In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

Just wanted to mention that my exchange continues to show the later date, would appear that these times are entirely intentional. March 31st 2011 -> July 1st 2011 in my case.

Anyone seen a change since the last push back of dates?

Saw a note of a figure of 87% of London having FTTC by Spring which really isn't happening and it made me wonder if anyone has seen things change back.?

Just bumping this one as it's relevant.

A quick check today and what was March 31st then became July 1st is now September.

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 30th September 2011.

87% of London covered by spring, hmm.

Anyone else been moved back, again?

Edited by deleted (Thu 07-Apr-11 18:58:33)

Was checking nearby, it looked like they had installed a new cabinet (big green one) 50 metres from a place where I need business broadband installed. However the checker said 30th September 2011.
Yesterday it turns out, FTTC is now availble, so I'm going to be ordering a new BT Line along with finding a provider


Edit:
Today I had VM call to say they're cancellign a new line because they can't drill through the street to run a cable (even though the cable is already there... they said it was faulty or something). Gutted. I then proceed to look through for FTTC and ALL OF A SUDDEN it says the cabinet is due to be activated on 30 June.

[censored]? Yesterday I was checking BT Infinity website, Zen, aaisp and they all said that FTTC is now available. And now it's not. i don't understand!

Edited by Saltank (Fri 08-Apr-11 16:13:32)

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

A quick check today and what was March 31st then became July 1st is now September.

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 30th September 2011.

87% of London covered by spring, hmm.

Anyone else been moved back, again?

Same here - starting to wonder if BT (or the power companies) really are stupid and didn't realise what was involved in trying to roll out hundreds of exchanges and possibly tens of thousands of cabinets within six months, or whether it's simple incompetence.

Better, surely, to not bother putting dates in the first place, rather than getting our hopes up by publishing dates (and they must know, by now, they're not achievable) and moving them back, then back again, then back again.

The whole episode is making BT look like they've no idea what they're doing and might have been better giving the job to someone else!

Beginning to wonder if BT have any intention of enabling those of us stupid enough to live in areas where only 50,000+ are served from a single exchange.

At this rate putting money on us not being enabled before the end of 2012 is looking like a safer bet than any on the National tomorrow!

Edited by adebov (Fri 08-Apr-11 18:16:54)

In reply to a post by Saltank:

Edit:
Today I had VM call to say they're cancellign a new line because they can't drill through the street to run a cable (even though the cable is already there...

Or they have realised it will cost them more than £10 ...

In reply to a post by MHC:

In reply to a post by Saltank:

Edit:
Today I had VM call to say they're cancellign a new line because they can't drill through the street to run a cable (even though the cable is already there...

Or they have realised it will cost them more than £10 ...

Their limit is £300 - they are doing civils for me to repair a collapsed duct.

Where is the level playing field ... BT has to pay £3400 under the USO but someone who wants service from Virgin cannot force them to provide!

In reply to a post by MHC:

Where is the level playing field ... BT has to pay £3400 under the USO but someone who wants service from Virgin cannot force them to provide!

That's the difference between the incumbent and an OLO.