Does an exchange start accepting orders when it is still showing as coming soon on the openreach website? I ask as i put in my mums post code and got this, she lives in the next village -

For Postcode PE34 3LL

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial check on your postcode indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line speed up to 1Mbps. However due to the length of your line the 1Mbps service may require an engineer visit who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.


Our check also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL Max broadband line speed of 2.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range between 1.5Mbps and 5Mbps.


Our check also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL2+ broadband line speed of 3.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range between 2Mbps and 6Mbps.

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st December 2012. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 72.1 Mbps and upstream line speed of 20 Mbps.

The actual stable line speed supportable will be determined during the first 10 days of use. This speed may change over time, to ensure line stability is maintained.

If you decide to place an order, a further test will be performed to confirm if your line is suitable for the service you wish to purchase.

Thank you for your interest.


Please note that dates and exchanges are indicative and subject to change.

Please note that postcode and address check results are indicative only. Most accurate results can be obtained from a telephone number check.

Note: Provision of some services may not be allowed due to product withdrawal, please contact your service provider for further details.

I know it says the cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st December 2012, but it also says below about placing an order?

On the Openreach website where and when, coming soon means work is currently progressing on a exchange cabinets or will be shortly.

Any December date is likely to slip in 2013 due to the bad weather conditions in winter, so the checker would move to the 31st of March 2013.

The placing the order section is for current services avalaible at that postcode, which is asdl and asdl+2 services, you have to wait till the checker says that FTTC services are now live.

The best checker to use is the BT wholesale asdl checker with a BT number for the property.

as it says "Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st December 2012. "

wont get it until then.

Thanks for that,this exchange, Kings Lynn has already slipped from June 2012 to December2012, just hope it does'nt slip away any further!
Steve.

I am confused here about the cabinet I am connected to I done some research about when i would be upgraded as a lot of places in my village are already on FTTC but when i search my postcode it shows me as planned to be receiving FTTP , here is the thing I used to search with http://fttc-check.alc.im/results.php?postcode=DN68HU that is my postcode. Does anyone have any more information on my cabinet and if I should be able to get fast fibre soon because this slow ADSL is killing me

With FTTP your cabinet is not upgraded as fibre is taken from the exchange to your property via ducts/poles.

With towns that have a split coverage of FTTC/FTTP, only the FTTC half have been rolled out, with little to no progress on the FTTP side.
As to why this is happening their have been large delays in the installation of FTTP- FTTC is far faster to roll-out to a area, so it is believed that Openreach will return to FTTP before the end of the commercial deployment which ends November 2014.

The site you used to check your postcode uses the December 2011 data, since then their have been 2 more spreadsheets with updated data on the roll-out. It is possible that your postcode could have been changed to FTTC in a later stage of the roll-out.
Only Isp's have access to this data and they may be able to say if anything has changed on your postcode.

You can try this email below and ask what is happening for your postcode.

[email protected]

Edited by deleted (Thu 16-Aug-12 22:07:36)

Well this sucks I will seriously move houses if I have to wait until 2014 when 40 yards round the corner I could get 70mbit when ATM I am on less than 5mbit . I will email the openreach and hope for a response from them thank you for the answer ccxo.

Edited by deleted (Fri 17-Aug-12 06:26:00)

Given that the average house move costs several thousand pounds, you might as well look at bonded DSL or even a leased line for a year whilst you're waiting for FTTP - it may be cheaper!

Would appreciate if someone could check postcode HX5 0PL please
(Victoria Road Elland

Thanks in advance

Keith

Sorry - there's no mention of that postcode in the December 2011 data. However, see the PM I'm sending you in a moment. (Flashing icon in the menu bar when you refresh).