In reply to a post by Saidin:

Hi guys ....

Cabinet is active ... !!!!!.

Just ordered BT Infinity2!!!

My ADSL speed is 16.8Mb ...

Expected Fibre .. 79-80Mb download ... 20Mb upload.

Install date 10th July ... between 08:00 to 13:00

Looks like all cabinets will be done soon ... fingers crossed!!!

Well that's 12 years of patient waiting over !!!!

Thought we might have seen you on here by now extolling the virtues of FTTC!

How did it go?

Hi Irby,
Just checking your Map (BTW thanks for doing it ) P12 has a twinned FTTC cabinet so does it also needs a Gold Star putting on ?

Edited by deleted (Sun 13-Jul-14 19:47:58)

Thanks, map edited accordingly

Anyone hooked up yet? Tom seems to have dropped off the net, either that or he's downloading the Internet.

Talked to an OpenReach engineer yesterday who had come to fix my ordinary broadband (had to replace the line between the pole and cabinet - now working nicely at 10Mbps+). Sadly he seemed to know no more about the fibre installation in Irby than I do! C'est la vie.

Bit odd this - just checked OpenReach webpage Where & When for Super-fast Fibre BB & entered my postcode & adjoining one , and it came back AO Green icon - Accepting Orders , and yet on downloading Pdf AO , Irby Exchange is not listed , but it is on the CS Coming Soon Pdf.
Also checking BT website as to whether can I get fibre on my phone number, it indicates Fibre BB not available yet - very odd

Edited by deleted (Sat 19-Jul-14 17:02:29)

It looks like the BDUK cabinets have been somehow fast tracked and are now offering services. I don't see any non-BDUK FTTC installs offering FTTC services yet.

There are at least 2 BDUK cabinets and they're both live and near each other (see map in auto sig).

I've no idea when the non-BDUK cabinets will start accepting orders, maybe one of those in the know could comment

How do you know which ones the BDUK ones are? Have they got the sticker on?

Only because on the checker it says "part of the 66% plan or not".

I'm not that knowledgeable though so feel free to correct me

I'm not so sure you're correct on that assumption. I've not seen any evidence of any BDUK activity in the Wirral yet, I think this is all being done as part of BT's normal rollout.

Mind you, the Merseyside BDUK website is absolutely useless anyway and says something about the having to focus on businesses rather than residential customers. How is that even allowed? I can't make much sense of that website.

Edited by deleted (Mon 21-Jul-14 11:40:02)

I would help but need specifics on locations, but can say cabs 14, 17 & 19 look to be BDUK, the rest are commercial roll-out on Irby exchange