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Pipe & Slippers

Pipe & Slippers

Pipe & Slippers

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Did try searching in the 794 page thread but didn't get very far...

About a year ago I went to the Openreach website, plugged in my address and it said fibre would be available between Oct 16 and Jan 17

When I look now, and have been since Dec 16, it says it's at the build stage...7 months of building seems quite a lot

On the exchange roll out list it says FTTC/P & FOD - I gather FTTC = Fibre to the Cabinet and understand what this means, but does this mean the fibre has actually been connected to the cabinet at the bottom of the street?

If it has, why is fibre not yet available at my house (I'm assuming that the last 100m from the cabinet to the house will be copper) - is it an indication that although the cabinet is fibre connected, the exchange needs to have some kit connected?

...or am, I placing too much faith in what Openreach are telling me? Timescales seem a bit elastic

Bit desperate really with 2 bandwidth hungry kids arriving soon. The current connection is ok, but slows considerably in the evenings

Ta
 
A couple of resources to look at
https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm
This website is updated regularly and will show when your cabinet is due to be enabled
https://roadworks.org/
Look at the local area and look for any BT works

Is it part of BTs commercial roll out or local authority funded?
Might be worth getting in touch with the local authority’s BDUK delivery team.
If you are Swindon then http://superfastswindon.com/

Build can take a very long time depending on the complexity of the project and 12 months isn’t unusual
 
We were promised a new fibre cabinet on our village green in Autumn last year. My wife being on the Parish council has some connections into the county council and the person 'running' the programme to get OpenReach to roll out new infrastructure in the county.

Around February our council contact said that the cabinet would be installed in the next few weeks and that it would then take six weeks from seeing it appear to it being all cabled up.

In April the cabinet appeared on the green

We're still waiting for it to be plumbed in

Latest news our council contact said is that they had an argument over BT about what was in and out of scope (appears that there's more ducting needs repairing on the route from the Exchange than Openreach anticipated) but now the works will be done.

Our contact, when pressed, suggested nothing will conclude before the Autumn. So that's a year from getting a concrete promise at least.

tldr; BTOpenreach are a law unto themselves, you'll get it when you get it.
 
Cheers folks for the replies and useful links - from Kitz it seems that FTTP on Demand is available 31/12/17, which is what I'm assuming fibre is. Must say the last day of the year availability date gives me cause for concern...seems like a placeholder rather than something definite

Codelook says FTTC live May 2017!

Unfortunately, my street has a very elderly age profile, so I guess demand (or more importantly projected demand) would be low

Mmmm http://superfastswindon.com/ not in scope :(

BigT said:
tldr; BTOpenreach are a law unto themselves, you'll get it when you get it.
Click to expand...
- guessed as much!
 
FTTP on Demand isn't the same thing as "normal" fibre. FTTPOD is complete run of fibre to the premises, and is really a business only product (as you have to pay for the fibre to be run, and any excess construction charges e.g. for ducting to the premises etc).

FTTC is what you should be looking at.

On the Kitz Checker it should just show speeds for ADSL and VDSL (FTTC) if supported e.g.

Zql4s21.png
 
This is what I get - not sophisticated enough to insert an image (which I assume has to be hosted elsewhere)

Featured Products Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate(Mbps) Downstream Range(Mbps) WBC FTTP Availability Date
FTTP on Demand 330 30 -- 31-Dec-17 -- -- -- --
ADSL Products Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate(Mbps) Downstream Range(Mbps) Availability Date Left in Jumper
WBC ADSL 2+ Up to 13 -- 9.5 to 17 Available -- -- -- --
WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M Up to 13 Up to 1 9.5 to 17 Available -- -- -- --
ADSL Max Up to 8 -- 7 to 8 Available -- -- -- --
WBC Fixed Rate 2 -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Fixed Rate 2 -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Other Offerings Availability Date
VDSL Multicast -- -- -- 31-Dec-17 -- -- -- --
ADSL Multicast -- -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Premise environment Status
Bridge Tap U
 
So that's telling you FTTC isn't available to you - which you knew already.

I don't personally know what the VDSL Multicast availability means, but I'd take a stab that your FTTC won't be available until the end of the year either.
 
The fact that FTTPoD isn't even available suggests that more work is needed on the exchange/network side of things. Is FTTC available at any of the cabinets connected to your exchange?
 
BigT said:
So that's telling you FTTC isn't available to you - which you knew already.

I don't personally know what the VDSL Multicast availability means, but I'd take a stab that your FTTC won't be available until the end of the year either.
Click to expand...

VDSL Multicast is IPTV. Basically the ability to push to services down your broadband like BT TV.
 
Hey Guys,
on code look my cabinet is described as;
Fibre Street Cabinet 1: Fibre Not available
what does this actually mean? the cabinet is around a year old but definitely isn't FTTC like the rest of the area.
 
If it says not available then you will not have fibre nor are in any plans to get it within the next 12 months or so
What does the BT When and Where checker say?
If neither of these say you have it available or are in scope then your local authority should have some information. Digital Derbyshire?
That is unless your area is already covered by another high speed provider such as Virgin Media
 
Thanks i thought as much, the area was originally planned as commercial units before it became a housing development so the cabinet must have been put in expecting leased lines and the such. Digital Derbyshire have the area down as being sorted out by commercial providers, and there's virgin planned as far as i'm aware either sadly, I best get used to ADSL for quite a while longer :confused:
 
It has been on the last stage before going live to our house for over two years. Every time it reaches the go live date the date gets put back again.

I emailled Openreach and they have someone looking into it.
 
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