No broadband 4 me,

I am deluged with ads for BT broadband and was assured that when my
exchange reached critical mass it would be available; now I find that
there will never be broadband at this address as it would cost BT too
much to achieve bandwidth 8 miles from the exchange.
Our internet dialup connection duration mean that no-one can get through
to us and so a second line was ordered.
Again no can do says BT ... too expensive to lay more copper.



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ddwyer

ddwyer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am deluged with ads for BT broadband and was assured that when my
> exchange reached critical mass it would be available; now I find that
> there will never be broadband at this address as it would cost BT too
> much to achieve bandwidth 8 miles from the exchange.
> Our internet dialup connection duration mean that no-one can get through
> to us and so a second line was ordered.
> Again no can do says BT ... too expensive to lay more copper.

Ask about homehighway.
Get someone else at the same address to order a new line, I think
BT are required to in this case.

> > there will never be broadband at this address as it would cost BT too
> > much to achieve bandwidth 8 miles from the exchange.

BT have never stated that ADSL would be available at anything like that
distance.

> > Our internet dialup connection duration mean that no-one can get through
> > to us and so a second line was ordered.
> > Again no can do says BT ... too expensive to lay more copper.
>
> Ask about homehighway.
> Get someone else at the same address to order a new line, I think
> BT are required to in this case.

There is an upper limit of around £1,000 that BT are obliged to spend on a
new line. Of course you can pay the extra if you wish!

Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> ddwyer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I am deluged with ads for BT broadband and was assured that when my
>> exchange reached critical mass it would be available; now I find that
>> there will never be broadband at this address as it would cost BT too
>> much to achieve bandwidth 8 miles from the exchange.
>> Our internet dialup connection duration mean that no-one can get through
>> to us and so a second line was ordered.
>> Again no can do says BT ... too expensive to lay more copper.
>
> Ask about homehighway.
> Get someone else at the same address to order a new line, I think
> BT are required to in this case.

To add to this.
Any neighbours that may be close with broadband (wireless connection
to them).
Alternatively, bidirectional satellite is available, though a bit
more expensive.

Ian Stirling wrote:
> ddwyer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I am deluged with ads for BT broadband and was assured that when my
>> exchange reached critical mass it would be available; now I find
>> that there will never be broadband at this address as it would
>> cost BT too much to achieve bandwidth 8 miles from the exchange.
>> Our internet dialup connection duration mean that no-one can get
>> through to us and so a second line was ordered.
>> Again no can do says BT ... too expensive to lay more copper.
>
> Ask about homehighway.

At that distance they could be out of limits for that as well...