Milton Keynes / Bradwell Abbey Exchange / FTTP Tri...

Question

Hello all.
I live in Broughton on the eastern edge of Milton Keynes, served by the Bradwell Abbey exchange.
I've read various reports of FTTP being trialled here instead of infinity.
At the moment I get a quite good-ish 3.5 - 4 mbps speed on a new estate.
I've contacted BT who have no information about any FTTP trial or if/when Inifnity is coming.
Here in MK, we don't have the option of Virgin Media, they run the old Cable TV system but it's not digital, so most have Sky, but for any broadband in MK, you need a BT phone line.
I've seen lists of exchanges due for Infinity (Stony Stratford, Wolverton, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes (Bletchley)) but not SMBA listed due to this FTTP trial.
Openreach vans are here there and everywhere in MK digging up beside the grid roads (phone lines follow the grid roads, reason why the lines are so long and alot of MK people get vast differences in speed).
In our new flat, there is an openreach faceplate (flat is 1 year old).
Anyone in BT or on this forum that can advise what is and what is planned to happen for those on the Bradwell Abbey exchange in MK as reliable informaion is more or less non-exisitant.
Thanks all

Answer 1

Actually, although my telephone number does not give an Infinity date on the BT site, I see there is a new(ish) section that lists Milton Keynes as getting Infinity around 30 September 2010.
On the www.bt.com/infinity site "How to get it" sub-section:
Follow the "when we're planning to come to your area here" link for South East.
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=29017#fiberMapConsume...
I will add that I read somewhere that when they refer to "Milton Keynes" on Exchange lists, they exclude Bradwell Abbey Exchange (code: SMBA, in Fishermead) as that is part of the FTTH trial. So:
- if you in MK but not on SMBA exchange, Sep/Oct 2010 may be when you get lucky.
- if you are on SMBA exchange, and possible outside the FTTH trial area (If that part turns out to be true), not sure what this will mean (like me, also Broughton)
One the subject of how much of SMBA will get FTTH, I read on of the BT/OpenReach public docs, that they intend to roll out FTTH to as much of SMBA as is practical (economical) possible. Still room to exclude the far reaches of MK, but I am hopeful.
"early summer" is here BT - get a move on!