I can only guess the company you worked for had a fibre optic link direct to the exchange and so might not be connected to the cabinet. I can�t imagine any business in that area that would need such a connection. I can only imagine a high end media company needing something like that 5 years ago.

An openreach engineer was working on your cabinet on Saturday, but didn�t think it was fair to hassle him with any questions, it was fairly obvious he was just doing some routine work. Hope we some activity soon though.

we needed 30 analogue lines and a decent broadband connection; at the time all BT could provide was I think 15 or 16 analogue lines (which were apalling quality) and 1 meg max adsl. There's also a major issue with aluminium cabling in that area which meant ISDN wasn't an option. This was not acceptable to us so they put the fibre link in at no cost to the business (we were not paying for a leased line). I remember the installation well; the fibre cable coming in had 3 loops, of which only 1 was connected to the NTE gear they installed in the building and of that we were only using a miniscule amount of the available bandwidth, I'm sure they could utilise the rest of the capacity in the cabling that is already in place as part of the FTTC rollout but then as I said, its likely that they don't even know its there, in my dealings with BT over the years, I have found that person A hasn't got a clue what person B is doing, even if they are stood right next to each other, its the nature of the big beast!

Based on your description, I suspect the fibre was installed to support ISDN30e. It is often delivered over fibre and is distinct from leased-line data services. ISDN Primary Access (ISDN30e) provides 30 lines, usually to connect private telephone switchboards (PABX's) to the public digital telephone network.

BT charge far less for ISDN30e than they charge for leased line installations, likely due to the revenue from the calls subsidizing in a way that flat-rate data services don't really support.

In reply to a post by 66er:

I�m not even sure he is replying personally. They are such generic responses, like the ones I�ve seen on BT forums, that I suspect this might be written by someone employed to field these enquiries.

I�m considering two options: one, e-mail to Edward Timpson asking him if he can find out more information. Two, write to the Chronicle to make other people covered by cabinet 66 aware that they are missing out. Some people might not know they can get faster speeds, but once they do, they will want it.

I�m surprised cabinet 66 serves Queens Park Drive, does it also serve Queens Park Gardens? If so that is quite a large area to be overlooked. I thought it was just my estate, Coppenhall Drive etc, and the neighbouring Hughes Drive estate. Does anyone know the extent of its coverage?

Hi, did you by any chance write to the Chronicle about our problem? I notice in this week's Chronicle they have a news item about FTTC in this link. Might be a good time to get in touch??

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The firm�s investment makes available broadband speeds of up to 20 megabits per second � more than double the maximum speeds previously available to the majority

Oh dear, someone's got the wrong end of the stick. Let me do the editor's job:

The firm�s investment makes available broadband speeds of up to 40 megabits per second � just under double the maximum speeds of 24 megabits per second previously available to the majority

I don�t know exactly what Nantwich are getting, but it�s not FTTC. They are getting some kind of souped up regular broadband. Sorry I don�t know more about it, I read it quite a while ago. The speeds are correct for the kind of connection they�ll be getting.

Still, it�ll be worth writing to the Chronicle about our issue now the subject has been raised. I�ll send something in over the weekend if I get the time.

I have sent a letter to Crewe Chronicle today,to see if they are interested in our ongoing saga,will let you know if they get in touch.I have linked this forum to them as well.


Nantwich are getting Next Generation Copper Broadband as reported here.
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Read it again and then Click Here

yeah, that�s what I was talking about.

I�ve just sent them a letter too, hopefully more residents will care once they know what they are missing out on.