Topic: Good news for would-be BB users

[Adept]

My exchange is at 190/300 At this rate I should have broadband for Christmas. Wayhay!!

A good site for researching your local exhchange's progress is http://www.broadbandleague.org

My local exchange is 255th on the list - not far to go

[DJ]

Nice site you've got there Adept.

Thanks for the link about my site as well - didn't notice it before! (WestbrookBroaband.co.uk). Though When I click it it doesn't produce anything!!

Good luck at hitting the trigger - I've only got a month to go before my exchange gets enabled and I'm starting to get excited

DJ1UK

[Adept]

You're right DJ - that link goes nowhere I'll fix it tonight :-[

I'm glad you like the site, seeing as I nicked borrowed some of the information from your site to make it

[Tony]

My exchange regs are growing daily as well, 175 0n Friday now 182/350.

At this rate it will hit target by 1st August "cough"
 

Adept,

Although Freeserve do not at present have a usage limit, some on ISPreview seem to believe one is in the offing. I cancelled my Freeserve today as I'm trying BT's Openworld £5.99 offer for the first month. It has a one days notice cancellation, then I will rty their Midband service at a tenner untill my exchange is enabled......ooops I must have nodded off there for a moment  

[Adept]

Woohoo!!!!!


I just checked the ADSLGuide Demand Tracker for my local exchange. We are now at 212 out of 300 8) It won't be long now :go:

[Sandra]

 It won't be long now

I think it was repeated a few more times in the Beatles song then ended with "Til I'm at home with you"  

[Clive]

BT Wholesale has published another 15 'ready for service' dates. Donna Young, Head of Strategy for Broadband Britain in BT Wholesale confirmed that BT have plans to release a further 400 trigger levels this summer. She also announced that at Internet World that BT Wholesale are aiming for 90% ADSL coverage figure by 2005. The 90% coverage should be possible if all the exchanges that have triggers now, plus the next batch of 400 all meet their trigger levels.

Exchanges ready for service on 1st August 2003:
Battle    


Exchanges ready for service on 13th August 2003:
Fullwood Linlithgow Longton Midhurst


Exchanges ready for service on 13th August 2003:
Alnwick Chipping Norton Cowbridge Maghull
Selsey Westerham  


Exchanges ready for service on 10th September 2003:
Shildon    


Exchanges ready for service on 8th October 2003:Aston Clinton Blundeston Bleadon

[Adept]

I just checked the demand tracker on ADSLGuide. My local exchange is now on 228 out of 300 registration required

Projected trigger date is Thursday 10 July 2003 (around 36 days to go). Yippee!!!

(I bet I get problems having my Home Highway converted )

[Sandra]

If you need any help setting your ADSL router set up when you get ADSL sorted Adept just ask  

[Adept]

Thanks Sandra - I'll bear you in mind when the time comes

[Camstop]

This is a depressing thread for me.. coz i don't even think my little exchange has 300 numbers never-mind registered for BB... >

[Clive]

Oh that's my wedding anniversary Adept!    See Sandra - I can still remember it without being prompted.  

[Sandra]

Do you mean to tell me that Mrs.Clive didnt tattoo the date on the back of your hand Clive

[Adept]

We're on a roll now! 8) 8) 8)

My exchange has made the front page of ADSLGuide's demand tracker at last with a whopping 244 people out of 300 registering. Won't be long now - Predicted Trigger Date:
Friday 04 July 2003 (around 29 days to go)

:go: Ammanford exchange

[Clive]

Since it's so obvious that the trigger level will be reached quite soon why on earth don't they just enable the exchange right now?  All they are doing is making people suffer unnecessarily.