What does "awaiting capacity" mean??

I've been eagerly awaiting broadband where I live for a good while. The
local exchange was due to become broadband enabled on 28th Sept. It is a
small country exchange serving less than 100 homes.

I signed up with Plusnet a month in advance - and gave a months notice of
quitting to ntlworld :-(

When 28th Sept arrived, Plusnet took payment and informed me that the "line
is capable of supporting broadband" and that I could expect to be connected
in 7 to 10 days,

I emailed them after 20 days and they replied:

"Unfortunately we cannot supply you with broadband. You live in an exchange
where there is low demand for broadband, and we currently have no capacity
at this exchange."

So I signed up with Virgin/NTL who also said it would take 7 to 10 days to
connect me. I enquired about this by phone a few days later, and a pleasant
helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have to
wait until someone else gave it up!!

I phoned BT who could tell me nothing at all, except that it would be no
quicker if I signed up with them.

I wondered if anyone here could interperet the "awaiting capacity" message
or advise me where to ask. I've tried emailing BTWholesale, but have
received no reply.

rivenglo wrote

> I've been eagerly awaiting broadband where I live for a good while. The
> local exchange was due to become broadband enabled on 28th Sept. It is a
> small country exchange serving less than 100 homes.
>
> I signed up with Plusnet a month in advance - and gave a months notice of
> quitting to ntlworld :-(
>
> When 28th Sept arrived, Plusnet took payment and informed me that the "line
> is capable of supporting broadband" and that I could expect to be connected
> in 7 to 10 days,
>
> I emailed them after 20 days and they replied:
>
> "Unfortunately we cannot supply you with broadband. You live in an exchange
> where there is low demand for broadband, and we currently have no capacity
> at this exchange."
>
> So I signed up with Virgin/NTL who also said it would take 7 to 10 days to
> connect me. I enquired about this by phone a few days later, and a pleasant
> helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
> that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have to
> wait until someone else gave it up!!
>
> I phoned BT who could tell me nothing at all, except that it would be no
> quicker if I signed up with them.
>
> I wondered if anyone here could interperet the "awaiting capacity" message
> or advise me where to ask. I've tried emailing BTWholesale, but have
> received no reply.
>

Check out your exchange here
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/
If looks okay, contact your local paper and get them on the case. Yokel
papers have sod all else to do.

"MinusNet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> rivenglo wrote
>
>> I've been eagerly awaiting broadband where I live for a good while. The
>> local exchange was due to become broadband enabled on 28th Sept. It is a
>> small country exchange serving less than 100 homes.
>>
>> I signed up with Plusnet a month in advance - and gave a months notice of
>> quitting to ntlworld :-(
>>
>> When 28th Sept arrived, Plusnet took payment and informed me that the
>> "line
>> is capable of supporting broadband" and that I could expect to be
>> connected
>> in 7 to 10 days,
>>
>> I emailed them after 20 days and they replied:
>>
>> "Unfortunately we cannot supply you with broadband. You live in an
>> exchange
>> where there is low demand for broadband, and we currently have no
>> capacity
>> at this exchange."
>>
>> So I signed up with Virgin/NTL who also said it would take 7 to 10 days
>> to
>> connect me. I enquired about this by phone a few days later, and a
>> pleasant
>> helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
>> that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have
>> to
>> wait until someone else gave it up!!
>>
>> I phoned BT who could tell me nothing at all, except that it would be no
>> quicker if I signed up with them.
>>
>> I wondered if anyone here could interperet the "awaiting capacity"
>> message
>> or advise me where to ask. I've tried emailing BTWholesale, but have
>> received no reply.
>>
>
> Check out your exchange here
> http://www.samknows.com/broadband/

according to that site - which I haven't tried before: ADSL enable date: 07
Nov 2005

According to the BT site and http://www.behind-you.co.uk/scotland/ it has
been enabled for a while. Oh well I'll wait and see. Thanks

rivenglo wrote:
> "MinusNet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:436ea9f6$0$89605$(E-Mail Removed) enews.net...
>> rivenglo wrote
>>
>>> I've been eagerly awaiting broadband where I live for a good while. The
>>> local exchange was due to become broadband enabled on 28th Sept. It is a
>>> small country exchange serving less than 100 homes.
>>>
>>> I signed up with Plusnet a month in advance - and gave a months notice of
>>> quitting to ntlworld :-(
>>>
>>> When 28th Sept arrived, Plusnet took payment and informed me that the
>>> "line
>>> is capable of supporting broadband" and that I could expect to be
>>> connected
>>> in 7 to 10 days,
>>>
>>> I emailed them after 20 days and they replied:
>>>
>>> "Unfortunately we cannot supply you with broadband. You live in an
>>> exchange
>>> where there is low demand for broadband, and we currently have no
>>> capacity
>>> at this exchange."
>>>
>>> So I signed up with Virgin/NTL who also said it would take 7 to 10 days
>>> to
>>> connect me. I enquired about this by phone a few days later, and a
>>> pleasant
>>> helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
>>> that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have
>>> to
>>> wait until someone else gave it up!!
>>>
>>> I phoned BT who could tell me nothing at all, except that it would be no
>>> quicker if I signed up with them.
>>>
>>> I wondered if anyone here could interperet the "awaiting capacity"
>>> message
>>> or advise me where to ask. I've tried emailing BTWholesale, but have
>>> received no reply.
>>>
>> Check out your exchange here
>> http://www.samknows.com/broadband/
>
> according to that site - which I haven't tried before: ADSL enable date: 07
> Nov 2005
>
> According to the BT site and http://www.behind-you.co.uk/scotland/ it has
> been enabled for a while. Oh well I'll wait and see. Thanks
>
>

Occasionally the ready for service date is pushed back , this happened
earlier in the year to my parents exchange and resulted in a similar
message.

Rob

probs easiest / quickest to go back to NTL...

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> probs easiest / quickest to go back to NTL...


You mean dialup??? There is no problem getting dialup. I've signed up with
NTL/Virgin for Broadband and was trying to find out if and when I could
expect to be connected, and if the information I'd got about dialup here
being full up, was correct.

I think he meant for you to contact them and see what is wrong with the
exchange.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I think he meant for you to contact them and see what is wrong with the
>exchange.

Oh right. Sorry to be dim. I did contact them and a pleasant
helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have to
wait until someone else gave it up. I found that hard to believe hence this
post.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:58:17 -0000, "rivenglo"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:436f98a5$0$63056$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I think he meant for you to contact them and see what is wrong with the
>>exchange.
>
>Oh right. Sorry to be dim. I did contact them and a pleasant
>helpful chap said they were getting the message "awaiting capacity" - and
>that this meant there were too many people on broadband here and I'd have to
>wait until someone else gave it up. I found that hard to believe hence this
>post.

No, it was me that got it wrong! I was assuming you had NTL cable
broadband already not NTL dialup, and wanted ADSL broadband...

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:58:17 -0000, "rivenglo"

> No, it was me that got it wrong! I was assuming you had NTL cable
> broadband already not NTL dialup, and wanted ADSL broadband...

Thats OK. I'm rather prone to not reading the OP properly myself.