The dates you mention are just place holder dates and in reality meaningless, the cabinet could go live before, or long after this date.

Received the following from my MP's office. I saw her press release when BT announced availability at Bannockburn with just 10 cabinets upgraded, and sent her a note re the situation of the 50%+ of properties in Bannockburn that had been left out.

�As you are aware Bannockburn is now accepting orders for super fast broadband. I�ve checked the cabinet which serves Mr xxxxxx and I�m pleased to say it has been included in the current rollout. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather that we have had in Scotland over the past few months and a shortage of equipment, the upgrade of this cabinet has been delayed. We hope to have the work completed and the cabinet ready for service by February 2013.

So I�d like to assure you that the cabinet is still very much part of our investment plans. Your constituent needs to register an interest for the fibre product with his own Service Provider (SP) and they�ll let him know when it becomes available. He also needs to talk to his SP if he has any further enquiries or issues with his broadband service. �

Thanks for info, makes intersting reading, we are in Plean and test shows .
Cabinet Probability Uplift Phase Status Type
P10 100% 23.5 8a Part of deployment FTTC (Fiber to the Cabinet)

Saw the fibre going in along the A9 and a new cabinet appeared but nothing apart from ADSL on any checker...guessing I'll have to be a bit more patient!

Gregor

Looks like its all about patience where BT is concerned...

I note that roadworksscotland has BT working in Plean on 6th Nov.

Does the following site give you a date for FTTC availability?

http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/ADSLChecker.Teleph...

Nigel

Thanks Nigel, link shows WBC FTTC by 31st Dec 2012 speed estimate 38.1 to 45.6... that would do nicely! The BT works are shown at the primary school (newley opened) so maybe just there, don't really mind waiting just good to know it's in the pipeline,
Rgds
Gregor

Hi

Was just reading about the situation in Cumbernauld, where the roll-out of FTTC is seemingly even more patchy than Bannockburn: http://www.superfastforkierhillroad.co.uk/

Postcodes where BT aint gonna bother doing owt:

http://batchgeo.com/map/18eadd70c43476215498d9618000...

Postcodes where BT has done half a job:

http://batchgeo.com/map/3f79f7ee3309d86e5864b28cf20b...

Postcodes where BT completed the job:

http://batchgeo.com/map/3b7f398b672379850817ca0d3251...

One can hardly say that Cumbernauld is rural !!!

I was speaking to a BT engineer this weekend gone, who commented that BT has a habit of rolling out in the area's where nobody wants or can afford FTTC (council estates), while not rolling out in affluent area's where folks could afford it. Although... maybe its like Sky TV --> perhaps its only those on benefits that can afford these luxuries these days cause those of us not on benefits fund said luxuries!

Nigel

In reply to a post by veletron:

perhaps its only those on benefits that can afford these luxuries these days cause those of us not on benefits fund said luxuries!

Nigel

LOL, spot on there me thinks.....

Still no fibre for my line. Its been 3 months approx since it was rolled out in Bannockburn. Phoned up BT today, waste of time. The people in the call centre know nothing (not their fault), its bad customer service that they cant tell their customers when/if they can provide a service. Like I have said previously I would rather they said it will be x amount of months before you can get it, at least that way you could forget about it.

BT retail will only know the information they can access, which is whats provided to them by Openreach, its the same information all isps that sell a fibre service from Openreach use.

You can contact Openreach on the email below, included your address and phone number as they will ask for it, will take a few days to reply but they will say if your cabinet is planned in the rollout.

[email protected]

In reply to a post by ccxo:

BT retail will only know the information they can access, which is whats provided to them by Openreach, its the same information all isps that sell a fibre service from Openreach use.

You can contact Openreach on the email below, included your address and phone number as they will ask for it, will take a few days to reply but they will say if your cabinet is planned in the rollout.

[email protected]

Thanks very much, email sent