exchange upgrades?

I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now, allthough
recently
this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can i find
out if/when my
exchange will be upgraded .I am paying for option 3 (unlimited) on bt
broadband and my
echange is in Grantham Lincolnshire.

Andy.

On Tuesday 01 January 2008 4:43 pm, in MID <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Andrew Bellamy ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:

> I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now,
> allthough recently
> this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can i find
> out if/when my
> exchange will be upgraded .

Upgraded to what ?

All of BTs DSL kit has been capable of 8Mb from day one. If you can't get
more than 1Mb, that'll be because of the line - not the exchange.

--
Ian...

"ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:j92dnatYAe8_5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tuesday 01 January 2008 4:43 pm, in MID
> <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Andrew Bellamy ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>
>> I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now,
>> allthough recently
>> this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can i find
>> out if/when my
>> exchange will be upgraded .
>
> Upgraded to what ?

ADSL2+ which will may well come with 21CN.

Details of when particular exchanges are due for upgrade can be found on a
BT website.


--
Michael Chare

Michael Chare wrote:
> "ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:j92dnatYAe8_5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Tuesday 01 January 2008 4:43 pm, in MID
>> <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> Andrew Bellamy ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>>
>>> I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now,
>>> allthough recently
>>> this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can
>>> i find out if/when my
>>> exchange will be upgraded .
>>
>> Upgraded to what ?
>
> ADSL2+ which will may well come with 21CN.
>
> Details of when particular exchanges are due for upgrade can be found
> on a BT website.

A friend who was already on BT just signed up for their Home Hub thingybob
and had it installed. Would I be correct in thinking this will never work
with ADSL2+ as he will need a whole new hub/router thingy?

(kim)

On Thursday 03 January 2008 7:24 pm, in MID
<hO-dnfnU3PDHq-(E-Mail Removed)>, kim ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
> Michael Chare wrote:
>> "ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:j92dnatYAe8_5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Tuesday 01 January 2008 4:43 pm, in MID
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>>> Andrew Bellamy ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:

>>>> I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now,
>>>> allthough recently
>>>> this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can
>>>> i find out if/when my
>>>> exchange will be upgraded .

>>> Upgraded to what ?

>> ADSL2+ which will may well come with 21CN.

Fair comment. I assumed, wrongly perhaps, that the OP felt they were missing
out on something that's generally available now.

>> Details of when particular exchanges are due for upgrade can be found
>> on a BT website.
>
> A friend who was already on BT just signed up for their Home Hub thingybob
> and had it installed. Would I be correct in thinking this will never work
> with ADSL2+ as he will need a whole new hub/router thingy?

According to BTs website, it claims to be ADSL2+ compatible.

--
Ian...

ian wrote:
> On Thursday 03 January 2008 7:24 pm, in MID
> <hO-dnfnU3PDHq-(E-Mail Removed)>, kim ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>> Michael Chare wrote:
>>> "ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:j92dnatYAe8_5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> On Tuesday 01 January 2008 4:43 pm, in MID
>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>>>> Andrew Bellamy ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>
>>>>> I have been stuck on a 1mb/s broadband speed for over 5 years now,
>>>>> allthough recently
>>>>> this has been falling to 512k for a fair chunk of the day. How can
>>>>> i find out if/when my
>>>>> exchange will be upgraded .
>
>>>> Upgraded to what ?
>
>>> ADSL2+ which will may well come with 21CN.
>
> Fair comment. I assumed, wrongly perhaps, that the OP felt they were
> missing out on something that's generally available now.
>
>>> Details of when particular exchanges are due for upgrade can be
>>> found on a BT website.
>>
>> A friend who was already on BT just signed up for their Home Hub
>> thingybob and had it installed. Would I be correct in thinking this
>> will never work with ADSL2+ as he will need a whole new hub/router
>> thingy?
>
> According to BTs website, it claims to be ADSL2+ compatible.

Thanks for the information. I shall pass it on to my friend and also bear it
in mind when I next change service provider.

(kim)