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Yes, they are or will be connected. Read this page.
Note that Infinity is just the BT Retail product. Most ISPs in the country now have their own FTTC products, just like with ADSLx. I've been on it with IDNet, and now Plusnet.
Who is your broadband with now?
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Interesting point about the phone line, I think ( for whatever reason ) I have mine passed to Sky a couple of years ago.
Though the number is recognized by the "by number" service.
A lot of Sky's ADSL lines are still with BT, mine was until I switched to Sky's fibre product.
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Does the 'by number' checker indicate you can order?
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As Roberto says, you have a choice of FTTC providers. You can certainly order with any provider that uses the BT Wholesale system.
Sky and TalkTalk are both present at the Flitwick exchange, but I don't know if they're offering FTTC service yet, as they have to order connections to the FTTC equipment and possibly upgrade their network.
The only other broadband provider with equipment at the Flitwick exchange (according to SamKnows) is O2 / Be, but they don't currently offer FTTC. I expect they will launch FTTC products once they've rolled out their new network.
It's probably worth looking at your existing broadband provider's FTTC products first. If you are a Sky customer, consider Sky. If you need a new provider, at the very least I'd compare Plusnet to BT Infinity - you may well find Plusnet a better deal. Only you can decide - you may find the various ISP forums here are helpful, though remember that people tend to post when they have problems, leaving a silent majority who will largely be having no problems.
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... though remember that people tend to post when they have problems, leaving a silent majority who will largely be having no problems. [cough] 
Actually a silent majority who aren't aware they have problems.
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Sorry to post in this very old thread but looks like I was barking up the wrong cabinet. Even though part of my village is served by a FTTC cabinet, I have just discovered that my cabinet it's a different one... the mega old pcp!! http://www.robertos.me.uk/html/bt_furniture_7.html
This cabinet is 0.9 miles away from the other FTTC enabled cabinets but very close to my estate. Strangely the other ones a quite distant from the village itself.
What is the chance of having this ancient cabinet upgraded, how could I try persuading BT?
My estate is peppered by Cabletel cabinets and manholes. Are they owned by BT ? Could I persuade them to connect those instead?
Cheers
Edited by deleted (Sat 09-Feb-13 20:04:21)
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Nothing to do with the problem, but you need to delete the comma at the end of the link to the cabinet picture - it's being picked up as part of the url.
Re getting Openreach to enable the cabinet, not something I'm well up on.
Is Cabletel now part of Virgin Media, or is it dead? Anyone near you on VM Cable? It certainly isn't anything to do with Openreach.
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Edited by RobertoS (Sat 09-Feb-13 15:53:41)
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Is Cabletel now part of Virgin Media, or is it dead? Anyone near you on VM Cable? It certainly isn't anything to do with Openreach.
CableTel IS NTL and NTL & Telewest merged and became VM when they bought Virgin Mobile.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ntl...
All the cable works in this area (Farnborough, Hants) are marked CableTel.
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Presuade maybe if you give them a few thousand pounds.
They would usually re-shell an old cabinet like that to give space for the new tie pairs to the fibre cabinet, which adds to the costs a bit and may be why your cabinet was not enabled.
With a two thirds population target millions are missed by the commercial roll-out, what does your postcode look like in terms of local authority BDUK project, your taxes may get the cabinet enabled in the next couple of years.
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Link fixed...
No idea about Cabletel myself but Virgin Media does get up to a few hundred yards away from my estate.
I did ask VM about them and they said it would cost too much to connect us. Maybe the cabinets are out of date... who knows.
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