[dannyboy31]

The new cabs also have vents/grilles in their front panels.

[JulesandSand]

As others have said the enabled by dates are fluid, to say the least.

Ours was due to be done by 30th June 2011, that was put back to 31st December but I had mine installed on the 19th December.

I would be extremely sorry to go back to what I had and apart from one outage early on it's been rock solid.

[Lurkalot]

Originally Posted by noise747

i think that date is more to do with when the exchange is done, not when the cabinets are done, so even if your exchange is converted on the 30th of june, it don't mean your cabinet will be.

i have heard that it is not possible to change from Sky or Talk Talk directly to infinity on Bt before, not sure if it is a ploy or not.

why don't you stay with Sky and use Sky fibre service? got to be better than going back to BT.

Just to answer the BiB, I went straight from sky BB to BT Infinity2, on June the 12th and it is great.

[Chrisj3456]

yeh i have noticed another Cab the other side of my house, both new looking and near old cabs. also have air vents on them,

[Chrisj3456]

bugger, just looked on the BT site, it has changed to 31st December... thanks BT a 6 month delay

[chopoff]

Yes, all the June ones were pushed back - most to September.

But, that's usually when they're all done. So every exchange in the September window will be done by September.

Their Twitter is the best place for info, they update when new exchanges are 'switched on'.

https://twitter.com/Openreach_news

[noise747]

i have heard a couple of cabs have gone up over the other side of the city, so they have started here, but I have also heard that it will be around mid August when they are switched on.

Makes no difference to me.

[jjesso123]

Finally my exchange has been given a date of 2013. Now I've heard some Cabs can't be upgraded, what do these Cabs look like ? Now what happens then, the street never gets faster broadband ?

[mikeoscar]

What does the FTTP infrastructure look like? Is it the same cabs as FTTC?

[dannyboy31]

Originally Posted by jjesso123

Finally my exchange has been given a date of 2013. Now I've heard some Cabs can't be upgraded, what do these Cabs look like ? Now what happens then, the street never gets faster broadband ?

AFAIK they look just like any other cab. At least that's the case in my area - most cabs except my local one have been upgraded, but BT can't or won't upgrade mine even though it looks no different to the others.

I think it's more to do with where the cab is situated and how many (or few) properties are connected to it. Demographics may be another factor - if most of the people in your area are octogenarians then there would likely be low take up of SFBB in that area.

[Chrisj3456]

the cabs near me looks like this
http://www.trba.co.uk/general-news/n...-will-get-fttc

also just driven past one and a few openreach guys inside them playing around

[noise747]

Originally Posted by jjesso123

Finally my exchange has been given a date of 2013. Now I've heard some Cabs can't be upgraded, what do these Cabs look like ? Now what happens then, the street never gets faster broadband ?

so expect it to be the end of that year then. We was suppose to haver gone live in july, now it seems the end of September, no doubt that will change.

According to some people some work is being done in some parts of the city, but nothing around here, not even any plans on the council website.

If Bt don't think there is enough people in the street or area to make their money back then nope, no faster broadband.

i got a two year contract with a wireless provider now, so I got at least two years to decide if I want to go for fibre.

[jjesso123]

Originally Posted by noise747

so expect it to be the end of that year then. We was suppose to haver gone live in july, now it seems the end of September, no doubt that will change.

According to some people some work is being done in some parts of the city, but nothing around here, not even any plans on the council website.

If Bt don't think there is enough people in the street or area to make their money back then nope, no faster broadband.

i got a two year contract with a wireless provider now, so I got at least two years to decide if I want to go for fibre.

They did specially say the start of 2013 but any time in 2013 I would happy with I was expecting to 2014/15 really. The town near me actually had it's date change from 2013 to 2012, but aware BT like to change dates back forward.

Would that not screw with the government targets for super fast broadband access even more, and more importantly the point of government funding.

Originally Posted by dannyboy31

AFAIK they look just like any other cab. At least that's the case in my area - most cabs except my local one have been upgraded, but BT can't or won't upgrade mine even though it looks no different to the others.

I think it's more to do with where the cab is situated and how many (or few) properties are connected to it. Demographics may be another factor - if most of the people in your area are octogenarians then there would likely be low take up of SFBB in that area.

The problem I have is don't know what CAB I'm connected too. I suspect I'm connected to the one just down to my street ? However there is another bit further away in the opposite direction.

I am confident they will do my area, as it's high in population compared to other parts of the village connected to the exchange.

[chopoff]

Originally Posted by jjesso123

I am confident they will do my area, as it's high in population compared to other parts of the village connected to the exchange.

Where I moved from I was fortunate enough to be in the 'posh' part of town, the part with the more expensive and new houses all nice and tightly packed.

Out of interest I checked what the fibre status was there and whilst the exchange is now enabled to my surprise none of that area had been done.

It would seem that density doesn't have much to do with it, nor demographics of a particular area. I wonder if length to exchange is the key?

Kinda glad I moved now!

[jjesso123]

Originally Posted by chopoff

Where I moved from I was fortunate enough to be in the 'posh' part of town, the part with the more expensive and new houses all nice and tightly packed.

Out of interest I checked what the fibre status was there and whilst the exchange is now enabled to my surprise none of that area had been done.

It would seem that density doesn't have much to do with it, nor demographics of a particular area. I wonder if length to exchange is the key?

Kinda glad I moved now!

Well I'm about 1.9KM away from the exchange ? Don't if that is too far.