have BT increased the line again?

Have BT recently extended the adsl range to over 6km???

I just checked my phone number again on the checker and instead of the usual
"your exchange is enabled but you are too far..." I now get "you may be
able to have broadband adsl up to 512k

This is certainly promising, but I have not heard anything on the grapevines

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"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bpondn$nku$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have BT recently extended the adsl range to over 6km???
>
> I just checked my phone number again on the checker and instead of the
usual
> "your exchange is enabled but you are too far..." I now get "you may be
> able to have broadband adsl up to 512k
>
> This is certainly promising, but I have not heard anything on the
grapevines

Last increased in September but the recent BT announcement
(http://www.btplc.co.uk/Mediacentre/A...003/nr0345.htm)
does say:

"Today's announcement still leaves 600 of the very smallest exchanges
without a trigger level, each serving fewer than 300 customers. Ten of these
serve fewer than ten customers each. These areas, serving around 100,000
households, will also require different partnership investment approaches to
receive broadband. There is then the issue of how to address the small
percentage of people who live in already enabled areas but who are currently
unable to get DSL broadband.

BT is currently trialling encouraging new wireless solutions and is working
to extend the physical reach of DSL from enabled exchanges."

So they are working on something - just try applying and see what happens..
maybe BT have done some work on the local loop in your area and your line
quality may have improved etc..

Regards
Sunil

On 22/11/03 10:19 pm, in article bpondn$nku$(E-Mail Removed),
"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Have BT recently extended the adsl range to over 6km???
>
> I just checked my phone number again on the checker and instead of the usual
> "your exchange is enabled but you are too far..." I now get "you may be
> able to have broadband adsl up to 512k
>
> This is certainly promising, but I have not heard anything on the grapevines
>
Sorry to be a tad impolite but what grapevine are you on ? Every broadband
NG has been full of this question for about six months ! And the trials and
the answers ....

Sunil Sood wrote:
> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bpondn$nku$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Have BT recently extended the adsl range to over 6km???
>>
>> I just checked my phone number again on the checker and instead of
>> the usual "your exchange is enabled but you are too far..." I now
>> get "you may be able to have broadband adsl up to 512k
>>
>> This is certainly promising, but I have not heard anything on the
>> grapevines
>
> Last increased in September but the recent BT announcement
> (http://www.btplc.co.uk/Mediacentre/A...003/nr0345.htm)
> does say:
>
> "Today's announcement still leaves 600 of the very smallest exchanges
> without a trigger level, each serving fewer than 300 customers. Ten
> of these serve fewer than ten customers each. These areas, serving
> around 100,000 households, will also require different partnership
> investment approaches to receive broadband. There is then the issue
> of how to address the small percentage of people who live in already
> enabled areas but who are currently unable to get DSL broadband.
>
> BT is currently trialling encouraging new wireless solutions and is
> working to extend the physical reach of DSL from enabled exchanges."
>
> So they are working on something - just try applying and see what
> happens.. maybe BT have done some work on the local loop in your area
> and your line quality may have improved etc..

Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line which is
isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so maybe they have done
something to the line. The exchange has been enabled for about 3 years now,
its just us too far from the exchange. I am going to apply, I hope its not
a false start.

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bpoo3r$gm4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line which is
> isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so maybe they have done
> something to the line. The exchange has been enabled for about 3 years
now,
> its just us too far from the exchange. I am going to apply, I hope its
not
> a false start.

Well I'm sure I don't need to tell you to go for an HH-->ADSL conversion
just in case it fails!

Unfortunately, the line checkers are not the most accurate, especially if
its an ISDN line:/

Good Luck

Regards
Sunil

Graham in Melton wrote:
> On 22/11/03 10:19 pm, in article bpondn$nku$(E-Mail Removed),
> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Have BT recently extended the adsl range to over 6km???
>>
>> I just checked my phone number again on the checker and instead of
>> the usual "your exchange is enabled but you are too far..." I now
>> get "you may be able to have broadband adsl up to 512k
>>
>> This is certainly promising, but I have not heard anything on the
>> grapevines
>>
> Sorry to be a tad impolite but what grapevine are you on ? Every
> broadband NG has been full of this question for about six months !
> And the trials and the answers ....


Well I knew they increased the line to 6km but I am unaware of any further
increases.

Sunil Sood wrote:
> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bpoo3r$gm4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line
>> which is isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so maybe
>> they have done something to the line. The exchange has been enabled
>> for about 3 years now, its just us too far from the exchange. I am
>> going to apply, I hope its not a false start.
>
> Well I'm sure I don't need to tell you to go for an HH-->ADSL
> conversion just in case it fails!
>
> Unfortunately, the line checkers are not the most accurate,
> especially if its an ISDN line:/

I have placed an order on the normal line. The checker for that line was a
definite no no. I dont care what line it is on, as long as I get the
service.

Sunil Sood wrote:
> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bpoo3r$gm4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line
>> which is isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so maybe
>> they have done something to the line. The exchange has been enabled
>> for about 3 years now, its just us too far from the exchange. I am
>> going to apply, I hope its not a false start.
>
> Well I'm sure I don't need to tell you to go for an HH-->ADSL
> conversion just in case it fails!
>
> Unfortunately, the line checkers are not the most accurate,
> especially if its an ISDN line:/

Another reason for the line checker now showing a good result is maybe after
they increased the line length I applied too soon. I last applied for BB as
soon as I heard they increased it to 6km, maybe they just had not updated
their database at that time.
Fingers crossed that it passes the tests, but I am not holding my breathe
waiting

In article <bpooo7$qvf$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Sunil Sood wrote:
> > "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:bpoo3r$gm4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line
> >> which is isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so maybe
> >> they have done something to the line. The exchange has been enabled
> >> for about 3 years now, its just us too far from the exchange. I am
> >> going to apply, I hope its not a false start.
> >
> > Well I'm sure I don't need to tell you to go for an HH-->ADSL
> > conversion just in case it fails!
> >
> > Unfortunately, the line checkers are not the most accurate,
> > especially if its an ISDN line:/
>
> I have placed an order on the normal line. The checker for that line was a
> definite no no. I dont care what line it is on, as long as I get the
> service.
>
>
>
I take it that you are not going to go back with BTopenworld Beck???

Adam Davies wrote:
> In article <bpooo7$qvf$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> Sunil Sood wrote:
>>> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:bpoo3r$gm4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Thanks Sunil. It does look promising. I checked my other line
>>>> which is isdn, and it said I was too far from the exchange, so
>>>> maybe they have done something to the line. The exchange has been
>>>> enabled for about 3 years now, its just us too far from the
>>>> exchange. I am going to apply, I hope its not a false start.
>>>
>>> Well I'm sure I don't need to tell you to go for an HH-->ADSL
>>> conversion just in case it fails!
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, the line checkers are not the most accurate,
>>> especially if its an ISDN line:/
>>
>> I have placed an order on the normal line. The checker for that
>> line was a definite no no. I dont care what line it is on, as long
>> as I get the service.
>>
>>
>>
> I take it that you are not going to go back with BTopenworld Beck???


Silly question, of course I am :-)
Been with them for 5 years from dial up to broadband (previous address) to
dial up then isdn. I have had an excellent service and see no reason to
change :-)