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zoomee said:
Excellent! - Thanks for the heads up OP and the link - just registered.
I live less than 100metres away from my exchange and currently get the maximum of 20Mb using Sky. Love the fact we don't get capped like other providers! ;)
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lets just hope you are not one of the unlucky people who are connected directly to the exchange rather than toa street cab...

aparently you cannot get FTTC if your not connected to a street cabinet.
 
entail said:
All "fibre" providers will be using BT Openreachs equipment and lines. If they didnt you would no way be seeing it for £20 would be more like 2000+, as they wouldnt have access as far as im concerned to BTO's ducting. This is also why they are offering (40/2 and 40/10 which is what Talktalk, BT etc are providing.)
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ALL ISP, even llu use bt copper lines to the property. Fiber is going to be the same.

Sky will be upping the speed, most likely to 10mb, in the next month or so.

I know this because I have it on order, the sky fibre specialist sais it will be going up.shortly after bt do 80/20.
 
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Angel_Rex said:
ALL ISP, even llu use bt copper lines to the property. Fiber is going to be the same.

Sky will be upping the speed, most likely to 10mb, in the next month or so.

I know this because I have it on order, the sky fibre specialist sais it will be going up.shortly after bt do 80/20.
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Do you by any chance have a contact number for them?

If Virgin allow me to cancel, I'd rather get my FTTC with Sky than BT as I will be moving TV services to Sky. I'd prefer having the same supplier plus I imagine it'd work out cheaper and easier.
 
enigma27 said:
lets just hope you are not one of the unlucky people who are connected directly to the exchange rather than toa street cab...

aparently you cannot get FTTC if your not connected to a street cabinet.
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Thankfully not - I'm not that close to the exchange! :)
Problem is my exchange is not due FTTC until April some time :(
 
I'm currently on the Sky Unlimited package with the exchange about 0.2 miles away from my house. Getting 1MB up and 17 down. Hopefully it'll be available before BT Infinity is, they're rolling out in my area on the 30th of June.

Is there a list of exchanges/dates?
 
It will be BT's network at the cabinet level up until the exchange, then at the exchange level it's handed over to Sky's network.
 
MilanoChris said:
Do you by any chance have a contact number for them?

If Virgin allow me to cancel, I'd rather get my FTTC with Sky than BT as I will be moving TV services to Sky. I'd prefer having the same supplier plus I imagine it'd work out cheaper and easier.
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Chris are you definitely sure you can get FTTC? im just asking because im assuming you have a virgin telephone line, so using that number in the BT checker is useless. When i use a postcode checker for my house it says i can get it - but i know i cant because my cab has not been upgraded.

Have you physically seen a fibre cabinet next to your BT PCP cabinet?
 
MilanoChris said:
BT tell me that it is.
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I wouldn't trust what they say! They do want your custom after all. Do you know what PCP you will be connected to? The best way to check is to find your PCP and make sure it has a fibre cabinet next to it.

It might be worth asking a neighbour who has a BT line to put their number into the checker - or even check if anybody on your street has infinity already.

I might be talking rubbish - i just dont want you to go through the expense of gettting a line fitted to find you cant get it
 
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Naan_H said:
I wouldn't trust what they say! They do want your custom after all. Do you know what PCP you will be connected to? The best way to check is to find your PCP and make sure it has a fibre cabinet next to it.

It might be worth asking a neighbour who has a BT line to put their number into the checker - or even check if anybody on your street has infinity already.

I might be talking rubbish - i just dont want you to go through the expense of gettting a line fitted to find you cant get it
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They ran a check on next doors number and it came back fine. I've just ordered it with BT anyway, it's being installed next week. I can't be bothered waiting for Sky to release more details or Virgin to fix my internet.
 
MilanoChris said:
Do you by any chance have a contact number for them?

If Virgin allow me to cancel, I'd rather get my FTTC with Sky than BT as I will be moving TV services to Sky. I'd prefer having the same supplier plus I imagine it'd work out cheaper and easier.
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I do have a direct contact number for the fibre team but i cant give it out sorry :(
 
YOU do realise sky have release ALL the details of their fibre broadband? It gets its official launch in April when the 'masses' can order it.

The Fibre team are currently calling 100 people from the list a day offering them fibre broadband (those that are on LLU & sky tv customers with line rental).

If you register your interest im sure you will get a call int he next day or so ;) took them just over a week to call me.

REMEMBER when filling in the 'register your interest' page put the account holders name and address and DONT tick the box saying dont contact me as they wont be able to call you.
 
It's a shame this, as im after broadband only and they're all selling 'packages' so milking fttc for all it's worth.

I'll have to sit it out, until sky offers it without the rest of the bits.
 
hux said:
It's a shame this, as im after broadband only and they're all selling 'packages' so milking fttc for all it's worth.

I'll have to sit it out, until sky offers it without the rest of the bits.
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WOn't be too far off i suspect, they did this with the unlimited bb.
 
I just dont understand why BT wont upgrade every cab on a fibre enabled exchange! I live on a brand new estate with a poor 2.5mb connection and by the looks of it our cab doesn't look like ever being upgraded even tho there is one just round the corner that is! So frustrating as i know so many people that can have fibre but are not interested in it, its always the people that want it that cant seem to have it booooooo
 
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