Posted: 05th Sep, 2006 By: MarkJ
ADSLGuide reports that BT is to carry out a raft of maintenance and upgrade work on 30 DSLAM (broadband) exchanges per night until October next month:
The schedule split down into regions of the UK - shown below.
* Central Midlands 4th September and 5th September
* South Midlands 6th September
* West Midlands 7th September
* East Midlands 8th to 13th September
* North Scotland 14th September
* West Scotland 15th September to 18th September
* East Scotland 19th September
* Wales (North) 20th September
* Northern Ireland 21st September
* East Anglia 22nd September to 25th September
* South Downs 26th September
* Southampton 27th September
* Severn Side 28th September
* South Wales 29th September
* North London 2nd October
* South London 3rd October
* Central London 4th October
* North Downs 5th October
* Thamesway 6th October
* Mid Yorkshire 9th October
* South Lancashire 10th October
* Lancashire 11th October
* Liverpool 12th October
* Manchester 12th October
* North East 13th October
* Cornwall 13th OctoberThe upgrades will take place between midnight and 6am, quite possibly resulting in downtime of roughly 30 minutes. Precisely what BT is doing we do not know, although its hoped they will improve capacity at some of the more congested locations.