the urban fund is being handed out as vouchers to SME generally, so used differently to the normal BDUK funding.

If the area already has Virgin Media cable then that would stop any government funding too

In reply to a post by Freo:

I would think that MediaCityUK would bring increased demand for fibre as well... it's certainly made the property prices increase a lot with the increase in demand.

MediaCityUK already has it's own 10Gbps core network as part of the development offering 10-100Mbps internet speeds to all the offices and apartments.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

If the area already has Virgin Media cable then that would stop any government funding too

My area had virgin media cable and BT had put a new FTTC cabinet too. No difference if it had virgin or not.

Your 'area' wasn't BDUK funded either!

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

If the area already has Virgin Media cable then that would stop any government funding too

My area had virgin media cable and BT had put a new FTTC cabinet too. No difference if it had virgin or not.

That's not government money - Where BT install FTTC is a commercial decision by them .BT have installed FTTC in lots of areas where Virgin have cable because it is commercially worth wile for them (not surprising, cable co's installed cable where it was most likely to make them money).

But if an area has virgin it won't be eligble for government money , eg BDUK because there is already faster BB available.

Freo

Whilst there is no information about cab locations you can always look around to find it yourself. A walk around the area will normally find a coiuple in a city area.

It will normally be a green box about 1m high and 1.3m long, You are interested in the one with a number corressponding to that quoted for your line. There are some photos of typical ones here on Roberto's site

If you are in a big block of flats ( 200-400!) there is a chance it is hidden in the basement. If so this will be why you do not have FTTC. If this is the case you will have to lobby the landlord to approach BT giving them permission to place an FTTC cab alongside and sortout the power issue OR get enough people interested to get the landlord to approah BT and ask for FTTP this is actually a better way forward in most blocks of flats as it overcomes the power issus.

As you already have 20Mb you may findit difficult to get people interested in Fibre but people at the top of the block may get less than you.