Broadband

A new batch of RFS date changes is upon us. Amongst all the bad news, Llanfair Caereinion has had its date moved forward 4 months.
The complete list of RFS changes is as follows:

Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date

Llangadfan
19/01/2005
06/04/2005

Llanfair Caereinion
27/07/2005
30/03/2005

Whiddon Down
26/01/2005
23/02/2005

Portmahomack
26/01/2005
09/03/2005

Milton Damerel
26/01/2005
02/03/2005

Airton
26/01/2005
23/03/2005

Gilsland
31/01/2005
04/05/2005

Hallbankgate
31/01/2005
04/05/2005

Stillington
31/01/2005
23/03/2005

Cheswardine
02/02/2005
18/05/2005

Patna
02/02/2005
02/03/2005

With 5 the LLU providers offering service and 2 others considering LLU as a viable way forward, London is getting a little crowded with providers.
The map here shows the number of providers per exchange.
Key.
Green - 3 Providers
Yellow - 2 Providers
Purple - 1 Provider
This shows LLU services only, not standard BT provided ADSL or SDSL.

Bulldog have rolled out to a further 8 exchanges this time 7 in London and the final area is Stevenage.
The exchanges are:
Addiscombe
Colindale
Deptford
Kensington Gardens
Norbury
Stevenage
Thornton Heath
West Kensington
Updated list can be found here
Or use our coverage checker here
Hopefully this is a aggressive start to the year from all LLU providers, with further news expected from Easynet / UKOnline

Today we have been informed that Bulldog is offering LLU services outside of M25.
The 7 areas are listed below:
Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Leagrave, Luton
Luton, Luton
Hoddesdon, Herts
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Basildon, Essex
Boreham, Chelmsford
In addition they have enabled a further 11 exchanges within the M25 to bring the total to 78.
A full list can be found here
Interestingly they list Uxbridge as being

Following a successful three month trial, BT Wholesale have announced that the trial for IP Stream 2000 has completed and the product will be launched on the 10/02/2005.
Whilst many ISP’s have been offering 2Mbps connections for a reasonable price for some time now, these have been based upon Office 20:1 connections. This new product extends

BT Wholesale have announced a further four delayed RFS dates. These are as follows:

Exchange
Old RFS date
New RFS date

Llangadfan
19/01/2005
TBA

Moulton Chapel
12/01/2005
09/02/2005

Owersby Moor
19/01/2005
16/03/2005

Reston
19/01/2005
16/03/2005

Whilst I’m writing this, I feel I should apologise for the lack of updates to the site lately. I’m well aware that many of the maps need regenerating in particularl! Once the approaching exams are out