OK thanks. I was hoping they'd be some more info, not in the public eye. I guess I'll just have to wait some more. It's fairly easy to see that patience isn't my strong suit!

Paul

Just out on a constitutional on this fine morning and happened to notice two of ORs finest working on the PCP next to the recently installed fibre cab so thought I'd ask them a few questions.
They were both very nice chaps and happy to chat but, they didn't have any more info on or above what I already knew. One of them remarked that he was surprised to see the fibre cab there, that the cabling between it and the PCP wasn't present and that the exchange would be the smallest to be enabled. Of course the latter's not quite accurate as the Paulerspury exchange is smaller and has been enabled. The other chap thought the PCP would need changing as it was quite full. Must admit that I'm surprised they could find anything in that mess but, I guess they're used to it!
There is another small development planned in the village so I suspect he could be right about a new, larger PCP being needed. It'll be interesting to see how that happens.

So ultimately, no more info and the wait continues.

Paul

Just checked the OR site on a whim and the status has gone from Exploring Solutions (ES) to Coming Soon (CS). Another step forward...

As my ADSL connection seems to have lowered in sync rate since moving to Xilo, the wait is getting a little more difficult to bear!

Paul

Hmmm, I just checked the OR 'Where and When' site and my status has changed again to '?' "Superfast Fibre is in your area but we can�t tell by your postcode if you can get it right now. Please contact your communications provider, who can check using your phone number."

So another step forward. I've checked the BT Checker (address) for my cab and cab 2 but, no further information yet.

Paul

An update?

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SMYG

Ties in with OR's site that states December 2014 on the 'Coming Soon' ssheet.

Paul

Just noticed an update on roadworks.org. Looks like OR are to replace/ renew my PCP and re-shell the other one, fed from my exchange, with a fibre twin. Works are due to start at the beginning of November. So looks like they're working towards the Dec 2014 estimate.
I guess I should expect an ADSL outage if that's the case?!

Paul

I guess I should expect an ADSL outage if that's the case?!

Should not expect an outage

Walking my son to pre-school today and a BT enginneer had his head in the old cabinet..
Like a young boy seeing father christmas I wandered over with silly grin and asked a few questions... when when when...

He said all the underground work had been doe and that a final link between the two cabinets had to be made and then they would be live offering Fibre.
I asked about how long and he reckoned within the month...

Fingers crossed...


Tone

Well we're almost in July and still no fibre.

BT Site still says coming soon.

Existing broadband is very poor, falls over almost daily and is pretty unreliable, but the problem with IOS devices they start doing backups as soon as we plug them in to mains for charging and at 444kbps upload its a long process!

Is there any way to actually find out how long this upgrade would take?

Cheers

Tone

Interestingly, my page watch on the wholesale adsl checker was set off last week. They are putting WBC in on the 30th June...