The information about exchanges and congestion can be accessed by ANYONE by going to the following link and downloading the weekly updated spreadsheet:

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/products/llu/exchang...

I'll admit you do have to do a tiny bit of searching but it's just as easy to use and up-to-date

Looking at the spreadsheet I've downloaded from that page I can't see any information in it about VP capacity on the backhaul which is the information provided by the PN exchange checker.

What it does show is the capacity for new ADSL connections on the frames:

Capacity 'RED' Warning List: These frames are recorded by Openreach as having 20 (or less) blocks available on each side of the frame or less than 10% of the frame capacity, whichever is smaller. Information based on last available survey. Note : this list is not exhaustive and is provided for information purposes only. All PoP build and additional tie orders will remain subject to survey.

I think if there was a publicly available VP (or other) exchange congestion list, Nicola would have posted it.

I'm not sure what you are getting at here!

I said

In reply to a post by jelv:

In fact I believe getting the data to update it can only be done by ISP personnel as it is downloaded from BT Wholesale.

WelshWArrior said I was wrong and gave a link where they said the information could be obtained by anyone.

I responded pointing that they wrong, VP/backhaul capacity information is not available from the link provided so my original statement is correct.

(BTW who is Nicola?)

I was actually agreeing with you, and pointing out that if it was as simple as WW said then Nicola (nredwood) would have given the link long ago.

See my first post in this thread.

Two weeks on and it still hasn't been updated - any ideas when this might happen Bob?

Pardon my ignorance. What does the PN exchange checker do that, say, samknows doesn't?

In reply to a post by meldrew:

Pardon my ignorance. What does the PN exchange checker do that, say, samknows doesn't?

Have you looked at the Plusnet exchange checker, particularly the congestion (VP) page which is what is being discussed, and can you find anything similar on samknows?