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scootie
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Quote from: Santiago
I think the internet will be worn out before my exchange is enabled
21CN PSTN switchover target:  Q4 2010

was there no date for wbc santiago?. sounds like thats the date to switch the phone network over not enable for adsl2+
Santiago
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

This is where I saw it
BT Wholesale information
ADSL status: Enabled as of 08/10/2003
ADSL Max status: Enabled as of 31/03/2006
SDSL status: Not available
21CN WBC status:Not available
21CN PSTN switchover target: Q4 2010
scootie
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

did you get the information from the plusnet user site. give it try on here and see what it says http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/
Santiago
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

That come from Sam Knows http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php
Thanks for the link. From usertools I got this
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BT have advised that no current planned date for WBC on 21CN exists

Is that as bad as it can get?
spraxyt
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Quote from: Santiago
Is that as bad as it can get?

I assume the Samknows and UserTools information comes from the same public-domain source so both sites should report the same information, as they do, which is sadly no WBC roll-out date set for your exchange.
Does the Exchange History diary at the bottom of the Samknows Exchange Status page give any clue that a WBC enablement date was previously set but withdrawn (no longer reported) from mid-August 2008?
For my exchange the enablement date was originally 18/02/2009, withdrawn in mid-August, then set again to 31/03/2010 in mid-November 2008. PSTN switchover is targeted as Q1 2009.
David
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

I think this is as bad as it gets:
Wholesale Broadband Connect is not yet available in your area
There is currently no 21CN migration date for your PSTN service
Looking at the exchange history I see:
19/10/2006  BT have set a target date of Q3 2009 for the switch to 21CN for the xxx exchange
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

I have checked the Ripon exchange on via the link and it says it isn't enabled. However our office broadband has just been upgraded by Fairadsl to ADSL2+ and we are now on a 1.5mps connection that doesnt sound very fast but our line length is 6100m and we were only getting 512mb before. My house which is on plusnet is only 1 mile from exchange so ADSL2+ sounds  good to me. Smiley
Moderator's Note: Exchange checker says the Ripon exchange is esimated to go live on WBC on 31st March 2010. Hence moving this post to the correct thread. David (spraxyt)
Santiago
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

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Does the Exchange History diary at the bottom of the Samknows Exchange Status page give any clue that a WBC enablement date was previously set but withdrawn (no longer reported) from mid-August 2008?

There are only two comments in the History
29/10/2007  Carphone Warehouse (Talk Talk) has enabled the xxx exchange for their service
19/10/2006 BT have set a target date of Q4 2010 for the switch to 21CN for the xxx exchange
scootie
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

looks like bt are keeping there scrouge act up with your exchange santiago.
Santiago
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Maybe we will get electricity and running water as part of a package at the same time Smiley
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Maybe BT only withdrew the quarter-based enablement target dates when they knew they wouldn't be met. As experience is gathered the process could speed up so the later dates remain plausible.
Might as well look on the bright side. Wink
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

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Maybe BT only withdrew the quarter-based enablement target dates when they knew they wouldn't be met. As experience is gathered the process could speed up so the later dates remain plausible.

We've got about 379 exchanges scheduled to be done between now and the end of March 2009 (169 done already or scheduled to be done by the end of last month). Then the forecasted dates go 6 monthly up to March 2011 (apart from September 2010). Hopefully there's plenty of room for some of the dates to be brought forward and for the remainding ~4000 exchanges to get dates. I can see things speeding up once the process gets moving, but we'll have to see I guess.
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Moderator's Note:
Posts previously in this "Can't Volunteer" topic but mentioning 21CN Ready For Service dates up to 31/03/2009 have been moved to a new "Volunteers" topic here. I understand that Dave T will be requesting those affected by this to confirm they really do want to volunteer.
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

The  prefix of the local main exchange 01635 shows a CN date, but I am on one of it's satellite exchanges Chieveley (if that's right term), and that shows no date;  should that lead one to think BT will eventually get round to these smaller exchanges in local villages? Tongue
Moderator's Nute: Although the main exchange WBC Ready For Service target date is 31/03/2009, as noted in the post no date has been set for this satellite exchange. Hence post moved to the "After 01/04/2009" thread. One assumes 21CN preparations are being made in this exchange since its target 21CN telephone service date is the same as that for the main exchange (Q2/2009). David (spraxyt)
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Re: Can't Volunteer (Exchange to be enabled on or after 01/04/2009)

Hi,
Eventually all the exchanges should get done (there might be some of the really really tiny ones with less than 100 lines that don't but there aren't many of them). At the moment only about 1000 or so have had dates set (there are over 5000 exchanges altogether) over the next 2 years, we'd expect to see more dates come in as they start getting through these 1000.
Dave Tomlinson
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