My local exchange, NILDW, was scheduled for 21CN WBC upgrade end of March 2010, this did not happen, now there is no advised date for the upgrade to take place.
My question is :-
Has the roll-out of FTTC, BT infinity, which is going ahead quite quickly in N.I., superseded 21CN technology as such, in other words, have we skipped the 21CN upgrade via normal copper telephone cable and moved directly to F.O. technology ?
If my exchange had been upgraded to 21CN WBC I would have had the option to migrate to a potentially faster system, in my case probably worth while as on a good, 32db line @ 8.2 Mb. synch. and a stable 6.3 Mb. data rate, all be it at an extra charge from my ISP, Plusnet.
Am I ever likely to be given this option now remaining on copper lines or will I be forced to migrate to F.O. if I wish to upgrade when FTTC reaches my area ?
Doubtless the F.O. migration will cost more, admittantly it would offer a greater speed which to be honest I do not really need at present.
Derek P.