adamgilbride
Casual Member
Hi everyone,
I would welcome thoughts on my scenario which I have outlined below.
Before I get in to what is currently happening, let me explain the local set-up… on the next street there is a telegraph pole which had CBTs mounted on it last summer (I think I counted 24 or 28 ports) and which Openreach / Kier have been doing work on in recent months. That pole feeds two other poles via overhead cables - one on the same street (about a 40m span) and a second on my street (with the cable going over two back gardens, about a 30m span) which feeds my house. Neither of the two secondary poles have CBTs on them.
This morning, after months and months of checking, I was excited to see the speed on the BT Wholesale Checker for my address (I have BT Digital Voice so I can’t check my number) jump from 330 to 1,000. My excitement was short lived however, and I realised it still said ‘FTTP On Demand’ rather than ‘FTTP WBC’. I then went to check addresses on the next street (which I have been doing every day as well, and up until this morning were reporting 330 speeds and FTTP on demand only) and, for properties served directly from the main pole, and the secondary pole on the same street, FTTP WBC is now being reported and they can also order on BT’s website.
So… do I just have bad luck? The Openreach checker (which I’m not sure I believe) is still reporting build complete by end of June (but that has been being pushed back since last year). I wonder if the fact that the fibre cable from the main pole would have to go over two back gardens (to get to the pole that feeds my house) is the issue, and it is just ‘too hard’?
Thoughts welcome everyone. Any recommendations of who I can get in touch with to check?
Thank you in advance!
I would welcome thoughts on my scenario which I have outlined below.
Before I get in to what is currently happening, let me explain the local set-up… on the next street there is a telegraph pole which had CBTs mounted on it last summer (I think I counted 24 or 28 ports) and which Openreach / Kier have been doing work on in recent months. That pole feeds two other poles via overhead cables - one on the same street (about a 40m span) and a second on my street (with the cable going over two back gardens, about a 30m span) which feeds my house. Neither of the two secondary poles have CBTs on them.
This morning, after months and months of checking, I was excited to see the speed on the BT Wholesale Checker for my address (I have BT Digital Voice so I can’t check my number) jump from 330 to 1,000. My excitement was short lived however, and I realised it still said ‘FTTP On Demand’ rather than ‘FTTP WBC’. I then went to check addresses on the next street (which I have been doing every day as well, and up until this morning were reporting 330 speeds and FTTP on demand only) and, for properties served directly from the main pole, and the secondary pole on the same street, FTTP WBC is now being reported and they can also order on BT’s website.
So… do I just have bad luck? The Openreach checker (which I’m not sure I believe) is still reporting build complete by end of June (but that has been being pushed back since last year). I wonder if the fact that the fibre cable from the main pole would have to go over two back gardens (to get to the pole that feeds my house) is the issue, and it is just ‘too hard’?
Thoughts welcome everyone. Any recommendations of who I can get in touch with to check?
Thank you in advance!























