I don't think there's any problem this end with the test results:

Estimate today from the BT availability checker (note it now says availability date: 24-Nov-14, the line was connected on 04 November when at that point it said: available. The exchange first went live for fibre in early October and the engineer told me this was the first line to be connected to this cabinet)

High Low High Low
FTTC Range A (Clean) 79.3 60 20 19.5 -- 24-Nov-14
FTTC Range B (Impacted) 70.6 44.6 20 14.1 -- 24-Nov-14

ADSL Max Up to 5 -- 3.5 to 7.5 Available
Fixed Rate 2 -- -- Available

This is on the Plusnet 40/20 package: the BT checker Further diagnostics test:

1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.

Download Speed
38.29 Mbps

0 Mbps 77.44 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed

Download speedachieved during the test was - 38.29 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 61.95 Mbps-77.44 Mbps .
Additional Information:
IP Profile for your line is - 77.44 Mbps

2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.

Upload Speed
16.85 Mbps

0 Mbps 20 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed

Upload speed achieved during the test was - 16.85Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 20 Mbps

Judging by TBB speed tests the line so far is pretty consistent at around 37 down, 17 up, on a wireless connection on my iMac (rounded figures). Testing the Macbook around the house half an hour ago, the 37 down is consistent in every room, the upload is slightly lower, at 12 or so, through more floors or walls. With the Macbook plugged in to the router on ethernet cable the same results using the BT test or the TBB test as with the iMac wireless connection.

Edited by s_h (Mon 10-Nov-14 11:47:52)

Perfect .

Full 80Mbps connection speed, though you are unlikely ever to need to upgrade to it.

If it's saying 24 November availability now it means the initially installed line card(s) are fully taken.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

If it's saying 24 November availability now it means the initially installed line card(s) are fully taken.

House is around 350 metres by road, from the cabinet, I saw inside it in passing in September, when the fitter had just completed it (he unlocked it to show me) and asked how many fibre lines would be available, he said 125 initially, and a further 125 could be added if needed - I'm surprised 125 are gone already, but there are a couple of primary schools who may have taken a few.

Schools generally take what ever the contract for the larger education authority has negotiated. This helps to ensure appropriate contention levels and management of content controls and secure access to things like a County wide education intranet maybe.

A number of schools have started moving away for 2 runs. First is a lot have become academies and change to the "parent companies" solution. Secondly, once FTTC becomes available they see it as a cheap alternative - and then often complain that speeds are not as good, they lose services they previously got as part of the Internet provision, etc.

Possibly. I've never heard of 125 before in this context. I believe the initial link cable between the PCP and FTTC cabinets normally caters for 100 connections, (200 pairs?), but agree with you such rapid take-up of 100 or 125 is unlikely.

It may be there is space on the DSLAM for that number of connections, but that isn't to say all card slots were occupied. My memory of our cabinet is well faded, but it had several line cards and many empty slots. It wasn't easy to work out how cards translated into connections, i.e. how many connections per card, without remembering the diagram on the inside of the door, but IIRC there was a spare on each card.

Whatever . If it has zero availability until 24 November, it is full at some part of the installation. Or someone pushed a few sparklers through the vents on Nov 5 and you're lucky yours is still working .

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Possibly. I've never heard of 125 before in this context.

Looking at the info and illustrations of types of FTTC cabinets here: ::. Kitz - FTTC Fibre Cabinets .::, somewhere around 125/250 would seem plausible? The cabinet looks from the outside like the Huawei 288 on the Kitz page.

I have no idea myself, only quoting the figures he mentioned.