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Author Topic: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map  (Read 66356 times)

Zoe

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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #75 on: October 20, 2010, 12:06:11 PM »

Hi .. UncleUB - & - Walter  :)


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Looking at your speed tests posted above,I would count yourself very lucky to be getting 8 to 10mb,millions of users are lucky to get anywhere near a quarter of those speeds,and paying the same if not more in some case.

I know that UncleUB  ;)

With an Attenuation of 34.5
Reckon I'm just on the very edge of where ( ADSL2+ ) an Upto 24 Mbps connection.. Can make a difference.

And I only have to read the Talk Talk Forum to remind myself how lucky I am.
So many people on Talk Talk Upto 24 Mbps.
Only a very small percentage of people getting anywhere near 24 Mbps.
In Fact...
Only a small percentage of people getting over 10 Mbps.
Few people getting something more like... 8 Mbps to 10 Mbps
Many more people getting something more like... 5 Mbps to 7 Mbps
And a large percentage of people only getting speeds like 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps  :o


Can't help being fascinated by all this FTTC Stuff though  :blush:

Zoe
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UncleUB

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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #76 on: October 20, 2010, 01:27:52 PM »

Hi Zoe  :)

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And a large percentage of people only getting speeds like 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps   :o

Moi  ;D

I get around 2.5mb with O2 LLU ADSL2+,

When I was with BT I was lucky to get 1.5mb  :no:

I look forward to the day when I can go and take photo's of the FTTC boxes on our estate  ::)  :D
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #77 on: October 20, 2010, 03:49:54 PM »

Hi UncleUB  :)

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I look forward to the day when I can go and take photo's of the FTTC boxes on our estate

What I'd like to know is...
How do Openreach decide where exactly to plant the FTTC cabs within a given area  :-\

You know I said there are 4 BT cabs... 1 = FTTC | 2 = Not FTTC Yet | 3 = Not FTTC Yet | 4 = FTTC

Well!
If Openreach decide to leave out Cabs 2 and 3 - & - Not make them FTTC ... There will be something very odd about that.

Coz...
Cab 1 | Has been planted on the corner of lets just say... Some of the more wealthy housing estates.
Note: It Could Still Be My Cab!  ( As it is the closest to me )
I'm just down the road, at the top end of one of the more less wealthy housing estates  :blush:

Cab 4 |  Has been planted on the corner of...
a) Again.. Small estate of wealth
b) Also.. Shops Nearby
c) The Worst Thing... It's really NOT very far from the Exchange  >:(
The people that live near Cab 4 probably already get really good speeds.

Cabs 2 and 3
Are in less wealthy areas ( Especially Cab 3 )  :(
And this makes me worry that they may not get the FTTC treatment.

Zoe

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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #78 on: October 20, 2010, 04:56:35 PM »

Hi Zoe,

The whole FTTC business is cloaked in BT's usual mystery practices.
Your area is no different from many others.
E.g. Basingstoke has had the phase 1 FTTC treatment but there were so many complaints that they are reviewing the remainder, but still with no assurance that all PCP's will be addressed.
http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/btsupplier/3743621-fttc-basingstoke.html
BT will probably try to estimate the likely installation costs including the amount of fibre to be installed, the return on their investment as well as considering the more practical aspects such as the number of existing broadband users served by the PCP, the quality, material (Cu or Al) and length of the D side lines, whether or not Virgin have a competing product etc.

Apart from Lyddington & Erbistock etc. there are many folk who are just not prepared to wait for infinity !

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Kind regards,
Walter
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #79 on: October 20, 2010, 05:11:57 PM »

Surely someone at BT should be taking note that a number of potential users are doing exactly what is shown on the youtube clip. If they got their fingers out that customer base could be using BT equipment and services. I take my hat off to these people.
I believe I asked before about what happened to the great roll-out of some fibre. All the main roads around here were dug up and fibre was laid, or to be laid, in ducting. Green cabinets were erected as far as the exchange, but that seems to be as far as the project went. How could I find out more about the project? Do you know Walter? or anyone else for that matter please.
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #80 on: October 20, 2010, 06:17:28 PM »

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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #81 on: October 20, 2010, 06:38:40 PM »

Thank you for that Walter.
The project that I am mentioning is from a number of years back, how many ? The thing is that there is a ready made fibre infrastructure or at least part of one just going to waste. I am making a somewhat determined effort to find out why we had to put up with the dug up pavements, promises of the service and at the end of the day nothing.
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #82 on: October 20, 2010, 08:01:37 PM »

Hi  :)



Cab 1 - Not My Cab  :no:
In Fact...
Cab 1 : Is actually called Cab Number 16.
( See 1st Picture )

Cab 2 - Not My Cab!
In Fact...
Cab 2 : I'm not sure is even a real cab any more  :-\
It's either a real cab that isn't going to get the FTTC Treatment.
OR...
It's Not a Normal Cab!
NOTE: It's the only cab out of the 4 that has a Telephone Pole next to it. ( See 2nd Picture )


Cab 3 - I'm Now Pretty Certain.. My Cab!
In Fact...
Cab 3 : I'm almost certain is Cab Number 18.
Not Yet FTTC  :'(
My cab is... Cab 18
( See 3rd Picture )


Cab 4
- Not My Cab!
In fact...
Cab 4 : Is almost certainly Cab Number 17.
( See 4th Picture )


How Do I Know?

1] By checking this map : http://www.trefor.net/tech-pages/availability-checker/
The FTTC Cab I Took Pictures Of Has To Be Cab Number 16.

2] The FTTC Cab I was calling... Cab 4 is actually Cab Number 17
Know this must be true!
a) Because the map indicated in that direction.
b) The Old Cab had a number 17 on it. ( See 4th Picture )



Zoe





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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #83 on: October 20, 2010, 08:50:00 PM »

Thank you for that Walter.
The project that I am mentioning is from a number of years back, how many ? The thing is that there is a ready made fibre infrastructure or at least part of one just going to waste. I am making a somewhat determined effort to find out why we had to put up with the dug up pavements, promises of the service and at the end of the day nothing.

Hello all...

Could this have been Virgin's infrastructure?
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #84 on: October 20, 2010, 09:03:06 PM »

Hello and welcome gundofox,
I have a feeling that Virgin took it on from maybe NTL. Although it never got finished. If it is now Virgin then they have a thorn in the side of BT as it's in the way.
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #85 on: October 20, 2010, 09:16:26 PM »

Essentially Virgin are already offering a fibre to the cab service, although their adverts would suggest its fibre all the way to your house...
Fibre to the prem will be interesting!
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UncleUB

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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #86 on: October 21, 2010, 07:10:43 AM »

Essentially Virgin are already offering a fibre to the cab service, although their adverts would suggest its fibre all the way to your house...
Fibre to the prem will be interesting!

Virgin already have fibre to your house(if you are lucky enough)

They house I use to live in had fibre to the house in 1994.(then it was by a company called Yorkshire Cable),who were replace by Telewest,then NTL I think and now its a company called.......Virgin.  :)
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #87 on: October 21, 2010, 07:38:59 PM »

The map ha been closed at request of BTo. acting as the usual unhelpful bar stewards. >:(
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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #88 on: October 21, 2010, 07:58:32 PM »

Hi renluop   :)


And I'm just as angry as you are  >:(

Note!
Found out today that my cab 18
Isn't The NON FTTC one with the Street Light next to it.
The old BT Cab 18 was just down the road hiding in a hedge  :blush:
That's why I didn't find it with Google Street maps ( In fact... Went straight past It! )
And...
The Good News!
My Cab 18 .. Is in the process of having the FTTC Treatment   :D

Old Cab 18 - See Pic Below!



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Re: ADSL24 / BT Wholesale FTTC Map
« Reply #89 on: November 05, 2010, 06:04:24 PM »

Have seen the BT OpenReach guys installing new cabinets just a few hundred metres from my house.
Due to go live Dec 2010.

Some other folks in the town got one right outside their window:
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Bishops-Stortford/Bishops-Stortford-couple-shocked-as-BT-cabinet-appears-outside-their-home.htm
They are not happy bunnies!

Cheers,
Peter
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