In reply to a post by Icaras:

Have you checked if cabinet 9 has been connected to the power network by Scottish Power? This can account for a lot of delays too. You should see a duct leading from the fibre cabinet that seems to terminate in a big square patch in the pavement. If you see that, then Scottish Power have done their thing.

See, this is the kind of information I need. I had no idea what to look for. Now I do.

In reply to a post by Irby:

In other news, cabinet 17 now accepting orders.

Well thats made more depressed - sorry

Well whilst taking the dog for a walk I checked Cabinet 9 - dead as a dodo - no humming - only good thing the dog cocked his leg & left his calling card
Irby if you don't mind me asking how are you finding out so quickly that cabinets are except orders ? Cabinet 17 was only installed early March and now AO , clearly now the blockage in Whaley Lane has been cleared its released the floods gates - your likely to get your cabinet near the Anchor Pub P7 on stream before cabinet P9 - BTW have you checked to see if its humming

If you look on my map page, you will notice that each cabinet location has a URL. Click on them and they take you to the appropriate DSL checker for that location, usually a nearby address.

I have those plugged into FollowThatPage and I also have an IFTT recipe that checks my mailbox for any messages from FollowThatPage and sends me an SMS.

I've only checked P3 and P2, not noticed any humming, but there always seems to be a car nearby making it difficult to hear anyway. I'm of the opinion that it will come when it comes, I've kind of got bored of the obsessing, which is why I automated all my checks.

One for sure, though they're different companies, I'll not be signing up for BT out of principle. I'm not happy at all that this area has been continually promised FTTC since as far back as March 2011 and I still don't have it!

I work from home, that's why it's so important to me.

Hi Irby,
Much appreciate your comments TBH I also have become somewhat obsessed with this as well , also working from home its important to me as well - very impressed with your automated checking system - what has really knocked me for six is the fact in early March Cabinet 17 was installed , and within less than 3 weeks is accepting orders, as pointed out by Icarus it must be paid for by BDUK, and yet with so little customer in that area.
He also has pointed out that Openreach/BT have an algorithm for activating FTTC cabinets, not doubt its based on customer/house dwellings in given area. Guess I'll have to suffer constant Youtube,Gaming & Upload & Download pain for a bit longer .
Interested in your comment about BT , I am considering moving to them form Sky for Broadband, one reason that Sky are renowned for throttling speed for Superfast incl. Gaming, I prefer to stay with BT owing to business phone line, most Superfast BB deals insist on you moving your phone to them as well - won't be long before best deals will include, Broadband,Television,Telephone & Mobile , they'll be adding Gas & Electric next

Bearing in mind, you're quite close to the exchange, compared with me. You're probably on double my speed at the moment.

In reply to a post by Irby:

Bearing in mind, you're quite close to the exchange, compared with me. You're probably on double my speed at the moment.

True enough - but its not stable a upload/download - Download at best 13.29 mb/s - worst 10 or less Upload at best 1.32 mb/s worst 0.4 - Ping is equally erratic which is not good for Gaming

Your figures are still twice as fast as mine.

High latency suggests something is wrong, though.

In reply to a post by Irby:

High latency suggests something is wrong, though.

And there's me thinking I was a bad shot on Advanced Warfare

Thanks for all your help and persistence guys managed to place my order with cabinet 17 yesterday