My machine is a desktop qc i7 8gb ddr3 and win 7 and its like any outer exel file, have you tried g-docs or something?

Dont bother Chris! I have opened it.

Guess which major city centre has been missed again!!!

The mind boggles!!

With 1.8km (or so) left on the D-side, you'd benefit hugely from ADSL2+-from-the-cabinet - maybe around 17-18Mbps raw. But that distance sounds like it is the border for VDSL2 performance.

One day soon, BT will recognise that FTTC is good for (almost) all, no matter what circumstance they have. But while they concentrate on the headline speed of 40mbps, and on keeping their "Infinity" brand pure, there is less chance of them doing anything.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel, as Openreach appear to be updating their internal systems to allow fibre to be handled at "up to 2Mbps" speeds - and the *only* reason for doing this would be to benefit lines like yours.

I also agree about the cabinets.. at some point in the rollout, BT will realise that they need to put some cabinets further out in the network. However, I doubt if this will be of the form of the "big" green cabinet... For example, Ericsson make a DSLAM for 12 lines, small enough to mount on a pole. i imagine that, while fibre may not reach the home, it *does* get further out in the network. Just later...

DACS - i doubt it will handle VDSL2 any more than it handled ADSL.

In reply to a post by Andrue:

What does it mean if an exchange/post code is not on the list? BT don't even consider it worth discussing?

I think every postcode that is covered by an announced exchange is in the list - to show its status.

If a postcode isn't in the list, then it isn't covered by an exchange that has been announced by BT.

That's my read, anyway...

In reply to a post by Andrue:

Pity it doesn't given an indication of where the cab is though - there's not many on that side of town and none near them.

Want to know where it is?

- Find the postcodes that share the same cabinet;
- Plug the postcode into BT's speed checker;
- Where the result is 40Mbps, it is within 300m of the cabinet, approx.

If you find enough postcodes at 40Mbps, and plot them on a map (Google's maps will do), the cabinet will be close to the centre.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

On the BT wholesale checker however, if I use my postcode it says that my area is due to be upgraded, and gives estimated speeds (10-26mbit).If i use phone or address lookup, it doesn't mention FTTC at all.

Is this an issue with the checker, or is it more likely they've cancelled upgrading my cabinet for whatever reason?

When querying the checker for an individual line, BT tend to cut off those lines with a low speed - and so they don't even mention the fibre possibilities.

BT Retail, with their "infinity" brand, tend to cut off at 15Mbps. Other ISPs will supply at lower speeds.

Have you tried asking for service from another ISP (eg Plusnet)?

In reply to a post by ggremlin:

Not all the UK postcodes are in that list.

there are approx 1.75 million postcode 'units' in uk
this list has about 0.8 million, (just under half of them )

It has 800,000 rows, but not 800,000 postcodes!

Some postcodes are duplicated, where they are served by multiple cabinets.

In reply to a post by ggremlin:

Trefor's only showed the postcode locations, and the pop-up info box told you cabinet number.

it showed the cabinet number of the first record for that postcode, which though generally correct, left out details if more than one cabinet (or direct exchange...) covered the area

Good point - I suspect you are right.

I didn't have the map and CSV to compare at the same time, but I don't recall much in the map showing signs of overlap. On the other hand, I was selfish at the time the map was up, and mostly looked at my own area.

In reply to a post by Philce:

Dont bother Chris! I have opened it.

Guess which major city centre has been missed again!!!

The mind boggles!!

Maybe you're in luck, and you'll get FTTP instead. If that is the case, you'll be having the last laugh over us mere FTTC plebs

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

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I also agree about the cabinets.. at some point in the rollout, BT will realise that they need to put some cabinets further out in the network. However, I doubt if this will be of the form of the "big" green cabinet... For example, Ericsson make a DSLAM for 12 lines, small enough to mount on a pole. i imagine that, while fibre may not reach the home, it *does* get further out in the network. Just later...

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That aspect certainly interests me. My DP only serves 11 properties and a pole mounted 12-line DSLAM would be ideal. With the drop wire checked for quality and replaced, if necessary, FTTP would be unnecessary.