Well, I said I had a surprise this evening, and here it is… (Although at ten to midnight, I am cutting it a bit fine!)
This site has now taken over 50,000 pre-registrations. As many of you have requested, I’ve been trying to significantly improve my registration system by making the process realtime. Well, I’m pleased
BT have this morning announced some new partnership dates. These are as follows:
Scottish Lowlands Partnership (Phase 2)
Harthill 04/08/2004
Carstairs 04/08/2004
Dechmont 04/08/2004
Stoneyburn 04/08/2004
Denny 04/08/2004
Hillside, Tayside Tbc
Joppa 15/09/2004
Drongan 01/09/2004
Muirkirk 08/09/2004
Kessock 01/09/2004
Fearn 03/11/2004
Aviemore 13/10/2004
Leicestershire Partnership
Husbands Bosworth 11/08/2004
Peatling Magna 11/08/2004
Bagworth 08/09/2004
Osgathorpe 08/09/2004
Twycross 08/09/2004
Derbyshire Partnership
Baslow 11/08/2004
Hathersage 11/08/2004
Darley Dale 22/12/2004
Tideswell TBC
The normal batch of RFS dates will arrive tomorrow apparently. Thursday is
This afternoon BT have announced that they have been unable to set some RFS dates due to the fact that they are “surveying the extent of the work that needs to be done before the exchange can be connected to the broadband network.”
The 37 exchanges singled out as a part of this list is basically
This weeks RFS dates are slowly leaking their way out into the open at the moment.
The RFS announcements page will contain the latest data as my system is updated.
I’ll update this item as and when I get the full list.
Update (5:45pm): The update’s completed, and we have 51 new RFS dates (the majority of which
With the focus of the UK broadband industry currently fixated on getting more areas enabled, it is all too easy to forget about those who cannot received service from an already enabled exchange.
One of the reasons that you might not be able to receive broadband ADSL on your line is because you may have a
Following the recent introduction of the HomeChoice LLU service in London, Paul and myself thought it would be a good idea to produce some maps showing LLU coverage in London. Many people now believe that LLU services are what will drive the UK broadband market forwards, and we naturally look to London as being the
The greatly anticipated RFS dates have at last arrived. With 89 dates in total, this is a reasonably large list. However, we must take into account that this is infact a list for 2 weeks, which averages to 45.5 dates per week, which is nowhere near the current average of 70 exchanges triggering per week.
According to vote4broadband, 67 new RFS dates have been released. These all seem to be for the ONE North East scheme though, so don’t fret - the ones you’re all waiting for are still on their way.
Interestingly enough, quite a few of those dates have had their RFS dates moved forward. Rothbury, for example, was
Donna Young, General Manager of Broadband Britain (BT Wholesale) has written an open email to campaigners after frustration over the RFS date situation peaked today.
In the email she states that since the November 17th announcement of 2300 new trigger levels, over 1000 exchanges have met their trigger. As we already know, they did not anticipate
I’ve had a lot of emails asking about RFS dates, and I’m afraid there’s still no news. I’ve just had a look on the BT message boards, and the mood there is of extreme frustration.
The rumour is that this weeks (should that be last weeks? ) list will be very large. Well, at
This morning Cuckoo Oak triggered and took the number of exchanges waiting for a firm RFS date to 400. Having not received any RFS dates this week, and only 25 last week, many campaigners are becoming increasingly frustrated at the ever lengthening delays. The fact that the regular announcement day (Wednesday) is frequently missed does
BT have just announced that this weeks RFS dates have been delayed until tomorrow (Friday 12th March).
I’ll get them up on the site as soon as I receive them.
Update (6pm 12th): It seems that the RFS dates are no longer expected today I’m afraid. This has been backed up by a posting from a BT
BT Retail received a lot of criticism last week when it announced its new “Broadband Basic” package for £19.99 per month, with a 1GB download limit attached. They even managed to annoy Tiscali with an advert about Tiscali’s 150K “broadband” services.
Not to be outdone though, Tiscali have announced that they too will be launching a
With only the never ending introduction of low-bandwith broadband connections to keep us amused, the past week has been pretty slow for news.
That said, the following snippets of news may interest some of you…
Firstly, there’s no news on this weeks RFS dates yet. I haven’t heard anything about them being delayed, so it’s still reasonable
BT have this morning released some additional RFS dates. Most of these belong to the Devon or North Yorkshire partnerships, but Lower Peover just seems to have slipped through from yesterday. Anyway, the list is as follows:
Lower Peover 03/06/2004
Chelston 28/04/2004 (Devon)
Colyton 12/05/2004 (Devon)
Hemyock 07/07/2004 (Devon)
Longdown 10/06/2004 (Devon)
Moretonhampstead 28/04/2004 (Devon)
Upottery 12/05/2004 (Devon)
Settle 01/09/2004 (North Yorkshire)
Airton 26/01/2005
This weeks RFS dates have just been released. The list of 25 new dates, all on the 7th July oddly enough, is as follows:
Boscastle 07/07/2004Branscombe 07/07/2004Brinkworth 07/07/2004Charsfield 07/07/2004Constable Burton 07/07/2004Cowden 07/07/2004Craddock 07/07/2004Elie 07/07/2004Ferryside 07/07/2004High Halden 07/07/2004Kelty 07/07/2004Lea 07/07/2004Mellor 07/07/2004
Minety 07/07/2004Narberth 07/07/2004North Cadbury 07/07/2004Peter-super-ely 07/07/2004Radyr 07/07/2004Rhydlewis 07/07/2004Sidlesham 07/07/2004Stoke Goldington 07/07/2004Strathkinness 07/07/2004Waterhouses 07/07/2004Wheathill 07/07/2004Woolley 07/07/2004
Given the amount
The Register reports that both BT Retail (the parent company of both BT Openworld and BT Broadband) and Telewest have announced new broadband services this morning.
The offering from BT Retail is simply the basic 512Kbps broadband service, but with a 1GB per month cap imposed. The article goes on to say that further offerings are