Another week, another list of RFS changes. The good news is that the number of improvements outweigh the number of delays. Anyway, on to the changes….
The two delayed RFS dates are detailed below.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Strathmiglo
29/09/2004
21/10/2004
Auchtermuchty
29/09/2004
21/10/2004
The three improved RFS dates are shown below.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Ludgershall
09/02/2005
21/10/2004
Gosforth
20/04/2005
21/10/2004
Etchingham
01/12/2004
21/10/2004
The Register is carrying the news that BT Wholesale have dropped their LLU prices again this year.
The latest announcement, which follows from the one in May, sees the connection charge to service providers fall from £83.33 to just £37.00. Further indications of just how seriously BT is now taking LLU can be seen in their
Unfortunately for the residents of Great Smeaton, a backhaul cabling shortage has meant that their RFS date has been delayed. The date was originally set for the 24th September 2004, but has subsequently been delayed until the 24th of November.
HomeChoice, Easynet, Bulldog and now NTL have all issued announcements about new LLU rollouts this month. It seems that the recent LLU price cuts by BT really are attracting new investment. Anyway, a brief summary of the LLU activities of late seems to be in order…
HomeChoice have confirmed the deployment of LLU services to Deptford,
Today sees the shuffling of a further seven RFS dates. Four of these changes are significant improvements to the original RFS date set.
The three delayed RFS dates are detailed below.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Great Longstone
08/09/2004
29/10/2004
Barwick in Elmet
01/09/2004
29/10/2004
Wentbridge
08/09/2004
14/09/2004
The four improved RFS dates are shown below.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Heacham
13/07/2005
19/01/2005
Middleton In Teesdale
28/02/2005
13/10/2004
Willingham
20/07/2005
23/02/2005
Stock
29/06/2005
23/02/2005
In recent months I have been developing an availability checker backend interface that can be used by other sites to provide their own availability checker. Well, after some recent upgrades and the completion of the documentation last night, I’m pleased to say that it’s ready to use.
A number of sites have been using it already,
Shortly before seven o’clock this morning, BT updated their online systems for the new ADSL line limits.
To check if you can now receive broadband, enter your telephone number into the BT.com checker. Alternatively, you can use our own checker, which has been updated for the change in limits too.
Once again, it is advisable to leave
Tomorrow is the day that the new ADSL limits are put in to effect, allowing a further 1 million people to be able to access ADSL broadband.
However, a number of people have been in touch to ask exactly when the limits will take effect, and contrary to what many believe, it is not midnight tonight.
With BT’s busiest exchange-enabling month now behind us, we should see a decline in the number of delays occuring. However, this will be of little consolation for the residents of Abbots Bromley and Manaccan.
Manaccan, which originally had a RFS date of 1st September 2004, has now been issued a new date of 8th December 2004.
Abbots
The UK Broadband Usergroup are celebrating their first birthday in style by offering a years free subscription to Hi-Velocity’s uncapped 1Mbps ADSL service, complete with wireless router and a trip to a fancy London restaurant.
The competition ends 17th September at 10am, so you’ve got plenty of time to get those entries in!
You can find the
BT Wholesale have been forced to move a further three RFS dates back due to cabling issues. However, they have been able to move one exchanges date forward as well. The table below illustrates the changes.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Ramsbury
25/08/04
01/12/04
Manaccan
01/09/04
TBA
Nethybridge
01/09/04
26/01/05
Lyndhurst
13/04/05
17/11/04
The delays customers orders last week have all been rectified now too, so hopefully September will