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sheddyian:
So, I've started the process of buying a house in Wales.  I didn't rush blindly into it, I checked the mobile signal, the radio & tv reception, and, using the option on the Rightmove website listing for the house, confirmed that the house was an a fibre area (it suggested VodaFone Fibre unlimited, giving me "up to 76 mb".  So I was happy.

Now I look into it a bit further, I'm a bit less happy.  Putting the postcode into the Kitz checker gives me this :

Exchange: Ferndale   BT Code: SWFBX
Location: Wood Street,   CF43 4HG
Distance:-   Direct:        3.14 km
    (appx)*   By Road:   4.2 km
    Status   
   ADSL enabled:   December 10, 2003
   DSL Max enabled:   March 31, 2006
   21CN WBC (ADSL2+)   Enabled
21CN due : (PSTN)   Info N/A
   FTTC   Some areas
   SDSL enabled :   Not Enabled
Broadband Access Market   Broadband Access†   Market 3
BT price band   BTw Pricing Band   Band C


ADSL Broadband   Other Broadband Technology & LLU Providers
   Fixed ADSL:    1000 kbps   (1 Mb)
   DSL Max:     1000 kbps   (1 Mb)
   ADSL 2+ :   2000 kbps   (2 Mb)

YUK  :o  :o  :o


FTTC (Fibre)
   FTTC is available in your area.
    Speed   Max   Min
    DownStream   No info   No info
    UpStream   No info   No info

 No line speed data available.

Ah, ok that's not so bad  :D  But why no info?

I then went to Talktalk, put in the postcode, and it offered me only ADSL, which it thought I might get 3mb speed.  :o  BT also said the same on their retail page.  Neither TalkTalk nor BT offered me FTTC from a postcode search :o

And although the rightmove website claimed 76mb from Vodafone in that area, when I go to the Vodafone site and put in the postcode, it tells me they can't offer me ANYTHING at that address  :(

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Ian

jelv:
Go back to the estate agent and ask them to prove the FTTC claim. If they can't ask them to drop the price.

sheddyian:
Ah. now the BT Broadband availability checker via Kitz has this to say :

BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER
High   Low   High   Low         
VDSL Range A (Clean)   61.3   42.4   15.8   10.1   39.6   Waiting list   --   
VDSL Range B (Impacted)   51.9   32.4   13.6   7.1   27.3   Waiting list   --   
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So... the area is covered, but the cabinet is full?

Ian

Black Sheep:
It would appear so.

sheddyian:

--- Quote from: jelv on March 15, 2018, 08:37:38 PM ---Go back to the estate agent and ask them to prove the FTTC claim. If they can't ask them to drop the price.

--- End quote ---

It's certainly something I'm going to take up, though it's not in the Estate Agent's info, it's a sponsored extra on the Rightmove web site (where you can also search for nearby schools and the like).


Ian

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