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-----Original Message----- From: Gordon Henderson
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:02 PM To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] Fwd: UK pushes on with broadband plans On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, James Kilty wrote:
On 05/03/11 08:36, Gordon Henderson wrote:March and Demon can upgrade me immediately? If it is not a done deal how can they tell me FTTC will be done - or are we talking about the last 100 yards of wire? (Or 2.5 miles if it is from the exchange.http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/BT-expected-named-163-130m-broadband-partner/article-2704382-detail/article.html How does this square with BT saying Leedstown will be connected on 28
BT (Wholesale + OpenReach) will be running fibre (and power) to the cabinet 100 yards from you, and fitting a mini DSLAM inside the cabinet (or more likely a new cabinet) You'll keep the same copper. Once BTW have confirmed the install and tested it, then they'll open it up to other ISPs (including BT retail) for use. At that point, Demon can upgrade you - a service which you'll pay for, and a man (from BT OpenReach) will come in install a new faceplate and modem for you. The RFS (Ready For Service) date for your exchange is the 11th of March - but I'd go to the cabinet and see if they've started work on it yet - they are running late in some areas... However, I've no idea to work out if they're upgrading all cabinet, or just some. The best indication will be to see if they've actually put in a new cabinet yet, or done some ground work perparations. (dig a hole, concrete base, etc.) 100 yds from the cabinet - you'll potentially get well over 30Mb/sec sync. rate at that distance. Lucky sod! (however it's then up to the service you get over BT Wholesale and your chosen ISP as to the actual throughput you get) Gordon At that distance James should get the full 39997 profile downstream and 10000 upstream. My connection varies from 39997 down to just over 36000. I'm 400 metres from the cabinet. However the actual speed we will get when activated will depend on the cabinet BT have fitted. Currently there is a software issue with the smaller cabinets BT have used in areas of Cornwall and Northern Ireland. The latest I've heard from enta (my provider) is the following:- Checked the details and found the engineers notes which state that this is a faulty DSLAM software issue which is currently being dealt with by BT design. The software updates needs to be tested and will not be rolled out for a few weeks.Andrew
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