In reply to a post by Sqwirral:

And what will happen to this forum when all cabinets have fibre?

There's always something new and improved; which we will be last to get

Nope, different route wasn't used.

It's purely manpower. Stacks of cabinets are currently being put in outside exchanges in the Wirral for Exchange Only lines at the moment. There's only so many contractors and Openreach staff to go round. It's all very time consuming.

Still waiting the long wait for cabinet 8, all around it have been done.

Cabinet 8 is now saying:

http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ADSLChecker.Ad...

FTTC is currently not available on this cabinet due to following reasons:- Cabinet to be enabled between Apr-16 and Mar-17. Date to be confirmed once the survey is complete..

Worrying.

Strange, wonder what the hell is going on there? Maybe the cabinet is being worked on?

In reply to a post by Irby:

Cabinet 8 is now saying:

http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ADSLChecker.Ad...

FTTC is currently not available on this cabinet due to following reasons:- Cabinet to be enabled between Apr-16 and Mar-17. Date to be confirmed once the survey is complete..

Worrying.

I know, I thought once they got the new cabinet installed in Glenwood Drive it would be a month or two, sound more like years!!!

It won't be years! The rollout is starting to slow down now in Wirral. It's mostly just new cabinets being put in outside exchanges now (EO lines), there's still a few other cabinets that need to be done and a solution needs to be sorted for Brimstage and parts of Thornton Hough. I know nothing of this though so there could already be ideas floating around.

My point is though once the bulk of these EO cabinets get put in it should free up some more people over the next 3 months or so.

In reply to a post by Icaras:

It won't be years! The rollout is starting to slow down now in Wirral. It's mostly just new cabinets being put in outside exchanges now (EO lines), there's still a few other cabinets that need to be done and a solution needs to be sorted for Brimstage and parts of Thornton Hough. I know nothing of this though so there could already be ideas floating around.

My point is though once the bulk of these EO cabinets get put in it should free up some more people over the next 3 months or so.

Respectfully. I've been hearing this and other 'comforting' sounds from BT's CEO, their OpenReach area manager and my MP for years. Right now I'm sitting on 25 date shifts. Twenty Five.

I'll believe it when I see it.


I hope you can understand my cynicism.

Respectfully. I've been hearing this and other 'comforting' sounds from BT's CEO, their OpenReach area manager and my MP for years. Right now I'm sitting on 25 date shifts. Twenty Five.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Unfortunately, being part of their commercial rollout, BT owe you nothing, it could even be, unlikely I know, that they are delaying enabling the cab to spite you because of your continual moaning and pestering. OTOH, it may be exactly as Icarus suggests.

Remember that there are many, many users who see no prospect of faster broadband in the foreseeable future and others that to get better broadband have had to put their hands in their collective pockets and contribute to the costs, be it an alt net or a community gap funded FTTC cab.

Hang on a minute. firstly I don't think BT owe me anything. But I do expect to get the same value for my monthly *no choice* phone bill as millions of others.

Secondly, I take exception to you saying I'm moaning and pestering, I've littered my posts with wry humour, but most importantly tried very hard to make a difference. Just as me and Saidin did in 2002. I'd much rather not have written to my MP and crafted thoughful letters to OpenReach (which were always replied to in a similarly polite way). I've got other things to do.

I'm not on the inside like others on this forum, but I've done the best with what I've got.

If that's moaning, I'm really not sure what I'm doing here.