Thanks for that CCXO, this exchange (EAKLN) had a date of June12 but on the openreach site it's now showing Dec12. Do they wait till all the new cabinets in the area are installed and are ready for service before they start taking orders or do they roll it out as and when ready?

Most likely its a database error, i would keep any eye on the bt wholesale asdl checker and see what is says for your line.

A exchange will go live with x number of cabinets, this can be between 5-10 cabinets, orders will start to be accepted and then more cabinets will come online.

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A exchange will go live with x number of cabinets

Well, yes .

this can be between 5-10 cabinets

Supposition? We don't want to embellish the "10" myth by semi-legitimising it by amendment.

As far as we know an exchange could go live with only one cabinet. Otherwise several thousand pounds-worth of equipment could sit un-utilised for no good reason.

AH - wait. This is BT .....

Just have to sit tight and wait then. Hopefuly it will be sooner rather than later!! When i do get the fibre service is it just a seamless switch over or do i need a different router or anything?
Steve.

You need a cable router to connect to the Openreach modem. If you go to BT, Plusnet, TalkTalk or Sky you get one supplied. Some other ISPs may also supply a suitable one free, but I think most charge.

Prices tend to be £50-£100, but I and several others run perfectly well on Buffalo, below £30. I've stopped using my Plusnet supplied Netgear and gone back to my own Buffalo.

Downtime is usually less than 30 minutes, not much different from an ADSLx migration. An engineer visit is mandatory to install a VDSL2 faceplate on the master and connect the modem. Also on BT the supplied router. I don't know whether the engineer fits the Sky/TT routers. He doesn't do the Plusnet one so far as I know.

Thanks for that RobertoS, I'm with Sky at present so no charge for the new gear then when things get going!

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Thanks for that RobertoS, I'm with Sky at present so no charge for the new gear then when things get going!

Sky will charge you the p&p for the router, a whole £2.18.

Sounds good . Enjoy.

Two Openreach engineers have spent most of the day working on the cabinet i'm connected to and the new fibre cab across the road from it,and the blue nylon rope that was sticking out of the concrete duct cover in the pavement is no longer there! So i would guess this cab has/or is the process of being connected up! Just a shame the exchange date has slipped to December from June, hopefully things will happen sooner rather than later.

My cabinet number 2, under an M1 bridge on Aerodrome Road is still the same sorry old cabinet. As far as I know there are at least several dozen flats connected to it (to to maybe 140?), everyone has SKY. Still can't believe there's not even a plan in sight to upgrade the thing