Three more exchanges dotted around the countries have had their RFS dates put back. Once again, the primary reason seems to be cabling, although in the case of Balfron there is apparently difficulty in acquiring the necessary exchange hardware.
The list is as follows:
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Llanrhaeadr
01/12/2004
05/01/2005
Balfron
24/11/2004
15/12/2004
Gilberdyke
01/12/2004
05/01/2005
Apologies for not putting this list up sooner, I’ve
This week sees the release of seven delayed ‘Ready for Service’ dates, and one improved one. Nearly all of the delays can be put down to cabling or ducting issues, which can take some time to resolve - particularly when new problems are discovered afterwards.
The changes are detailed below.
Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date
Guilsfield
24/11/2004
12/01/2005
Knockin
08/12/2004
12/01/2005
Ladybank
24/11/2004
22/12/2004
Llanstephan
01/12/2004
22/12/2004
St. Fergus
01/12/2004
14/01/2005
Bainbridge
08/12/2004
28/01/2005
Mark Moor
26/04/2005
12/01/2005
BT today announced that they will rollout SDSL to a further 1000 exchanges
in two batches of 500. The first batch is due to be announced end of January 2005 the second batch by August 2005.
The BT press release can be found here.
Existing coverage of SDSL exchanges can be found here. There are currently 116 exchanges
UKOnline, a subsidary of EasyNet, have announced their plans to launch 8Mbps broadband for £39.99 from April next year. The service is unsurprisingly based upon EasyNet’s LLU deployment, meaning that it should be available at 236 exchanges nationwide by the time of release.
Distance restrictions will mean that around 50% of people on an exchange will
Four more exchanges, due to be enabled on the 17th of November (this Wednesday), have had their RFS dates delayed until December.
Dalbeattie, Tayside and Inchture have all been delayed until the 8th of December. Whitehills has been delayed until the 22nd of December.
Users of Telewest’s Blueyonder service must be having a great year so far - first a free speed boost back in August, and now another penciled in for Christmas. All products with the exception of the 256Kbps product will have their speeds increased. The 3Mbps product will be taken to 4Mbps (rivaling Bulldogs 4Mbps services,
BT Wholesale have announced six more SDSL ready for service dates. Cricklewood, Edinburgh Donaldson, Feltham, Southend, Stafford and Staines will all be able to receive BT Wholesale provided SDSL products by November 30th.
By the end of November, there will be 224 BT SDSL enabled exchanges nationwide. They aim to have the remaining 76 exchanges without
The residents of Albrighton will not have been too pleased when they heard that their RFS date had been delayed again. However, by now they are probably getting used tto it, as it is the third time it has been pushed back.
Originally scheduled to go live on 21st July 2004, it was delayed until 29th