No we still need the cabs sorry bud.

In reply to a post by rippedcotton:

No point Leo, my exchange is a Market 1

The market classification has no direct bearing on the availability of FTTC.

A number of small exchanges have been upgraded for FTTC - it is provided from a neighbouring exchange which is enabled.

Presumably the routing of ducts etc is a key factor along with how many cabinets are commercially viable.

In reply to a post by greenglide:

In reply to a post by rippedcotton:

No point Leo, my exchange is a Market 1

The market classification has no direct bearing on the availability of FTTC.

A number of small exchanges have been upgraded for FTTC - it is provided from a neighbouring exchange which is enabled.

Presumably the routing of ducts etc is a key factor along with how many cabinets are commercially viable.

Just discovered that the next rural exchange along, with 3,900 premises, is to get FTTC. Officially ours has 3,110, but that figure doesn't include the large new development that could take the exchange to 10,000+ premises. It must be approaching 3,700 now so where is the point at which an upgrade is triggered?

The funding is limited so is worked out on a per cab basis and new build is only worried about once people have moved in, unless builder negotiates fibre into build

With aim of two thirds of uk enabling such relatively small areas is low down priority list.