What are BT actually doing regarding exchanges in the sticks?

WarmPeas · 26 Oct 2012 at 15:00

Hey everyone, i live in the sticks and my exchange is pretty damn depressingly crap:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSMLS

I work as a network engineer for a business ISP (easynet) and i constantly get emails from BT saying "Outage update important exchange updates" at least 2 a day but when i try and look a bit deeper into what they are actually planning on doing i can't find much. Does anyone know if BT even have a plan for upgrading exchanges in areas such as mine. I did recently read something about the UK having the fastest internet in Europe by 2015 which made me laugh considering how backwards BT are.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19316824

Nightglow · 26 Oct 2012 at 15:42

I thought Mells, was being done this year, from what I read at beginning of this year.

KIA · 26 Oct 2012 at 17:00

It should have ADSL2. As for FTTC, they won't do anything unless someone else pays for it.

MissChief · 26 Oct 2012 at 23:34

Says it all:
Serves (approx):
1,518 residential premises
52 non-residential premises.

Basically it's not financially viable for any LLU, never mind FTTx.

HangTime · 26 Oct 2012 at 23:54

At least you have 21CN, which is more than can be said for my exchange

Also I wouldn't trust those "serves" figures, allegedly my exchange has 1 residential and 0 non-residential.

Edinho · 28 Oct 2012 at 02:44

You think you have it bad look at mine

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/MYHLI

Think there is more chance of the universe imploding than getting anything above 8 meg.

Steveocee · 28 Oct 2012 at 04:47

WarmPeas said:
Hey everyone, i live in the sticks and my exchange is pretty damn depressingly crap:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSMLS

I work as a network engineer for a business ISP (easynet) and i constantly get emails from BT saying "Outage update important exchange updates" at least 2 a day but when i try and look a bit deeper into what they are actually planning on doing i can't find much. Does anyone know if BT even have a plan for upgrading exchanges in areas such as mine. I did recently read something about the UK having the fastest internet in Europe by 2015 which made me laugh considering how backwards BT are.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19316824

If you work for an ISP can you not look on TAGS at your line number? Generally I find that will give planned dates for exchange upgrades (if planned)

Mr-White · 28 Oct 2012 at 08:29

Edinho said:
You think you have it bad look at mine

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/MYHLI

Think there is more chance of the universe imploding than getting anything above 8 meg.

You practically live in the woods

I ditched BT and went to Virgin because they just don't seem to be doing anything.

MW