On 01-Jan-04 Syd Hancock wrote:
Hi Ted
My local "exchange" (actually a brick hut next to a pumping station) is Brandon Creek ( 01353 676 *** ) which, as it happens, is just inside Norfolk by a few yards.
I'm certainly too far, and on the wrong cable (4.9km of copper cable, much of which is suspended in the air); but the "exchange" itself has no ADSL kit in it, according to BT, and in any case it only serves a few dozen addresses. I've never found it on the trigger lists, but maybe my search was inefficient!
Here's the direct link for the exchange trigger levels.
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/availability/btprereg.asp?order=trig
Brandon Creek has a grand total of 9 pre-registrations! But no trigger level set so, as you say, could well be a candidate for wireless sometime in the future.
Good luck! Syd
Thanks Syd! (and 1 of the 9 is mine! -- I think I'll need that luck). I did a little sample of the listings, according to which all the trigger levels that had been set were at least 100; there were many exchanges with less than 10 registrations, with triggers at 100 or more, as well as the many with no trigger set.
These look as though they are in a similar position to Brandon Creek. If BT are looking for 100+, then places like Brandon Creek will never make it since there ain't that many subscribers on the exchange!
Ah well, let's hope for wireless then. I was just wondering if there was anything one could do to lobby for it in a region like this.
All the best, Ted.
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