on an EO line with no sign of any change, so I would be interested on how you managed it so I can copy you lol
My only plus is I get 20+Mb down but I miss the upload of the fibre.
My worry is there are smoke signals of a new cheaper fibre becoming available with 20/1 which I already have but not fibre which makes it even less likely for me to get a decent upload...except move house lol.

Not at all, I have zero information, I can't find anyone to speak to! Apart from what the guys here have said.

In reply to a post by gmangt4:

did they say they would move your EO line? As when "we" got FTTC I could not get it as I'm on an EO line and they refused to move me and I'm still on an EO line with no sign of any change, so I would be interested on how you managed it so I can copy you lol

Copper line re-arrangment isn't unusual for EO lines. Loads of that has happened round here and probably also in this case will be re-routed to a new PCP (with a linked DSLAM) or combo cabinet.

Edit: In terms of the BDUK/SEP programmes then this model/solution seems to be used where a medium-large cluster of EO properties are within distance to benefit from FTTC/VDSLx. Otherwise another cost effective model/solution may have to be considered for example FTTP, FTTRN, and so forth.

Edited by cymru123 (Tue 30-Aug-16 14:52:29)

The council teams have probably had the social media element closed, i.e. budget cuts and thus no-one to answer, and in some counties they have been pestered to the extent that they give up

Depends on what you mean by 'when we got FTTC', some EO areas see all lines upgraded at once and for others it takes two or three cabinets due to the volume, given a postcode usually can get an idea of what is going on, and if it looks like a mistake have pestered to get checkers fixed so people can order - though that is more common in FTTP areas.

The 18/1 GEA-FTTC service on the way, is intended for long lines, so am wondering if you have been enabled for VDSL2 but are a long way from the cabinet - which does happen and is something looked at once I know a postcode.

Sorry, I mean the town's got a few cabinets now and for example my mother 2 miles from me got FTTC appx 18 months ago....I'm close to the exchange and on sync on ADSL2 at the exchange at 21Mb,
Here's my stats
Connection Speed 21018 kbps 1403 kbps
Line Attenuation 15.5 dB 9.6 dB
Noise Margin 3.0 dB 4.4 dB
Outside my house has traffic control and down to one lane as one side is all dug up, there's usually at least 5 BTO van's/trucks there so I went out and asked and the supervisor said he doubts it as we are so close to the exchange and I'm on an EO line. He knew I was EO line without me mentioning it. I asked Sky and they said no plans to be FTTC enabled, well at least their BB is free.

The cabinet now has a number, "2". I wonder if I can find any more information about the cabinet, missed the engineer by seconds today :|

In reply to a post by ryannn:

The cabinet now has a number, "2". I wonder if I can find any more information about the cabinet, missed the engineer by seconds today :|

All I can see is that's a small exchange only supporting ~ 330 lines.

I can see that "some" EO Lines can order FTTP.

I can also see that cabinet 2 is down for July 2017 and its being done by BDUK H&G.

That's about all I can see.

Paul