Fibre Broadband, yay or nay?

[Desaan]

I just has someone on the phone from BT trying to sell me their fibre broadband package and I checked my exchange status and it does appear to have been upgraded in July.  (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LVPRE) 

Is it worth it?  I only ask because I'm really far from the exchange and only get 4mb down/1mb up and will it require a new type of router?

I checked the IDNET website and the upgrade section showed no way to switch to fibre bb even though the exchange is supposed to be upgraded.

[ukwiz]

Your speed will depend on how far you are from your cabinet - if your cabinet has been converted

As to whether it is worth it... depends on your usage

[Desaan]

I'm on the home superpro package, multiple heavy users as to the cabinet it's about 100 feet from the house at the end of our row but I have no idea if it's been upgraded.

I used http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/ to check cabinets and all it it says about mine is:

This marker shows cabinet: P33
Which is linked to exchange: PRESCOT
Please note: There are multiple cabinets providing fibre broadband services to your postcode. There may be an issue with the deployment of these cabinets so please contact us at nga.enquiries@openreach.co.uk to check the situation for your specific address.

So I'm no more in the know than before.

[Glenn]

Put your phone number in here, it should give you an estimate, or give support a call and ask them for an estimate.http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=25795

[Desaan]

Thanks Glenn, this is what it shows as:

BT Infinity 31.1Mb download 5.8Mb upload   31-December-2012

So I guess the cabinet isn't ready even though the exchange was upgraded months ago 

[psp83]

It can take months or even years for cab's to be upgraded, my cab was ready 9 months after the exchange was upgraded.