In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Libreoffice is what you need http://www.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/EN-Project...

Thanks BatBoy. Interesting link . However I did go to have a look at the LibreOffice site as a result, and also the comparisons that google showed up.

Just in case, I upgraded from OO 3.2.1 to 3.3.0, which I wasn't aware of, (of which I was not aware [tongue), and that works fine. I might look into Libre some other time though. Seems it might be a wise move before long.

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

While the list might be good for getting ideas, you probably want to take the postcode & put it into a DSL checker to see what it says.

Until the discovery of this document I'd spent so many hours doing that, I gave up in the end, as I couldn't locate anywhere - except one place, but by the time I went to have a look at the place, the checker had changed back to "No".

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

And as for serviced offices...
Remeber that you usually buy your broadband service from the office, so you are dependent on them as well as BT.

I don't actually need/want a serviced office as such, as I need my own connection for bandwidth and accountability/support reasons, but most places are serviced and all the places I've ever been in have been happy to let you have your own cable put in so I presume a phone line won't be a problem, but will check. I'd have to travel a round trip of over 35 miles to get cable which is a nightmare to get in business locations, nowhere near here has it, or I'd have solved this years ago

If I knew when that phase was to be completed I could even risk ADSL in the meantime but without a date for fibre it's not an attractive option.

Back to the search.

That spreadsheet is begging to be put into a database and have a simple front end rigged up replacing BT's availability checker with a more usefully detailed one, but I don't suppose they'd be too happy about that.

Mine was 4a (Northern Ireland) and was the work was done this time last year. Cabinet went live in June/July 2010

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

That spreadsheet is begging to be put into a database and have a simple front end rigged up replacing BT's availability checker with a more usefully detailed one, but I don't suppose they'd be too happy about that.

There used to be a map linked to by a poster on these forums where you put in your address or maybe it was post code and it showed all the cabinets in your area, BT and Virgin Media. It showed the post codes in the area dotted around the map, and you clicked, maybe hovered over, yours and up popped your BT cabinet number.

I think it originated from Openreach like this spreadsheet. Openreach "requested" that the owner of the site hosting it remove it .

Could anyone simplify this for me? I'm stupid, sorry...

NIAL AGHALEE BT670ES {NIAL}{p1} 0 93.33 2.21 NI 5a YES FTTC

93.33% of lines in postcode bt67_oes go though cabinet p1 and should have fttc in phase 5a, and should be over twice the current speed.

quick guess, since its p1 the other lines may be exchange direct.
ps 93.33% equates to 15 lines of 16 (or 30 of 32...)

I can't get FTTC, am on cabinet 1 on NIAL exchange

The other 6 person I believe go to another exchange 'Moira'.

Is it because of my distance?

woohoo - FTTP
Phase 7b, 100% lines, 9.45 uplift (over what? my maximum ever sync of 5mbps or my "normal" sync of 4mbps?)
Better start saving up...
BrianG

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

That spreadsheet is begging to be put into a database and have a simple front end rigged up replacing BT's availability checker with a more usefully detailed one, but I don't suppose they'd be too happy about that.

There used to be a map linked to by a poster on these forums where you put in your address or maybe it was post code and it showed all the cabinets in your area, BT and Virgin Media. It showed the post codes in the area dotted around the map, and you clicked, maybe hovered over, yours and up popped your BT cabinet number.

I think it originated from Openreach like this spreadsheet. Openreach "requested" that the owner of the site hosting it remove it .

That's a shame. The document is so large I dumped it into SQL Server in the end to query it since the formatting of the postcodes is all over the place (some have spaces, some not)

Would only take about 15 minutes to come up with an ASP.NET page

I suspect that the person with the map had just used the same CSV data, and added a GoogleMap as a front end to it.

If GoogleMaps don't let you specify location by postcode (within their API), then he might have needed a postcode->lat/long database+licence from the PO.

It is indeed a shame that the map went. It was extremely useful at the time. It would be even better if it included some speed figures from the checkers...