BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Mercutio said:
Because being a female network engineer she's obviously too stupid to realise that taking a small bladed screwdriver and sliding it down the edge of the IDC "teeth" (as in tip of screwdriver flat against the teeth with the cable under it, basically like 1 half of the punch tool) it's able to clamp the cable as normal. She's just a "bird" with a butter knife and no clue, right?
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:rolleyes: How the hell did you come to that conclusion, from what I typed?

I was trying to point out the screwdriver may have damaged the IDC blades, and may cause problems in the future and the best bet to ensure continued fault-free running was to get the Openreach engineer to replace the socket while he's there.

At no point did I call her a "bird" or refer to her like she was dumb. If that came across then I apologise to her. It's certainly nothing to do with her sex, I was just trying to educate her with some useful information she didn't appear to know.

Pull your head out of your arse.
 
Bit strange but when i click on BT infinity map it says that Chafford is due to be upgraded in September 2011 yet when i input the information into there checking system it says its not due to be upgrade:confused:
 
BT told me yesterday when I ordered that my installation date was delayed to May. Now the guy today says that the latest I can push back is 28 days so have a new install date. They really mustn't communicate between teams.
 
nayan89 said:
:D

I should be getting my hub today and engineer due to visit on thursday between 8am - 1pm. Let's hope it all goes well!
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No HH for me as I'm using a Wholesaler, so fingers crossed my WAN router works ok!

happy_2008 said:
Is that any logic in the deployment of FTTC? I see that they have done areas where virgin cable is already available which to me makes no sense at all :confused:
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The logic is based around densities of population. The more people they can access at an exchange, the more likely it will be to get enabled. VM presumably used a similar method for selecting which locations to install their CATV stuff.
 
ci_newman said:
The logic is based around densities of population. The more people they can access at an exchange, the more likely it will be to get enabled. VM presumably used a similar method for selecting which locations to install their CATV stuff.
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with that being said what size exchanges are they tackling first??

samknows says my exchange is a market 3 that serves over 14000 residential premises but there is no sign of the upgrading it this side of 2013.
 
timmy85 said:
with that being said what size exchanges are they tackling first??

samknows says my exchange is a market 3 that serves over 14000 residential premises but there is no sign of the upgrading it this side of 2013.
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That will depend on the demographic of the average user :p It might be 14k homes, but 13k of them might be OAPs and have no interest in high-speed broadband. You must remember that they have to install new road-side cabinets too.

I don't have inside information, but a business case would have been produced for all of the exchanges and then put in an order of priority. There will some logic in there somewhere, it's not that they just don't like you :p

[Edit] And I'm as excited as a child at Christmas! (Ok, as excited as I am at Christmas!)
 
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BT have already brought my appointment forward three times after I already agreed on an installation date. They reckon I will get 29Mb down and 6Mb up. Not too bad.
 
ringo747 said:
BT have already brought my appointment forward three times after I already agreed on an installation date. They reckon I will get 29Mb down and 6Mb up. Not too bad.
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I got a date 6 days after order, so I don't think that can be brought forward by much :D My estimated speeds are similar to yours :)
 
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