While it�s great to see the BDUK project in North Yorkshire really gaining momentum in the delivery phase it is with anticipation that I wait for work to commence in my area.

Having done regular checks on the usual websites over the last few months I noticed road works scheduled for near the PCP I am connected to. Last Tuesday a FTTC base was laid and yesterday a fibre cab was placed [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/33y5f0w.jpg[/IMG]
Correct me if I�m wrong but it looks like a Huawei 288 to me.

The Openreach site indicates that it should be AO by the end of September. If there aren�t any issues with blocked ducts, power etc. what are the chances that it will be AO in weeks rather than months given that it is part of the BDUK project and not within BT�s commercial rollout?

In reply to a post by desouzr:

http://i42.tinypic.com/33y5f0w.jpg
Correct me if I�m wrong but it looks like a Huawei 288 to me.

Yup. Expecting plenty of sign-ups then.

The Openreach site indicates that it should be AO by the end of September. If there aren�t any issues with blocked ducts, power etc. what are the chances that it will be AO in weeks rather than months given that it is part of the BDUK project and not within BT�s commercial rollout?

The exchange status changing to AO isn't normally affected by any individual cabinets having blocked ducts, although it could happen if the main fibre route back to a parent exchange is blocked. This doesn't seem likely, as the exchange has 21CN, so likely has the necessary feeds.

The AO status is likely to come when some of the cabinets are ready, but not necessarily all of them. But whether this differs because of the BDUK project, I don't think we know yet - you are the first area to be able to give us feedback on that. It certainly could be just a few weeks, but it could be a few months still.

Having said that, the twitter feed for SFNY recently announced that the Clifton exchange (York) had gone live, even though it was also marked as a CS for September 13.

On the one hand a high take up would be good to see but on the other hand it would introduce more cross talk and less speed for everyone.

I wonder if/when vectoring is introduced how cabs upgraded via BDUK will factor.

As far as I can tell this is the only cab on the exchange getting fibre in this phase of the rollout so when it goes live I expect the exchange status will change to AO.

I saw that Clifton had gone live ahead of schedule. Gives me some hope.

Roadworks were scheduled from 28 may until 10 June. I wonder if power, tie cable and the fibre feed will be connected by 10 June? Then testing I gather before it goes live on the database?

Either way, having waited 3 years for faster broadband 3 months is within touching distance.

In reply to a post by desouzr:

As far as I can tell this is the only cab on the exchange getting fibre in this phase of the rollout so when it goes live I expect the exchange status will change to AO.

That's a good point - one of the effects of BDUK is that it is going into smaller places with fewer cabinets, so exchange AO date will become very synonymous with the cabinet date.

I wonder if/when vectoring is introduced how cabs upgraded via BDUK will factor.

My understanding is that BDUK helps fund the initial installation, and then all the ongoing upgrade, maintenance, support (and risk) is taken on by BT. To that end, the rural cabinets ought to be no different.

I guess we'll ultimately discover if BT applies a similar viability/profitability calculation to upgrade of individual cabinets; probably in 2 or 3 years time though!

Roadworks were scheduled from 28 may until 10 June. I wonder if power, tie cable and the fibre feed will be connected by 10 June?

R0nski's recent post on another thread had a roadworks entry that certainly included power at the same time as ducting, concrete plinth and installation of the cabinet.

I'm not sure the openreach Where and When checker is necessarily updated with Superfast North Yorkshire availability.

The pin for my exchange (RIPON) is still showing as CS with a date of Sept. 2013 and I have had a FTTC connection for a few weeks now.

The exchange is listed in the appropriate PDF (Exchanges already accepting orders), though.

I found that the Wholesale postcode checker gave a closer date once the cabinet works in our village were well underway. With the FTTC availability disappearing from the postcode checker for about 10 days (about when the sticker got put on the cab) before the number checker started listing FTTC as being available and I was able to order it.

-Steve.

Today the BT Wholesale checker is showing FTTC from my cab being available from 30/06/13. Speed Prediction given is 55/13. As this has just appeared it looks like all the work has been completed. The Openreach site had it listed as CS for Sept so 3 months ahead of schedule.

You by any chance on cabinet 20 in Ripon desouzr? My phone line also came up today with availability from 30th June, although I'm showing 50/13.

Still anythings better than the <4 I'm getting on ADSL. Anybody know when an order can be placed for this? Can I preorder this week, or will PlusNet not accept orders until after the date.

No one will accept orders until its actually live, just keep checking.

Alphapapa - I'm on cab 1 in Pateley Bridge.

Doh.

Checker now says 31st July for my cabinet.