Just to keep others in Pembroke informed - I went back to BT and my line went live last week with download speeds of 76Mbs and upload around 20Mbs with a direct connection from the hub. Quite impressed with the wireless radius of the new hub in comparison to my previous TalkTalk box. Wireless ranges from 65Mbs+ down to 15Mbs depending how close you are to the box.

Amazing compared to my previous best of only 2.5Mbs on a good day with the wind blowing from the north-west

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What cab are you on in Pembroke - I'm on cab 24 and still awaiting the turn on, the fiber box has been in place for about a month and a half.

Still trying to unearth what is happening with PCP29. Superfarce Cymru say "work is at an early stage" but are unsurprisingly vague about what that actually means and it feels more like a fob off than a fully formed answer. A search of Pembs Planning reveals no planning consent applications for a cabinet, and I seem torecall there was little problem with Royal Mail erecting a postmans bag drop bin which stands adjacent to PCP29

The cabinet was supposed to go in weeks ago, installation guys are now nowhere to be seen and I have a feeling we have been quietly put on the back burner until some dim and distant point.

My connection yo-yo between 5 and 8 Megs depending on how many drops it has suffered which given the length of the line is disappointing. Time we have some open and honest answers from those in charge, the roll out has already been a farce with infill to urban areas being prioritized over rural communities.

The whole thing is a farce.

I'm on cabinet 32 opposite Kings Bridge Cottages on Holyland Road.

I can find zero information, or get a answer from anyone, regarding Llanion and the whole area being exchange only.

if they said 10 years at least i would know. its just plain stupid.

What does www.dslchecker.bt.com say for your phone number?

I am on Talk Tallk so doesnt recognise the phone number on address search i get

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So BDUK were planning FTTP in phase 12a?

Cenarth Close is quite close to the exchange (Google maps are hopelessly inaccurate about the true location of SWPM exchange), so most likely on EO lines given that it is a relatively young development on the site of an old army barracks that closed at the end of the 50's.

The route from the exchange building through Waterloo (opposite) to the site is straightforward and short maybe a shade over half a mile straight across the roundabout up the A477 to the top of the hill.

Yeah i get about 10Mb over copper, but i seriously suffer with massive downtime and seriously dips in speed, Talk Talk & Openreach say nothing is wrong, but trust me my old address i got about 6Mb and it was perfectly stable, this address a newer line in fact only installed from the grid a few years back but its seriously unstable. so desperate to get a real connection going, only no idea what BT exchange only plans are or tiemscales.