When FTTC

I have for some time been trying to find out when FTTC will be made available to me.
I live near the centre of a large city, my exchange and most of the cab connected to it have been enabled but there is no public information for when my Cab will be.

I seems the only way to find out is to speak to BT Wholesale, I did find a support contact for them but they will not speak to end user's only to providers.

Any chance some one from Zen could reach out for me and ask the question?

This site might help you. Hopefully you don't get the same result I do for my house "Not being deployed as part of the 66% Commercial Plan"!

regards,
Phil.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

My parents get that but underneath they get that their exchange is going to be enabled in 2014. they are out in the sticks and the cab they are on is a big one it has to server over 500 properties so the chances of it not being enabled are very slim to none. (as they would be missing off an entire town)

So take the results with a pinch of salt.

Probably one to watch...

Rochdale (the exchange I'm on) has been enabled for a while. There is an FTTC cab at the top of the road which was enabled 18 months ago, but I'm on a newer development and my cab is across the road from the FTTC one (diagonally on a staggered cross-road - about 20 metres away from each other), and has not been done and currently isn't planned. Sadly I'm stuck with 3.5Meg.

regards,
Phil.

I have been asking the top brass of BT for the past 3 years as to why our cabinet next to Gatwick airport is still not enabled for FTTC despite the fact they said they would look into it and get back to me

Peter cowen is still in the dark at this time but sounds on the phone decent but 3 years on they still haven't a clue as to why and what the delay is but keep telling me on the phone soon not much longer fingers crossed and the like and what a saint i am for putting up with such dreadful; service

Lucky i have their mobile number otherwise you be better off asking the cat as to how and when things are done

I'm surprised that their even in business and am most grateful i don't work for them

Edited by NICK_ADSL_UK (Thu 05-Jun-14 12:59:13)

I reckon towards the end of this year...... Possibly

Cab number and exchange name?

Probably too small for commercial roll-out criteria

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Cab number and exchange name?

Probably too small for commercial roll-out criteria

peter states he's still none the wiser ? the exchange is crawley cabinet 50
reminds me of a laurel and hardy sketch

Could be later this year

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange is https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/50+High+St/@51.1... I believe and I would not say that was on the edge of Gatwick Airport but in the middle of Crawley

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange does seem to be in the scope of the West Sussex BDUK project, so maybe later in the year. Some 50+ postcodes on the exchange might be lucky enough to get FTTP too if the plans work out.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange is https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/50+High+St/@51.1... I believe and I would not say that was on the edge of Gatwick Airport but in the middle of Crawley

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange does seem to be in the scope of the West Sussex BDUK project, so maybe later in the year. Some 50+ postcodes on the exchange might be lucky enough to get FTTP too if the plans work out.

well the runway is just down the bottom of our estate in bonnets lane so that's around 3/4 of a mile max plus we have all the emergency services support and masts just outside the estate at 50 meters along with o2 etc so it just a bit odd that our cabinet has been left out although I'm told all the work is done were just waiting for whatever ?

but as for what were waiting for peter cowen from bt has at this time not been able to say

He says he's in the know but i guess he's not one of the main directors ?

Edited by NICK_ADSL_UK (Fri 06-Jun-14 14:52:07)

I suspect the survey and planning has been done, no more
Don't expect to see anything for 6 - 8 weeks or so
PCP50

Edited by deleted (Fri 06-Jun-14 14:30:04)

intersting that site is based on commerucal information between Openreach and CP - wonder which CP he wqorks for and wonder if the CP knows is hes sharing confirmdential information ?

The emergency masts will have their own connections already

3/4 mile means you will only get around 20Mbps download

You are on the lists just no date set, a lot better than many others who ask

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange is https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/50+High+St/@51.1... I believe and I would not say that was on the edge of Gatwick Airport but in the middle of Crawley

Cab 50 on Crawley exchange does seem to be in the scope of the West Sussex BDUK project, so maybe later in the year. Some 50+ postcodes on the exchange might be lucky enough to get FTTP too if the plans work out.

the cabinet has been marked up now to 150 in pen marker as to when that happened who knows
i have emailed Mr Patterson the boss and will let you have his views when and if he gets back to me

3/4 mile is from the runway 3 miles from the exchange 5 mb download

Edited by NICK_ADSL_UK (Fri 06-Jun-14 14:55:03)

Phil

that probably because your developers either only requested Voice serices and or didnt want to contract for Fibre and then assiumed the marret would cover it

Edited by deleted (Fri 06-Jun-14 15:33:48)

Well i have just had a phone call from Mr Patterson office and told the end of the year and apologising for the vast delay of which still remains unclear

So there you have it concisely. On a plus note a quick response from his office, so at least that is something

In reply to a post by Fastman2:

intersting that site is based on commerucal information between Openreach and CP - wonder which CP he wqorks for?

He doesn't.

I get the "Not being deployed as part of the 66% Commercial Plan" too...

I guess there is just no hope

MYHLT Cab: 42

It frustrating to have no dates at all, and no way to find out.They have a paid by us monopoly and should be held responsible.

Edited by RichTea23 (Mon 09-Jun-14 19:09:00)

rich Tea -- 66% covered by 2.5bn of BT money not public -- if your in a new build sugges you speak to your devloper (assuming he had no discussion with operator about fibre) or local auihotirty to see if you are covered under BDUK

but that DAta is only provided to CP's so its being provided from a CP'

Says who? You can apply on the Openreach website for access even if you're not a CP.

In reply to a post by NICK_ADSL_UK:

Well i have just had a phone call from Mr Patterson office and told the end of the year and apologising for the vast delay of which still remains unclear

So there you have it concisely. On a plus note a quick response from his office, so at least that is something

it will be interesting what mr Patterson has to say about the channel 4 programme The Complainers in which by watching the incompetent staff of BT in trying to address a customers concern about being without broadband infinity for months but still being charged

no wonder BT are the bottom in customer care in the UK truly shocking

Edited by NICK_ADSL_UK (Tue 10-Jun-14 22:00:35)

In reply to a post by Fastman2:

rich Tea -- 66% covered by 2.5bn of BT money not public -- if your in a new build sugges you speak to your devloper (assuming he had no discussion with operator about fibre) or local auihotirty to see if you are covered under BDUK

I was referring to the privatisation of BT that created the monopoly. Did'n the public also fund BT to role out FTTC / ADSL to more locations.

My estate is around 18 years old, though I do know the developer at the time refused to pay VM to install Fibre. It was a little before BT's FTTC project.