BT announce first exchanges to get FTTC

FrenchTart · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:05

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/23/bt_fttc_exchanges/

Are you on the list?

I am...rather looking forward to it

bledd · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:27

about bloomin time

our upload speeds are shocking

Alexrose1uk · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:32

I'm not although my aunt is.....and she's using cable ><

Craigius · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:33

Im not on there :mad:

R.O.S.S.I · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:46

Bolton will prob be in the 2nd wave.

When this starts happening will ISP's like O2, Be, Sky etc upgrade existing accounts to a faster down/up speed, or will they introduce new packages/pricing?

Nick1881 · 23 Mar 2009 at 12:57

My exchange will probably be upgraded in about 2015.

Gundam God · 23 Mar 2009 at 13:59

Looking at the list of exchanges I see i'm top of the list (Chelmsford)!

Not too surprising when one of the guys in charge lives here, hehe.

FrenchTart · 23 Mar 2009 at 14:02

Gundam God said:
Looking at the list of exchanges I see i'm top of the list (Chelmsford)!

Not too surprising when one of the guys in charge lives here, hehe.

I actually read in another article that the list is in reverse order.

(I wish)

Zirax · 23 Mar 2009 at 14:37

I was very happy that Chelmsford was at the top of the list ..... then I realised I'm on the Boreham exchange :mad:

AtreuS · 23 Mar 2009 at 16:23

Woohoo! im on the list ( Failsworth- manchester ) :cool:

In reality what will this mean anyway?

My line isnt the best, im with Zen on their 8mb product and usually synch at about 4 or 5 meg. I assume this means that any loss i was suffering due to the copper between the exchange and the street box is removed so in theory my line could be a little faster anyway?

But i suppose the main point is that i could switch provider to an ADSL2 service and get much faster speeds as my line is now only effected by noise from my house to the street box?

Nymins · 23 Mar 2009 at 17:16

Surprised Belfast is on the list. Usually last to get most upgrades.

Marky · 23 Mar 2009 at 17:26

Not on the list

Didn't think I would be

But I have just seen that my exchange updates to ADSL2+ Q2 2009

Bring on the speedz

D D Danneh · 23 Mar 2009 at 17:32

No luck for us. Mind you, Be* just added us to their list, which is good, and means we'll probably have ADSL2+ soon.

Plus, I WAS going to swap from BT (service has been good, but just too expensive), to TalkTalk, because they quoted us 7Mb/s (whereas we're getting about 6), and for 1/3 of the price. When they sent us the letter though, it said we'd get 2Mb/s (surprise surprise). We cancelled that, but BT have offered to send us the new home hub (whoopee doo, I use my own anyway), a hub phone, and cut our costs down to £10 a month including phone rates, which beats TalkTalk, and the £40/month we were paying before.

Score.

Duke · 23 Mar 2009 at 17:44

Some info on 21CN - http://www.samknows.com/broadband/21cn_overview.php

Our exchange says

21CN WBC status: Enabled as of 15/02/2009
21CN PSTN switchover target: Q2 2009

WBC - Wholesale Broadband Connect
BT's new wholesale broadband product, offering ADSL2+ and QoS services nationally.

Don't really get what WBC is though.

tolien · 23 Mar 2009 at 18:10

WBC is IPStream's 21CN equivalent, but 21CN has nothing to do with the FTTC rollout.

norm · 23 Mar 2009 at 20:04

What's the point in faster broadband if they already restrict users to meager transfer quotas.

NathanE · 23 Mar 2009 at 20:36

21CN means, essentially, ADSL2+ and the opening up for BT to offer VoIP telephone lines and the whole product range that comes with that. I.e. broadband-only lines without the PSTN part.

tolien · 23 Mar 2009 at 21:32

norm said:
they already restrict users to meager transfer quotas.

Openreach don't restrict it at all. What their customer's customers (the ISPs) choose to do is up to them.

DJMK4 · 23 Mar 2009 at 23:22

I bet it's a while before we see our rollout

namnoc · 23 Mar 2009 at 23:22

Strange they don't list Suffolk at all when I am only a few miles from Martlesham