FTT.... what cabinets?

I live out in the countryside and it's very rural, I'm reading about FTTC but I believe my connection runs to the exchange without going into a metal cabinet, there is definitely none to be seen (as those you see in towns and cities) unless they are underground.
Is this a correct assumption or does there have to be a cabinet somewhere?

Some lines have no cabinet, but it is very rare.
Not unusual in rural areas for hedges to be hiding them.

Certainly cabinets are used in most market towns, villages, hamlets

What are your current line stats/connection speed?
You might be close to your exchange.

My parents live in the middle of no where - but are lucky that they are close to their exchange so get great speeds! Not a Green Cabinet in site...

Thanks for the replies so far


> You might be close to your exchange.

Sadly not it's miles away
Downstream attenuation circa 56dB - 60dB depending on router in use.
Connection gets unstable after 4000kbps sync, especially when there is a full moon

How many people are connected to your exchange?
www.samknows.com will tell you. Depending on your circumstances there's a good chance a cabinet isn't needed.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Some lines have no cabinet, but it is very rare.
Not unusual in rural areas for hedges to be hiding them.

Certainly cabinets are used in most market towns, villages, hamlets

Not so.

A lot of rural exchanges have no cabinets at all, and can serve a high number of premises.

Lines running such as this are deemed Exchange Only, or EO.

Lines generally running very close to an exchange in an urban environment tend to also be classed as EO, but not always.

Are you the same 'Anon' ???!
It costs nothing to register with TBB!

Hi b4dger,
There is just under 350 premises in total, all well scattered about and up to 20 miles apart.

The other anon was some one else their post was too informed for me


Pip

Hi MrSaffron

Do you think that rural areas will get FTTC or if there are no cabinets as such in some areas then FTTP in the next ten years, if not what would be the best they could get?

Maybe the Murdoch Empire will supply BB through SKY satellite systems once the technology is upgraded from what it is at the moment, for the masses.


Pip

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Hi MrSaffron

Do you think that rural areas will get FTTC or if there are no cabinets as such in some areas then FTTP in the next ten years, if not what would be the best they could get?

Maybe the Murdoch Empire will supply BB through SKY satellite systems once the technology is upgraded from what it is at the moment, for the masses.


Pip

Some people in rural areas club together and sort it out for themselves.

Post deleted by Apprentice as replied to wrong forum

Edited by Apprentice (Sat 22-Jan-11 23:02:45)

Current plans are that BT will cover around 60 to 70% of the UK homes iwth a fibre option.

Beyond that it will be down to government funds

If that small you wont be getting FTTC for many years

FTTC no time soon, you might see some sort of 3g/4g network or other wirelss system deployed

as for satellite can't see sky ever doing it wrong type of satellite, that not saying he owns other providers but satelite is rather poor service as pings are very very high. My ping 25 to 40, my mate in Cornwall over 1000.

To see what service is in your area check out http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker just enter you postcode and or phone number shows you all your options

you do see cabinets in the middle of nowhere for example on the A52. I imagine it's a logical place for the end of a drum of cable and a taping off point for 2 or 3 villages, but there isn't a house to be seen.

I've just been driving Google street maps around cab hunting in my vicinity.

Hi,
There is only service from BT Wholesale and the exchange only got upgraded to ADSL Max in 2006, remember in an earlier post I said there was only around 350 premises connected to the exchange so not not likely to be any LLU providers putting their gear in there or even ever


Pip

I managed to find mine while trefor.net still had the map available. It turned out to be the one I thought it was (approx 108 Metres away).

it also shows if there any wireless operators in you area, i think that you best bet, that ot waiting for the 4g network. Have you tried a dongle, one of my mates fine it goes faster than his adsl line

I too live out in the countryside and can get a 3 or if lucky a 4Meg sync through MAAF what speeds can you get using a dongle in the real world ?

Edited by Apprentice (Mon 24-Jan-11 13:43:04)

if you can get 3mb on a fixed landline then dongle will stuggle. The maxium dongle with is 3.6 unless you mast been upgraded to support the higher rate 7.2. You hardware would also have to support it.

Check out and see if there any wireless operators around, the use something similar to wifi and from what i seen is rather good with regards to speed