In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Yeah they really should have changed their rollout plans for mixed fibre towns once they came up with fttp on demand, i think most would prefer to have fttc if it means they can have it a lot sooner, so far it looks like fttp is actually a bad sign if you want faster broadband any time soon.

You forget that FTTP areas will get it at the standard installation cost for their ISP, which IIRC is £25 for Infinity 40GB and free for Unlimited.

FTTP on demand in FTTC areas is expected to be a few hundred pounds installation instead, because it requires the fibre running there when there is probably perfectly OK copper with FTTC on it already.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

FTTP according to the checker spreadsheet is in phase 6b which says completed and 100% rollout.

Most FTTP in the spreadsheets I hav seen refer to Tranches, not Phases. The only FTTP with phases I have seen has been one exchange where there is a lot of FTTC in phase 6b.

I think it is an error in the spreadsheet data for that exchange.

If the spreadsheet says that 100% of the postcode area is being upgraded and it says it has been done, does this mean that I am not going to receive it? Then 100% is not correct, or does it mean that there has been a delay on phase 6b being rolled out? Or another mysterious BT issue that no one ever knows about?

The "YES" under "Deployed" doesn't mean it is completed. It just means it is in the schedule. So at some point in time it will be completed - probably - as at 15 December 2011 planning. You need to follow up any planned roadworks and such close to your cabinet, with your local council planning department.

Phase 6b in each area could be different by months.

I live on the edge of Taunton/Trull just past queens college. Both street cabinets near my house (on the same stretch of Trull/Honiton Road from Queens College to Trull Green have been upgraded, but I still can't get fttc or fttp.

It's annoying if half the town have it, as we are (without being snobbish) the more affluent area/village and are behind the rest of Taunton.

Ive actually just discovered that my Next door neighbours can get Infinity, yet I cant! what a joke!

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Ive actually just discovered that my Next door neighbours can get Infinity, yet I cant! what a joke!

What does this checker say about your phone number? (Assuming it isn't Sky or TalkTalk LLU).

Spoke to some Openreach engineers who were laying fibre today at the top of East Reach in the centre of town. They said FTTC would be available to anyone whose CAB was enabled and line didn't use overhead cabling, the latter would get FTTP.

Taking that with a healthy pinch of salt I think....

Did they say anything else about FTTP?

We know FTTC is available now to almost half the town and there's still some work left to be done on it but what i think everyone else is waiting to know is when exactly FTTP will start to appear, so far it's all C and no P, they really should have been working on both at the same time to be fair.

I have two friends with fibre in Taunton now. One lives on Blackbrook estate near Tescos, and one lives in Trull!

I live on Ilminster road, so overhead phone lines I guess I'll be waiting a logn while yet then?

Any news or progress seen since last month?

Doesn't look like it...