Cabinet 9 now showing ALMOST ready for orders.
http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ADSLChecker.Ad...

#9 now showing as Accepting Orders

In reply to a post by Bendito:

#9 now showing as Accepting Orders

Well spotted you beat me again I only checked it at 9am - now on to BT - yippee

Congrats!

/drums fingers

BT won't be getting my money, that's for sure!

In reply to a post by Irby:

Congrats!

/drums fingers

BT won't be getting my money, that's for sure!

All sorted - I should have got my Mac Code earlier from ISP , but should have it in a few days - got good deal from BT for Infinity 2 keeping existing phone package - Irby thanks all your help & hope you get your Fibre Optic soon

Well after waiting so long for Fibre to be available to me, getting it has not been as quick as I thought .
Today I received my Mac Code in the post which is within the five days requirement, SKY initially said they would email me it which was quicker
Then having contacted BT it appears the Mac Code given by SKY gives the activation date has 30/6/15, it was suggested that it might be to do with the payment date on my SKY broadband ?
What did surprise me was that I can still use my existing SKY email addresses, even though I'm moving ISP to BT ?,. So I'll have to drum my fingers a few more weeks before I get Fibre access. Guess if I had stayed with SKY and upgraded it would have been quicker ?.
Good news though from 20th June MAC code will no longer be required when switching ISP, so hopefully process will be much quicker & simpler according to Ofcom, somehow I doubt that

Can let you know as soon as Sky upgrade mine! Ordered it yesterday and on their site it says processing but not had an email to indicate how long that processing will take. From searching online it appears to be a week or two but I already have the latest Sky Hub.

If I remember correctly the cabinet checker thing had the 30/6/2015 for availability prior to it accepting orders so might be more than just a coincidence.

In reply to a post by Bendito:

Can let you know as soon as Sky upgrade mine! Ordered it yesterday and on their site it says processing but not had an email to indicate how long that processing will take. From searching online it appears to be a week or two but I already have the latest Sky Hub.

If I remember correctly the cabinet checker thing had the 30/6/2015 for availability prior to it accepting orders so might be more than just a coincidence.

Once again well spotted re 30/6/15 . After all AO is Accepting Orders but from past posts on ( Irby Exchange PT 1) activation dates were quicker ?
On the Ofcom's site is says following :
Once you have Mac Code, give it to your new provider who will then coordinate the switch. This part of the process usually takes around five working days.

Edited by deleted (Thu 11-Jun-15 16:38:32)

You shouldn't need a MAC to move to Fibre to the Cabinet.

All it needs is someone to go to the cabinet and put the jumpers wires in required. Your old broadband can still pump out of the exchange and won't interfere with your new VDSL2. Generally people are recommended just to order BT Infinity from the website and cancel their previous ADSL.

Anything you see from Ofcom regarding MACs will be for someone switching from one ADSL provider to another. Not for someone moving from ADSL to FTTC. I certainly didn't use a MAC and that was years ago.

Edited by deleted (Fri 12-Jun-15 13:05:36)

Icaras,

Well it seems odd but I have been required to supply a Mac Code from my previous ISP SKY in order to move to BT for fibre BB, so in view of your comments I'm not sure what's going on. On the face of it there seems little I can do, even the BT online order process required my MAC code , in the end I did via phone .