In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Although my posts since we discovered the address is almost certainly EO have been discouraging, there definitely are a lot of conversions of EO lines to near-exchange cabinets going on.

All of the work to convert EO lines into something capable of fibre broadband is being done either as part of the BDUK subsidy projects, or as part of BT's self-funded improvements for cities.

Unfortunately, anything in the centre of Leeds isn't likely to be seen favourably by Superfast West Yorkshire, so you are dependent on the other fund. However, while BT announced it as funding for 30 cities, it hasn't gone anywhere beyond London. Indeed, it looks to have spent everything in London.

Looking at the statistics for the Leeds exchange, it seems there are 140 cabinets, but only 33 have FTTC available, and 2 are being worked on. Only 4 have been touched by BDUK in phase 1, and just 1 in phase 2.

That is a *dire* proportion of upgraded cabinets, even just thinking commercially. BDUK involvement can be curtailed by VM deployment, which is hard to gauge, but it seems pretty low too.

On top of that, there are 80 different EO bundles, where no PCP exists. And no sign that any of these are being converted into PCPs.

The best source of information about the potential for future upgrades is the Superfast West Yorkshire group. But I wouldn't expect much joy from their answer.

In reply to a post by jmmo20:

I also called Hyperoptic and they said they had surveyed my buillding but since it had no risers, installing fibre wasn't viable.

Surprised they haven't asked the landlord to make risers for them, what's the name of the building and how many apartments are there?

In reply to a post by vit0:

In reply to a post by jmmo20:

I also called Hyperoptic and they said they had surveyed my buillding but since it had no risers, installing fibre wasn't viable.

Surprised they haven't asked the landlord to make risers for them, what's the name of the building and how many apartments are there?

the development is Victoria Quays .. there are 4 or 5 buildings with a total of 120 flats I believe, ranging from 1 to 3 bedroom.

To be honest I've seen a lot more complicated FTTP installations in Spain.
In a city the size of Cambridge my aunt got FTTP to a detached house in the middle of nowhere.. They are just not installing copper anymore.

well I finally got sky DSL installed and it isn't as bad as a I was expecting. Considering I'm about 1.2 miles from the exchange, my EO line is syncing at 12mbps.

Not bad, fast enough for most stuff.

I was really concerned because 5 years ago I moved to Milton Keynes for a year and my EO line in a new development was 1.5 mbps !!!

Want to post stats so we can see if more speed can be squezed from the line?

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

Looking at the statistics for the Leeds exchange, it seems there are 140 cabinets, but only 33 have FTTC available, and 2 are being worked on. Only 4 have been touched by BDUK in phase 1, and just 1 in phase 2.

That is a *dire* proportion of upgraded cabinets, even just thinking commercially. BDUK involvement can be curtailed by VM deployment, which is hard to gauge, but it seems pretty low too.

On top of that, there are 80 different EO bundles, where no PCP exists. And no sign that any of these are being converted into PCPs.

The best source of information about the potential for future upgrades is the Superfast West Yorkshire group. But I wouldn't expect much joy from their answer.

Just wondered where do you get the "33 cabinets from 140" information from?

Edited by M100 (Mon 11-Jul-16 17:42:02)

Codelook.