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Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 8:33 AM
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Sky have installed another 134 exchanges, taking this from 1,770 to 1,904 enabled exchanges.

See below for the updated exchanges. Taken from samknows.com

"Aberdeen Bucksburn","","Aberdeen","Scotland"
"Aldridge","","Walsall","West Midlands"
"Amble","","Northumberland","North East"
"Ash Green","","Kent","South East"
"Auchterarder","","Perth and Kinross","Scotland"
"Baldock","","Hertfordshire","East"
"Ballingry","","Fife","Scotland"
"Ballycastle","","Moyle","Northern Ireland"
"Beamish","","Durham","North East"
"Bedale","","North Yorkshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Biggleswade","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Bishops Lydeard","","Somerset","South West"
"Blackmore","","Essex","East"
"Borough Green","","Kent","South East"
"Bradenstoke","","Wiltshire","South West"
"Bradford-on-avon","","Wiltshire","South West"
"Brediland","","Renfrewshire","Scotland"
"Buckhaven","","Fife","Scotland"
"Bulford Camp","","Wiltshire","South West"
"Burgh Castle","","Norfolk","East"
"Burghfield Common","","West Berkshire","South East"
"Burntisland","","Fife","Scotland"
"Cambusnethan","","North Lanarkshire","Scotland"
"Cardenden","","Fife","Scotland"
"Carnforth","","Lancashire","North West"
"Carnoustie","","Angus","Scotland"
"Carryduff","","Castlereagh","Northern Ireland"
"Catterick Camp","","North Yorkshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Chard","","Somerset","South West"
"Chartham","","Kent","South East"
"Cobham","","Surrey","South East"
"Colinton","","Edinburgh City","Scotland"
"Comber","","Ards","Northern Ireland"
"Cookstown","","Cookstown","Northern Ireland"
"Coxtie Green","","Essex","East"
"Coxtie Green","","Essex","East"
"Cromer","","Norfolk","East"
"Crumlin","","Antrim","Northern Ireland"
"Cuckoo Oak","","Telford and Wrekin","West Midlands"
"Cupar","","Fife","Scotland"
"Dalbeattie","","Dumfries and Galloway","Scotland"
"Dawley","","Telford and Wrekin","West Midlands"
"Denham","","Buckinghamshire","London"
"Donnington","","Telford and Wrekin","West Midlands"
"Duntocher","","West Dunbartonshire","Scotland"
"Durrington Walls","","Wiltshire","South West"
"Easington","","Durham","North East"
"Edwinstowe","","Nottinghamshire","East Midlands"
"Elmswell","","Suffolk","East"
"Enniskillen","","Fermanagh","Northern Ireland"
"Erskine","","Renfrewshire","Scotland"
"Farningham","","Kent","South East"
"Filey","","North Yorkshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Finningley","","Doncaster","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Flitwick","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Greenock","","Inverclyde","Scotland"
"Harleston","","Norfolk","East"
"Harthill","","North Lanarkshire","Scotland"
"Helensburgh","","Argyll and Bute","Scotland"
"Heysham","","Lancashire","North West"
"High Green","","Sheffield","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Hillside","","Worcestershire","West Midlands"
"Hindhead","","Surrey","South East"
"Holbeach","","Lincolnshire","East Midlands"
"Honley","","Kirklees","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Houghton Regis","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Ilminster","","Somerset","South West"
"Ingatestone","","Essex","East"
"Kelso","","Scottish Borders","Scotland"
"Kelty","","Fife","Scotland"
"Kempsey","","Worcestershire","West Midlands"
"Kempston","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Kennoway","","Fife","Scotland"
"Lesmahagow","","South Lanarkshire","Scotland"
"Linlithgow","","West Lothian","Scotland"
"Liskeard","","Cornwall","South West"
"Littleport","","Cambridgeshire","East"
"Loanhead","","Midlothian","Scotland"
"Long Sutton","","Lincolnshire","East Midlands"
"Lower Shelton","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Ludlow","","Shropshire","West Midlands"
"Maghera","","Magherafelt","Northern Ireland"
"Magherafelt","","Magherafelt","Northern Ireland"
"Mauchline","","East Ayrshire","Scotland"
"Meadowfield","","Durham","North East"
"Midcalder","","West Lothian","Scotland"
"Milford","","Staffordshire","West Midlands"
"Millom","","Cumbria","North West"
"Moira","","Lisburn","Northern Ireland"
"Newcastle","","Down","Northern Ireland"
"Old Whittington","","Derbyshire","East Midlands"
"Olney","","Milton Keynes","South East"
"Padiham","","Lancashire","North West"
"Pakenham","","Suffolk","East"
"Pinhoe","","Devon","South West"
"Randalstown","","Antrim","Northern Ireland"
"Ripponden","","Calderdale","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Rothley","","Leicestershire","East Midlands"
"Ruskington","","Lincolnshire","East Midlands"
"Saint Faith","","Norfolk","East"
"Scartho","","North East Lincolnshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Scotter","","Lincolnshire","East Midlands"
"Seal","","Kent","South East"
"Sheerness","","Kent","South East"
"Shepshed","","Leicestershire","East Midlands"
"Sherborne","","Dorset","South West"
"Sidmouth","","Devon","South West"
"Smallbrook","","Birmingham","West Midlands"
"Smallfield","","Surrey","South East"
"Snodland","","Kent","South East"
"South Queensferry","","Edinburgh City","Scotland"
"Steeton","","Bradford","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Stepps","","North Lanarkshire","Scotland"
"Stotfold","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Strathaven","","South Lanarkshire","Scotland"
"Tadcaster","","North Yorkshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Thornton","","Bradford","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Timsbury","","Bath and North East Somerset","South West"
"Toddington","","Bedfordshire","East"
"Twyford","","Wokingham","South East"
"Wallingford","","Oxfordshire","South East"
"Wemyss Bay","","Inverclyde","Scotland"
"Wendover","","Buckinghamshire","South East"
"West Calder","","West Lothian","Scotland"
"West Kingsdown","","Kent","South East"
"Westerham","","Kent","South East"
"Whitecroft","","Gloucestershire","South West"
"Whitwell","","Derbyshire","Yorkshire & Humberside"
"Woburn Sands","","Bedfordshire","South East"
"Woodbridge","","Suffolk","East"
"Woodhall Spa","","Lincolnshire","East Midlands"
"Wormley","","Surrey","South East"
"Wroughton","","Swindon","South West"
"Wymondham","","Norfolk","East"

Exchange coverage by region

South East - 280 (15%)
North West - 209 (11%)
Scotland - 194 (10%)
East - 190 (10%)
South West - 171 (9%)
Yorkshire & Humberside - 167 (9%)
West Midlands - 165 (9%)
London - 146 (8%)
Wales - 129 (7%)
East Midlands - 117 (6%)
North East - 83 (4%)
Northern Ireland - 53 (3%)

Enabled exchanges - 1904 (100%)

Will_3rd
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 8:39 AM
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Aberystwyth FINALLY :) My old student haunt.
When I was living there the best available was 2Mbps ADSL!

digital divide...
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 8:46 AM
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the divide grows ever wider, with only those near the exchanges getting the faster speeds, and this interim solution means rural areas will get even more frustrated with the lack of decent access. We can't have a digital britain until everyone has affordable fit for purpose connectivity.

Deduction
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 11:23 AM
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quote"130,000 homes and businesses"

Out of the 3 million that live in Wales, and i doubt that 130,000 figure is even accurate.

wirelesspacman
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 11:47 AM
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@deduction

You expect a (BT) press release to be accurate??

Legolash2o
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 12:29 PM
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Wouldn't it be easier and a lot cheaper just to go straight to FTTC? These places don't seem very big to wouldn't take that much longer....

Sledgehammer
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 5:27 PM
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@Legolash2o

BT have to upgrade any exchange to adsl2+ first before they can go FTTC.

Another thought that if cab is upgraded with fibre and only a small number of people take up FTTC how do BT keep the rest on adsl2+ when the change over occurs?

Berks
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 6:08 PM
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As with any upgrade its time and money, these excahnges could be planned for later on in the rollout as it continues till 2014, Wales BDUK fund has not been open to a tender yet.

Sledge BT will likley upgrade people onto the FTTC service and withdraw the old copper service eventually.
BT can also enable a exchanges cabinets to FTTC and run the backhall to another exchange, so 21CN is not needed for all exchanges.

Telcom Engineer
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 7:03 PM
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I think LLU is a logistical problem when it comes to removing the copper. I have heard of fttc being deployed in other countries with the esides and numerous exchanges being recovered / sold off to help pay for this. But how happy would sky be if BT decided to rip up the esides after they have invested heavily in new copper exchange equipment?
I doubt OFCOM would allow it. Also BTs fibre cabinets do not hold enough connections for every customer in most cases so would need an even bigger investment in additional / bigger cabs.
Unless we saw a huge take up in VULA, I doubt any automatic upgrade and subsequent recovery of old network anywhere other than BT only exchanges (and unlikely even then).

Sledgehammer
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 7:04 PM
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@ Berks

I failed to make the point that people who are on LLU exchange and their cab is upgraded to FTTC then there is going to be a problem with any one not wanting to take up FTTC( say customer with talktalk wants to stay on adsl2 and not move to FTTC), how are they going to sort that one out?

Apart from the cost of moving a LLU line back to a BT line so that you could have FTTC. IT looks a bit complicated?

Legolash2o
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 8:00 PM
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@Sledgehammer

I mean't why don't they install the cabs at the same time as updating them to 21CN, nevermind anyway i got the answer from BT themselves. :)

Sledgehammer
Posted: 28 December, 2011 - 10:27 PM
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@ Telecom Engineer

So have I got this right when I say BT will cover 90% with FTTC/FTTH not everybody will be able to get it, only a percentage due to cabinet capacity. This will only be improved with the installation of more cabinets way into the future.

It makes me think BT are flogging a dead horse, and we are looking at a copper basis for the indefinite number of years, 20+.

Deduction
Posted: 29 December, 2011 - 1:06 AM
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^^^ Id give up trying to explain exchange enablement doesnt = people able to get FTTC to BT workers right now. They dont comprehend there are places with 20,000+ on an exchange and well less than 50% of them able to get FTTC due to no new cabinets.

Alyn
Posted: 12 January, 2012 - 10:22 PM
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No question this is the place to get this info, tahkns y'all.