In reply to a post by witchunt:

The village as shown on streetview actually has FTTC although I can't see the cabinet on streetview. Field trip required...

Start near the exchange..... It will be near there.!

The cabinet is near the site of the phone box. Strange that it doesn't appear on the streetview although the images are quite old. So, I think I now know where the exchange is.

That's an itch scratched!

In reply to a post by MHC:

I know of one who asked for a rough order of magnitude for FTTPoD and was told "potentially £150-200k and maybe more"

Was that an actual quote or just someone guessing what the figure might be?

I've never seen a desktop quote over £39k and they don't even issue them any more.
They just come back with unable to provide a desktop quote if it's that high now.

Whoever told you they got a quote for, or was advised the quote could be £150-200k is making stuff up, being poorly advised, or the system has changed.

In reply to a post by dect:

Would this theory work when trying to figure out your local fibre handover exchange.

1) Locate a new build estate within your local area served by FTTP only (no copper)
2) Use BT broadband and availability checker to identify a property from above new build estate.
3) Compare exchange with your local exchange, if different this could possibly be your handover exchange.

This seems to work for my area. I already know where my FTTP line terminates at (NSIMD), however if i didn't, then doing a check on the DSL checker for a nearby location @ IV2 7AJ (FTTP only new build estate at Stratton/West Culloden) shows the exchange as 'Inverness Macdhui' (NSIMD). Both my home & the Barratt new build site are a lot closer to the Inverness Culloden (NSICL) exchange, less than 1km away.

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

This seems to work for my area. I already know where my FTTP line terminates at (NSIMD), however if i didn't, then doing a check on the DSL checker for a nearby location @ IV2 7AJ (FTTP only new build estate at Stratton/West Culloden) shows the exchange as 'Inverness Macdhui' (NSIMD). Both my home & the Barratt new build site are a lot closer to the Inverness Culloden (NSICL) exchange, less than 1km away.

Thanks a lot for verifying that it works for you.

I also used the logic on a few new build properties (FTTP only) in other nearby exchange areas as well as my own exchange area and they all pointed back to the same exchange so I am reasonably confident I now know where my nearest handover exchange is and what exchanges around me could/will be demised once FTTP is fully rolled out.

Edited by deleted (Wed 27-Nov-19 08:36:25)