g.fast rollout

Hi guys,

BT have added a G.fast pod onto our cabinet PCP 95 in Leith. (vents etc). The guys disappeared a couple of weeks ago so i'm assuming it's all complete and setup (it's got a label saying to attach sticker to it).

Question is, is there any way of actually ordering it? Or checking if it's available? BT broadband still shows upto 80mb being available so not on their checker yet.

Cheers

If the usual BT Wholesale or Openreach checker does not say anything about G.fast then its not ready.

Lots of pods have appeared but very few still ready for orders, its thought that maybe they will time it in a big announcement at once, i.e. to drive publicity and maybe get more people ordering.

I've spotted one today too near me on PCP 24 in Belper. Came as quite a surprise as it's not been mentioned anywhere as a test area.

G.fast pod can be installing onto pcp cabinet at anytime at any place, there will be no report on roadwork.org or anywhere on the openreach when and where checker. Mine is expecting next year to have g.fast around in the summer 2018.

Hey Mister - how do you know yours is due to be installed next summer ? wonder if you have information for other areas ?

He doesn�t. He likes to think he does

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Openreach checker does not say anything about G.fast then its not ready.

I found one page on the Openreach website that suggests we'll be seeing "G.Fast in scope" as a status sometime...

https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-br...

Why do you make stuff like that up? They haven't even activated the extended trial areas.
Last time you said every cabinet on your exchange was getting a G.Fast pod. There's no possible way you could know when your cabinet is getting a G.Fast pod.

No, I am not making it up. Openreach Director told me my cabinet pcp 8 will go live on g.fast next August 2018.

Here is proof email from openreach director

*****************@openreach.co.uk

ref number ***************

5 Sep

to me

Hi Mr ***********,

Received an update the Good News your Cabinet 8 is in the G.Fast plan but not until August 2018 sorry a 12 month wait sorry. Cabinet 9 is also in the g.fast plan but not ready until September 2018

In terms of FOD service providers are relaunching soon and they will definitely have a consumer product offering.



*********************
Openreach Delivery Director

Wales, Midlands & Home Counties
Openreach plc

Telephone: 01**************
Mobile: 07*************
SMS: 07**************
Web: openreach.co.uk

Openreach is Britain�s digital network business. We connect homes, mobile phone masts, schools, shops, banks, hospitals, libraries, broadcasters, governments and businesses - large and small - to the world.

This email contains Openreach information, which may be privileged or confidential. It's meant only for the individual(s) or entity named above. If you're not the intended recipient, note that disclosing, copying, distributing or using this information is prohibited. If you've received this email in error, please let me know immediately on the email address above. We monitor our email system, and may record your emails.

British Telecommunications plc
Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Registered in England no. 1800000

To add 'if checker says nothing about G.fast being live'

While i think it may be a while until we get G.fast around here, knowing Hereford it will take another decade, will it be extra cost to the consumer or will it just be like a improvement to what we have?

It will cost more than FTTC VDSL services

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In terms of FOD service providers are relaunching soon and they will definitely have a consumer product offering.

Hmm

Interesting how end users get told this, but CPs nothing.

Not the sort of grammar you expect from a director either.

Indeed.

I've seen spammers do better than this...

Received an update the Good News your Cabinet 8 is in the G.Fast plan but not until August 2018 sorry a 12 month wait sorry. Cabinet 9 is also in the g.fast plan but not ready until September 2018

Edited by IanBB (Thu 28-Sep-17 14:51:43)

You�ve made that up. Openreach plc doesn�t exist. You know Openreach is owned by BT. It�s not a plc and no employee would put that in their signature.

Ironic he�s also pasted this from the email, if it is genuine...

�This email contains Openreach information, which may be privileged or confidential. It's meant only for the individual(s) or entity named above. If you're not the intended recipient, note that disclosing, copying, distributing or using this information is prohibited. If you've received this email in error, please let me know immediately�

In reply to a post by Icaras:

You�ve made that up. Openreach plc doesn�t exist. You know Openreach is owned by BT. It�s not a plc and no employee would put that in their signature.

I am not sure if you are referring to BT or Openreach having the PLC info in their sig, but Openreach does have it in some of their email sigs due to I have several emails from openreach that have it like the following:


Regards

*** NAME REMOVED ***

Fibre Enquiries team, Openreach

This email contains BT information, which may be privileged or confidential.
It's meant only for the individual(s) or entity named above. If you're not the intended recipient, note that disclosing, copying, distributing or using this information is prohibited. If you've received this email in error, please let me know immediately on the email address above. Thank you.
We monitor our email system, and may record your emails.

British Telecommunications plc
Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Registered in England no. 1800000


I have emails from people at Openreach who all have that same above sig, the only emails from BT that also have that sig is BT Care, even the Exec Complaints staff have their own sigs and have no BT info in it.

So I can see how some people can get confused.

TBH, I don't care who owns who, as long as stuff is fixed when it breaks.

Paul

Openreach still falls under the BT PLC umbrella in the company listing sense, but operates with its own board and investment goals.

Yes but your email has "British Telecommunications plc"
Adslmax put "OpenReach plc" which doesn't exist.

In reply to a post by lee111s:

It will cost more than FTTC VDSL services

Fair enough, I can only get around 35Mb/s here anyway, I doubt G.fast would make a difference to me. TBH, I am fine with the speed I have, I would not pay more to go faster.

Whilst I have no doubt g.fast will be on it's way to you I do doubt the authenticity of the above email, not because of what's in it but because of what isn't.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Yes but your email has "British Telecommunications plc"
Adslmax put "OpenReach plc" which doesn't exist.

Oh, I missed that part, been a very long day for me today and I am making mistakes all over the place LOL.

But yeah, not had any "Openreach plc" sigs in any emails from them

Paul

In reply to a post by witchunt:

Whilst I have no doubt g.fast will be on it's way to you I do doubt the authenticity of the above email, not because of what's in it but because of what isn't.

I got the same email back in 2013 when they told me that my cabinet (FTTC) will go live in Feb 2014 and by that time, the email are correct as my FTTC did actally went LIVE in Feb 2014.

Why should I made it up?

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Yes but your email has "British Telecommunications plc"
Adslmax put "OpenReach plc" which doesn't exist.

Who cares about plc things! The email is genuine! Next August 2018 my cabinet will go live and I will tell u 'I told u so! I didn't made it up!'.

Who cares about plc things!

Considering the importance of branding and the position of openreach, it's hugely important, even more so considering the position of the person it is purportedly from.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Yes but your email has "British Telecommunications plc"
Adslmax put "OpenReach plc" which doesn't exist.

Who cares about plc things! The email is genuine! Next August 2018 my cabinet will go live and I will tell u 'I told u so! I didn't made it up!'.

Believe me if that guy had gone rogue and put �Openreach Plc� in his signature it would have been picked up by one of his seniors in no time. It looks ridiculous and I�ve never, ever seen it. There are pre-formatted signatures that are permitted. Anything else is a no no anyway.

I think in addition the BT mail server adds a system generated signature to all external email also, which isn�t seen when writing the email. At present Openreach are using the same server as the rest of BT Group. Though that could change soon, who knows.

Edited by deleted (Fri 29-Sep-17 11:10:30)

Also the company registered number is wrong too. In the email it says;

Registered in England no. 1800000

But on companies house its: 01800000

So someone forgot to add the zero before that number. At the very least its been manually typed.

Okay people are allowed their doubts but this is getting ridiculous and thus closing things down.