In reply to a post by lee111s:

It's an ESTIMATE based upon line length data which is supplied to all ISP's by Openreach. The ESTIMATES are based upon a line being made of copper. Unfortunately, aluminium doesn't work very well for xDSL services.

The estimates are based on measured attenuation between the PCP and the DP - which ought to automatically take some account of the fact it is aluminium. It might not take account enough, though.

In reply to a post by Jym:

I dont have the test socket on my main telephone point- speeds now 3Mb/s down and 2Mb/s upload speed. Spoke to BT again- they say they wont send an engineer out for 10 days...

If you can't see a test socket then it sounds like you have an old style master socket and if you have any extensions they are almost certainly star wired. You need the star wiring removing and a modern Openreach socket (NTE5) fitting.

In reply to a post by BTareMaggots:

I get the impression I'm stuffed so it's a case of begging Virgin Media to come here!

I don't see that happening for Irby. There's a nice Virgin Media duct running from Neston all the way into Heswall up Boathouse Lane, I assume it's empty. Would be easy enough for them to bring their fibre into Heswall but Irby is more difficult. Nearest network duct is at the hospital end of Arrowe Park Rd.

Edited by deleted (Wed 18-May-16 15:16:43)

Closing this thread again due to the size, 20 pages is very long.

Feel free to start a part IV and link include a link back to the last relevant post if you want.