Hi MrSaffron,

Did you see my last post and what CSW replied back?

Thanks!

Ben.

Hi Ben,

That's the long & informative explanation behind my original postings - CSW are one of the BDUK projects that seem to both understand this well *and* explain it well to their residents *and* (as is obvious from the steps they take) understand what to do to make sure there are steps they can take moving forwards.

I live nowhere near, but I usually enjoy reading their newsletters.

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Hi Ben,

That's the long & informative explanation behind my original postings - CSW are one of the BDUK projects that seem to both understand this well *and* explain it well to their residents *and* (as is obvious from the steps they take) understand what to do to make sure there are steps they can take moving forwards.

I live nowhere near, but I usually enjoy reading their newsletters.

Hey WWWombat,

Thanks for your post.

Yes CSW newsletter are great and it is wonderful to see many small communites get connect! Just hope I am able to get fibre soon.

Thanks again.

Hey folks,

Apologies for bringing up this old post but I am still without fibre and was reading other threads on here. Does anyone think it would be possible to speak to someone at openreach and ask them if I could get my house connect to a different cab?

Would it be worth me asking?

Thanks again for any help,

Ben

Hi,
you are after a network re-arrangement. Unfortunately to that hardly( take never) ever happens if the line you are on is working fine at the moment. Even if its faulty they would fix your line via its existing PCP rather than connect to another.
Sorry

In reply to a post by gregormac:

Hi,
you are after a network re-arrangement. Unfortunately to that hardly( take never) ever happens if the line you are on is working fine at the moment. Even if its faulty they would fix your line via its existing PCP rather than connect to another.
Sorry

Yes that is what I thought! It was worth asking anyway!

Cheers

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In reply to a post by benedwards:

Yes I have spoken to them quite a few times and my area is not covered by them. I believe they are helping rural areas, my area according to their map is not going to covered by CWS Broadband. Thank you anyway

There appears to be 7 postcodes served by cab 56. However, every single one of these postcodes have 50% or more of their properties served by cab 49 or, in one case, cab 57.

The map produced by CSW appears to show your area as covered, because the area covered by cab 49 overlaps with that for 56 ... and cab 49 was done commercially back in 2010. There is also a tiny overlap with cab 57, which was upgraded in 2013.

CSW know that this kind of overlap can happen, as they are one of the projects that explains things well in their FAQ; I'd have expected them to be able to tell you individually of this problem, and what they expect to happen to your cab.

Unfortunately, MrS is right - the cabinet looks rather small, and unlikely to be high on the list for upgrade.

It might be worth going back to CSW, and pointing out that while their map shows the area is commercially covered, it isn't completely true: cab 56 has been left out of the commercial coverage.

Hi, I'm connected to cab 56 and am struggling with the slow connection too. I have noticed that 100% of the properties in both CV34 6TN and CV34 6HY are connected to this cabinet. Could this be any extra leverage?

In reply to a post by rs1:

I have noticed that 100% of the properties in both CV34 6TN and CV34 6HY are connected to this cabinet. Could this be any extra leverage?

It certainly means there are whole postcodes which must be coloured white - unless VM happens to cover them.

Being white, CSW should include them in the scope of their project, though that doesn't guarantee you will get an upgrade.

If this is a change from their previous records, they might not be at liberty to make changes to the phase 1 contract, and can only add you into the phase 2 contract.

It is certainly worth asking CSW