MaxDSL rollout

Assuming the recently announced trials are successful, does any one know
what "and a full commercial launch across the UK is pencilled in for
Spring 2006" actually means?

Does it mean that the roll out starts in the spring and if so have we
any idea how long it will take to get to all exchanges? Or does it mean
that all ADSL enabled exchanges will support up to 8MB before next summer?

--
John

jelv wrote

> Assuming the recently announced trials are successful, does any one know
> what "and a full commercial launch across the UK is pencilled in for
> Spring 2006" actually means?
>
> Does it mean that the roll out starts in the spring and if so have we
> any idea how long it will take to get to all exchanges? Or does it mean
> that all ADSL enabled exchanges will support up to 8MB before next summer?
>
>

They are still upgrading exchanges to ADSL - that's prolly 5 years
they've been pissing around.
That a big enough clue?

MinusNet wrote:
>
> They are still upgrading exchanges to ADSL - that's prolly 5 years
> they've been pissing around.
> That a big enough clue?
>
That was pretty much my feeling. How long ago did they announce SDL and
how many exchanges have got that?

Someone is trying to tell me that they've done a lot of preparation work
while doing the £5 upgrades to 2MB and they don't have to do much more
than flick a switch - I'm not convinced!

--
John

jelv wrote:
> MinusNet wrote:
>>
>> They are still upgrading exchanges to ADSL - that's prolly 5 years
>> they've been pissing around.
>> That a big enough clue?
>>
> That was pretty much my feeling. How long ago did they announce SDL
> and how many exchanges have got that?
>
> Someone is trying to tell me that they've done a lot of preparation
> work while doing the £5 upgrades to 2MB and they don't have to do
> much more than flick a switch - I'm not convinced!

Believe it or not SDSL is actually being rolled out but due to the
pricing policy there aren't that many takers.

The '£5' upgrades required little if any work at the exchanges (most of
the hold ups are/were due to the way the ISPs organised it), but they
are at the moment upgrading ADSL equipment in the exchanges to
facilitate better monitoring of each individual circuit which is part of
the process for the MAXDSL rollout...

Kraftee wrote:
>
> The '£5' upgrades required little if any work at the exchanges (most of
> the hold ups are/were due to the way the ISPs organised it),

I didn't think the £5 updates had anything to do with MaxDSL.

> but they
> are at the moment upgrading ADSL equipment in the exchanges to
> facilitate better monitoring of each individual circuit which is part of
> the process for the MAXDSL rollout...
>
Is there any indication of when this program of upgrades is due to complete?

--
John

jelv wrote:
> Kraftee wrote:
>>
>> The '£5' upgrades required little if any work at the exchanges (most
>> of the hold ups are/were due to the way the ISPs organised it),
>
> I didn't think the £5 updates had anything to do with MaxDSL.
>
>> but they
>> are at the moment upgrading ADSL equipment in the exchanges to
>> facilitate better monitoring of each individual circuit which is
>> part of the process for the MAXDSL rollout...
>>
> Is there any indication of when this program of upgrades is due to
> complete?

Now that will depend on which way the wind is blowing & whether the
accountants got laid or not.

In all honesty I don't think anyone can give a realistic, ballpark
figure. Having said the powers that be are getting more & more
conscious about high speed broadband, even heard it stated that in the
near future all voice calls will be VOIP, so you never know......&
that's the problem...

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:56:22 +0100, jelv
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>I didn't think the £5 updates had anything to do with MaxDSL.

the upgrading / reconfiguration of the backhaul connections serves
both the upgrades to 2M and future MaxDSL requirements.

Phil
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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:56:22 +0100, jelv
> <(E-Mail Removed)-o-m> wrote:
>
>>I didn't think the £5 updates had anything to do with MaxDSL.
>
> the upgrading / reconfiguration of the backhaul connections serves
> both the upgrades to 2M and future MaxDSL requirements.
>

Does that mean that any hardware changes required at the exchanges for
MaxDSL are already in place?


Stephen

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:25:59 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen Stewart"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does that mean that any hardware changes required at the exchanges for
>MaxDSL are already in place?

something like that. Maybe not everywhere yet.

It seems more like systems, procedures and fine tuning of the way 8M
will operate is the reason for the extended testing phase, rather than
waiting for exchange hardware.

Phil
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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:25:59 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen Stewart"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Does that mean that any hardware changes required at the exchanges for
>>MaxDSL are already in place?
>
> something like that. Maybe not everywhere yet.
>
> It seems more like systems, procedures and fine tuning of the way 8M
> will operate is the reason for the extended testing phase, rather than
> waiting for exchange hardware.
>
> Phil


I'll not hold my breath as I'm connected to an exchange out in the
countryside but that certainly sounds promising.

I'm only about 300m from the exchange and my stats are exceptionally good so
I'm hopeful that I'll get the full 8M if and when it arrives.


Stephen