Hi there, my parents live in Coates and we've been stuck on 3-4Mbs for a while (I know we're lucky to get that). Can you clarify what you mean by the above as I'm not very up to speed with the tech lingo yet. Does it look like they're lying fibre cables or is it unrelated work?

It means we know of no firm plans for the area yet, so it is wait and see

Just out of curiosity, where is cab 2?

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I have had a look about the interwebs for info and even tried contacting connecting Cambridgeshire but have had no reply from them.

Same here (for Ramsey, Cambridgeshire). Complete lack of any emails from Connecting Cambridgeshire despite being signed up for emails and sending them an email asking about the local area.

Positive signs that cabinets have gone live in the past couple of weeks though and a new chamber/PCP is being installed adjacent to the exchange and EO area. Fingers crossed!

Simon

To be fair, their website http://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/parish/ram...
Does give a deadline for September. With Coates we have just consideration by end of the year which means no action till maybe mid next year.

Sort of but sort of not - keep reading on and the September is for the initial batch of cabinets. It goes on to say:

"...More cabinets will be upgraded in a later phase, currently anticipated to be between December 2014 and June 2015. The scheduling for each phase depends upon the outcome of surveys and more detailed planning so we cannot be more precise until these are completed..."

I'm not on a cabinet and it's a direct EO line, however it does appear that roadworks are planned for a PCP which I can only hope is going to lead to some form of FTTC/P for the EO lines. It's interesting to note that there is a mention of "carrying out extra work to reach more premises" as if Openreach may be going beyond the BDUK plan which may be why they don't have specific information about what is planned/happening.

Cabinet 2 is here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.529934,-0.035316,3...

We are half a mile from this cabinet, but there is 1.5 miles of cable. Would fttc improve on 1.5mb download? We are about to install a ubiquiti link to a friend in connected eastrea for now.

Also out of interest -how do you find out information such as users per cabinet?

Interestingly, Turves is "coming soon - dec 2014" on BT's fibre map.

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If cab 2 was FTTC enabled and you are 1.5Miles from it, FTTC speed would be around 10-15mbps

As for users per cab, I have no idea how to find that info but I know a user or 2 here can get that info

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Cabinet 2 is here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.529934,-0.035316,3...

We are half a mile from this cabinet, but there is 1.5 miles of cable. Would fttc improve on 1.5mb download? We are about to install a ubiquiti link to a friend in connected eastrea for now.

Also out of interest -how do you find out information such as users per cabinet?

Interestingly, Turves is "coming soon - dec 2014" on BT's fibre map.

You're right, the BT map does show the exchange as "CS". Sounds like a Christmas present... too good to be true.

Will be keeping an eye on roadworks.org.

I wonder if this means they are installing a PCP + FTTC for the EO lines.

Says coming soon for my Mothers Post Code witch is an EO line.