sorry to say but the BT Checker now says 30th September. Im sure it wont take that long, maybe 3-4 weeks...........i hope!

There is activity at my FTTC twin today

The fibre has been blown through and the engineer was connecting it up. He didn't know when the cab was due to be commissioned or the exchange enabled though.

But at least I know the current status of my cab.

Thats good news.

How far from the xchange is your cabinet? I believe the fibre runs from the exchange to a cabinet which then runs to another cabinet and another cabinet...etc like a spider web. so depending how far from the exchange you are might give an idea how much the spider web has grown.

Unless im wrong and each cabinet has its own fibre link to the exchange?

Thanks

I'm only about 350m from the exchange (straight line distance)

Well, I still think that my exchange has been forgotten about.

The cabinet next to The Half Moon in Stakeford has been done, the one opposite the Kielder2 fish and chip shop is resolutely untouched. I am hoping that the cabinet will be worked on in the near future or it looks like I will be bypassed for the FTTC upgrade.

Russell

I can now order FTTC on CAB 55!!!!!!!!!!!

The Twitter announcement from OpenReach hasnt been posted yet but I am off!

Now waiting for MAC from BE.

A bit like waiting for Christmas, kid with a new toy etc!

Quidco currently giving £50 for new subscribers to BT Broadband including Infinity plus the £25 Sainsbury's voucher.

Looking forward to 80 Mb/s down, 20Mb/s up rather than 6Mb/s down, 1Mb/s up as at present.

Would have been a harder decision is I still had the 21Mb/s at previous address though.

The cabinet on the corner of Ashington Drive and Ridgeway is looking sadly neglected, I am currently getting 256kbs down and 512kbs and that's on a good day when I can actually get connected. Having lived in North Northumberland and received a 5mb service this amazes me.

That's rather low, you're not that far from the exchange. Have you checked your cabinet is due to be upgraded?

Also, have you looked into why your speeds are so low?

Thanks for the comment, I'm currently arguing with the ISP , Bt and anybody else that will listen, unfortunately I am making very slow progress, apparently we are sitting on the far end of the Ashington exchange . I am not sure when the cab is due for upgrade and no information for Stakeford is available.