This may be great news for some, it is for me!!

hells bells · Mar 04, 2010, 21:39:01

Our exchange is one of those mentioned on this list!!

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/btsupplier/3809661-the-next-batch-of-fttc-exchanges.html#Post3809661

I'm let to believe that fibre to the cabinet would effectively bring the exchange to the street cabinet thereby drastically shortening current line lengths would be good news for all us with long lines in these exchanges.

Steve · Mar 04, 2010, 21:41:51

I'm on that list as well I just don't know how far I am from the cabinet though

Hatari · Mar 04, 2010, 21:50:22

Quote from: Steve on Mar 04, 2010, 21:41:51
I'm on that list as well I just don't know how far I am from the cabinet though

I doubt you will be more than half a K lol Very good speeds could be possible say 23M on ADSL2+

Feeling green here:)

Glenn · Mar 04, 2010, 21:53:17

My exchange is too

kinmel · Mar 04, 2010, 21:59:10

Yet again, BT pretends north Wales doesn't exist.

Inkblot · Mar 04, 2010, 22:08:43

Quote from: kinmel on Mar 04, 2010, 21:59:10
Yet again, BT pretends north Wales doesn't exist.

Is that a bit like East Yorkshire? North, south and west all exist but (Allegedly) there is no 'official' east Yorkshire? Or south London (Postal codes), there are N, NE, E, SE, SW, W and NW but no S unless the person that told me those two facts (Many, many years ago) was having a laugh at my expense!

Not that it's any help to anybody in north Wales but my Exchange (Southend on Sea) is listed

Simon · Mar 04, 2010, 22:12:59

I'm on the list too!

Glenn · Mar 04, 2010, 22:18:24

Now to find out where my cabinet is.

D-Dan · Mar 04, 2010, 22:26:00

My cabinet is less than about 50M

edit:

Well - I reckon if I didn't have the stairs to contend with from the flat - I could run there in under 10 seconds

2nd Edit:

Mine is on this list: http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3912-bt-announce-first-29-exchanges-for-fibre-deployment.html

Steve

hells bells · Mar 04, 2010, 22:29:39

Our cabinet is about 200 m away! Apparently we are about half way between 2!!

hells bells · Mar 04, 2010, 22:34:19

Gutted about the North Welsh.

And those in East Yorkshire. I believe that Hull and surrounding areas are supplied by Kingston Telecom and BT doesn't have any infrastructure there! ( I could be misinformed though!)

I think that although we are about 200 m from our nearest exchange box, I could probably roll down to it in about 30 seconds! (BIG hill!)

tobykim · Mar 04, 2010, 23:58:44

QuoteYet again, BT pretends north Wales doesn't exist

.

I feel you're pain, it's just like we don't exist

drummer · Mar 05, 2010, 02:23:09

Hmm, my exchange is on that list but I thought the new FTTC cabinets had local authority planning issues.

zappaDPJ · Mar 05, 2010, 08:56:19

A few of the early ones that are already live certainly did drummer. My situation is erm, special. I have FTTC just a few yards from my front door. It was in the first batch to go live after the initial trials. There are a number of properties here already hooked up including next door. However both IDNet and BT's checker say it's not available to me

Rik · Mar 05, 2010, 09:46:33

I'm on the list, and 213m from the cabinet.

Lance · Mar 05, 2010, 15:26:59

I'm not, and from the plans I saw at BT a few weeks ago, I won't be for a few years either

Rik · Mar 05, 2010, 15:51:16

If you will live in Essex...

psp83 · Mar 05, 2010, 17:41:15

I might get it in year 2050!

BT are w******

Technical Ben · Mar 05, 2010, 21:53:19

You can guess what part of the map I am on, and how close I was at being upgraded.

drummer · Mar 06, 2010, 02:33:40

I'm confused (as per) but are the FTTC cabinets going to be the existing BT cabinets or will new cabinets need to be installed?

The cabinet on the right of the attached pic is the type that exists on almost every other street corner round my way.

If I stroll twenty paces from my front door, I'm at the BT cabinet which is next to the telegraph pole that supplies the copper wires to my house.

Should I be excited about this?

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Rik · Mar 06, 2010, 11:09:44

Possibly.

adamr8965 · Mar 06, 2010, 14:42:23

im not on the list, never will be either

zappaDPJ · Mar 06, 2010, 14:49:37

The cabinet on the right of your photo drummer looks almost identical to the cabinet in my road that was put in for the sole purpose of supplying FTTC. Perhaps the style doesn't indicate the technology inside though.

Technical Ben · Mar 06, 2010, 15:03:08

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Mar 06, 2010, 14:49:37
The cabinet on the right of your photo drummer looks almost identical to the cabinet in my road that was put in for the sole purpose of supplying FTTC. Perhaps the style doesn't indicate the technology inside though.

I totally agree with you there. My cabinet has cans of beans and old cereal boxes in it.

zappaDPJ · Mar 06, 2010, 15:05:00

That sounds quite advanced for BT technology