Had a little conversation with the guy and without revealing too much he said that connecting the DSLAM to the network was where the problem was and that "costed the DSLAM out of the project".

I was hoping it was the predicted take up, in which case I could have potentially done something about it.

That's really bad news Pete, I'm sorry mate, you must be fuming. It's money money money isn't it? These companies never realise how much upset they cause customers and potential customers, which in turn costs them money long term, probably more than they save.

Edited by deleted (Wed 12-Sep-12 20:35:00)

Yeah, the worst part is that my ADSL sync speed is slowly getting worse so I was relying on fibre to offset this.

I dont understand the fibre routing so I maybe talking rubbish, but they managed to get fibre to the 2 cabs <300 and <200m from my cab. I appreciate that both of those are on the other side of the A259, but they managed do get the cabling in to the PCP OK.

What happens when the new housing estate is built next door - here, buy a brand new house in 2013 but you can only get 2Mb broadband, digital TV is sketchy and mobile phone signal are dire. So much for a town whose motto is "progress".

I only get 3Mbps here on ADSL2+ so like you say, video streaming is not too good at those speeds. I cannot stream HD video at this speed and even SD is a little jumpy sometimes.

I feel so fortunatey to be getting FTTC, as I imagined Rustington would be one of the last places to get it. I did take a momentary gasp when you mentioned cab P34, as that's what I'm on, but of course you'll be on Littlehampton exchange.

There were vans at my P34 cab yet again today, an electrical company of some sort. It's amazing how many times work is being done on just one cabinet to get things going.

My local cabinet (Rustington exchange, P34) is now live, as I heard the fans today. Same with another nearby cabinet. I've also noticed that the DSL checker has updated information for my particular address saying FTTC will be enabled by the end of September. It didn't say that before for several homes in this postcode, even though the December 2011 database says 100% of the postcode are on P34.

So just have to wait for the exchange now. Must be any day.

In reply to a post by Zackary:

My local cabinet (Rustington exchange, P34) is now live, as I heard the fans today. Same with another nearby cabinet. I've also noticed that the DSL checker has updated information for my particular address saying FTTC will be enabled by the end of September. It didn't say that before for several homes in this postcode, even though the December 2011 database says 100% of the postcode are on P34.

So just have to wait for the exchange now. Must be any day.

That's right, rub it in!!!!

Oh of course. Errrmmmmm.....Yea sorry Pete. *yikes*

I've been away for a few days and am just catching up on this thread - sorry to hear your news Pete. I'd read on other forum threads that sometimes they don't do every cabinet for day 1 and so I was dreading being unlucky myself. I don't think I would have handled it as well as you seem to have.

Are you saying that they decided not to add your cabinet because of technical issues making it more expensive? I don't follow some of the acronyms you are using - what is a DSLAM? (Google made me think that this was just another name for the new cabinets but correct me if I have the wrong end of the stick.)

Not sure if it is relevant but following the latest reshuffle, this happened http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240162815/Maria-...

If the problem for you was siting of the new cabinet then I would be pressing for them to review the decision in the light of that policy change. Get neighbours, the local press and affected companies on-side if you can. We can all write letters in support.

From what I can gather it's not a planning permission problem.

I've been told that the cost of connecting the DSLAM to the rest of the network is what priced it out of being upgraded. Not sure why that is, as surely there is ducting running to the PCP with the existing copper pairs running to it plus there are 2 DSLAM cabs within a 250m radius from my cab. Also, I did see them pulling what looked like fibre tubing into the pit in front of the PCP so I'm really confused.

I'm in the process of trying to establish how many of the cabs got installed to see if I'm alone or not, then I am looking to approach the local council and see if they can help in any way - Littlehampton's motto is "Progress" and this is far from progressive!
If I need to I'll canvas the properties served by the cab for help. Being where we are we have really long lines and [censored] sync speeds so I'm sure I can get some support from them!!

DSLAM cab is the new cab that is added where the fibre is terminated into the kerbside DSLAM. DSLAM stands for Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer. The PCP is the Primary Connection Point and this is the existing cab where the phone line from the local properties aggregate.

With normal DSL the DSLAM is at the exchange and this is why the further from the exchange you are the lower your sync gets as the signal degrades as it gets further down the copper. By moving the DSLAM to near the PCP you end up with just a few hundred metres of copper and the signal degrades a lot less.

Edited by deleted (Tue 18-Sep-12 20:56:09)

This may be of use Pete.

m.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/local/plans-for-better-broadband-in-west-sussex-move-forward-1-4289434