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Hi all
Today I received an email from BT offering access to the FTTP trial. I eagerly called the number and was told (not unexpectedly as I've been checking the Infinity checker regularly) that I can't get FTTP at my house.
I've read the FAQ's re: availability, but my neighbour's house which is physically attached to mine (which mine is an end of terrrace in Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes) can get it. So can my neighbours on the other side (not attached to my house).
In 2003, I took part in the 21CN fibre trials where BT tested speeds up to 10MB. What I don't understand is how I could have fibre back then, but not now?
The lady I spoke to earlier at BT was very helpful and genuinely sorry that she couldn't get me on the trial. I'm on the Bradwell Abbey exchange which is enabled, but she said the problem was likely to be at my cabinet. She also said that there's nothing she can do and it's down to Openreach and unless they say the service is available, then I'm stuck on my 1.5Mb ADSL.
Now I know my cable goes a different route to my exchange than my neighbours as they were able to get ADSL long before I could. But surely my copper cables aren't involved with FTTP? I thought FTTP would involve new fibre cables going straight to my house? During the 2003 trials, the BT engineer accessed a BT man-hole cover immediately in front of my driveway and attached a box on the outside of my house. 10Mb in 2003 was heavenly!
I don't mind not being on the trial, but I'm really worried that I'll not be able to get Infinity even when it is launched as a full product in January 2012. If any BT guys are reading this, I'll happily swap everything to BT - tv, telephone, internet, etc if I can get Infinity. I'll happily kick Sky into touch
It's so frustrating that every house around me can get it, yet mine seems to have been excluded. If I'm never going to get fibre, I'd just like to understand the reasons why.
Any suggestions on what I can do? The key point is that I had fibre in 2003 - I'm really at a loss to understand why fibre may not be physically possible now?
Thanks
JTG
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Hi all
Thanks for the responses.
I have a BT manhole cover right outside my house and when I was on the 21CN trials back in 2003, the engineer did some work on that and routed the cable right up to my external wall where the master socket is and added the box.
I also guess the people I speak to in BT are reliant on what their pc tells them. The lady I spoke to last was the 2nd in about 4 weeks. Prior to that I got the same answer about 6 months ago. Could the information held on their database about my line be reliant on the distance to my exchange and therefore wrong in some way?
My delay in getting ADSL I think was down to technology advancements - my copper wires take a longer route (about 6.5km I think) than my neighbour's, so the noise levels on my line were too high. There's no aluminium on my line as far as I know.
As for the email, I'm guessing it looks like the standard email the earlier participants on the trial received - it said the trail ran until 31st December, was free etc etc.
I have no issue waiting for the full retail product as I've waited this long already. But it'e the reassurance that I will be able to get the service when it's released that I'm after

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