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Please help (even if you're not interested in getting faster broadband) those of us in the northern and north eastern areas of The Village Quarter to get faster broadband by registering your interest.

By BS20ladz at 20:45 on 18/01/12

Have done it!

Would love to have BT Infinity!

By InfinityBB at 22:04 on 18/01/12
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On their site it looks like BT Infinity (fibre optic broadband) is now available in Portishead - sounds too good to be true!

By some_bloke at 16:02 on 20/02/12
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It is available and has been for six months or more.

By 3_2_1 at 20:24 on 20/02/12
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Infinity is not available in all areas of Portishead - particularly those in the north and north eastern areas of the Village Quarter. Please register your interest at http://tinyurl.com/yengfbh

By BS20ladz at 22:33 on 20/02/12
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Done.
Strange, yesterday it said Infinity was available at my postcode and today it's not.

By some_bloke at 12:10 on 21/02/12
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Keep trying some_bloke. It would be good to have all of Portishead Infinitied up!

By PissotPower at 12:11 on 21/02/12
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Having moved from Burlington Rd where I did have BTInfinity, to the other side of the marina, where I don't I have been waiting and hoping for a further round of upgrades.

BS20ladz, how did you hear that more cabinets are being upgraded? BT's own info is limited, as once they enable part of the area they give no further info on how many or which cabinets are being upgraded.

By TravUK at 16:53 on 23/02/12
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At this stage, they've not said which cabinets will be enabled, its more a case of which cabinets haven't been. These are 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, and 34. I've tried to extract why not and all they say is that its a numbers game and the financial viability of enabling each cabinet is what comes first. Sadly for non-shareholding customers, it seems that they're more interested in numbers than in service. Information about which cabinets are being enabled is made available at the end of each quarter (next announcement at the end of March/early April) so keep an eye on the ADSL checker website http://tinyurl.com/6krav4v which claims that there are some cabinets that will be enabled by 31st March so again, keep an eye on it. Perhaps distribute some flyers in your vicinity and urge your neighbours to register their interest on the BT website.

By BS20ladz at 07:46 on 24/02/12
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Thanks, when I run the ADSL checker it gives no mention of FTTC or cabinets due for upgrade, so I guess its still not even being considered. :-(

My cabinet is near the junction between Pheonix Way and Newfoundland Way, and I can only hope that the ever increasing number of apartments being connected to it will eventually mean enough interest is generated to get it upgraded.

By TravUK at 13:12 on 24/02/12
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How can you find your nearest cabinet? I'm curious where mine is.

By 3_2_1 at 15:16 on 24/02/12
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I think you have to do it the old fashioned way and go looking to see if you can spot one hanging out on a street corner nearby, I've not found anything online that maps the cabinets, only the exchanges.

By TravUK at 15:33 on 24/02/12
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That's right, but don't forget that the nearest cabinet might not be feeding your home. Opposite sides of streets can be fed from different cabinets. The houses opposite us can get Infinity but we can't :-( In the northern part of the Village Quarter, the ratio of cabinets (three cabinets - 30, 31, 32 and 34) to homes is higher and I think this is the reason why three of the cabinets have not been enabled (ie because it costs to enable each cabinet). Cab 30 (The Finches) seems to serve more homes so no wonder its been enabled. Also, three cabinets along the High Street have been enabled yet properties in this area would have already had the fastest broadband speeds as they are closest to the exchange which is off the High Street.

By BS20ladz at 15:43 on 24/02/12
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How do you know the cabinet number, is it marked on the green box?

By TravUK at 15:55 on 24/02/12
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I've never seen a green cabinet anywhere around here, yet it tells me I can get 40/6.5 ... ?!

By 3_2_1 at 17:06 on 24/02/12
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On the ADSL checker? That is BTInfinity then, 40Mbit download, 6.5Mbit upload, so your cabinet has already been updated. Lucky chap.

By TravUK at 17:19 on 24/02/12
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I'm not actually that keen to move. I only get 6.5 on ADSL2 (from O2), but am on a legacy unlimited and untraffic-managed tariff. Not sure switching to BT for £15 more and getting his with traffic management will be much better.

By 3_2_1 at 21:27 on 24/02/12
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Cabinets are often marked 'BT' and the cabinet number is often prefixed with PCP.

By BS20ladz at 22:06 on 25/02/12
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