antlanelondon
Casual Member
I live in the wilds of North London and for some reason, our cabinet (P48 - North Finchley exchange) is not in the plans to be upgraded to fibre. In the past, it was, but the upgrade works never happened. There was mention of underground services although there was never any concrete information.
I've tried talking to OpenReach but I'm unable to find out why there is an issue here and they haven't replied to my follow-up emails. I got a quote from the community partnership team but there is little reason for my neighbours to pay when most can get Virgin (unfortunately, my block of flats isn't served but the rest of the road is).
Fortunately, my ADSL2+ speeds are about as good as theoretically possible but being able to upload at on 1mbps is painful.
Given that OpenReach is able to roll-out fibre to tiny villages in the middle of nowhere, and there are voucher schemes for rural locations, how on earth can it be so difficult to serve a cabinet in North London? All the surrounding cabinets have been upgraded.
Does anyone have any advice on what could be done to force OpenReach's hand?
I've tried talking to OpenReach but I'm unable to find out why there is an issue here and they haven't replied to my follow-up emails. I got a quote from the community partnership team but there is little reason for my neighbours to pay when most can get Virgin (unfortunately, my block of flats isn't served but the rest of the road is).
Fortunately, my ADSL2+ speeds are about as good as theoretically possible but being able to upload at on 1mbps is painful.
Given that OpenReach is able to roll-out fibre to tiny villages in the middle of nowhere, and there are voucher schemes for rural locations, how on earth can it be so difficult to serve a cabinet in North London? All the surrounding cabinets have been upgraded.
Does anyone have any advice on what could be done to force OpenReach's hand?