Superfast Fibre Broadband in Alderley Edge

Working in offices on London Road, we are currently unable to get Superfast Fibre broadband.

The AE exchange is enabled and more and more of the green cabinets in the village are now upgraded. However certainly our row of buildings, (and I suspect others) are connected directly to the exchange (not via a cabinet) and therefore cannot easily (=cheaply) be upgraded.

BT’s stock response is “We’re keen to bring Superfast Fibre to your area and are exploring how best to achieve that. We may deliver it as part of our commercial programme, or by working in partnership with your local authority.”

I’m posting on here to see if any other local businesses or residents would be interested in petitioning the local authority to help fund the upgrade?

Thanks,
Mark

I am confused - thought super fast had hit the area!?

Hi Dave,

The AE Exchange is enabled and many of the green street cabinets are now enabled, but for properties connected directly to the Exchange superfast is not an option. I don’t know how many properties in AE are connected direct to the exchange as getting any information from BT is proving very difficult.

BT simply say:
“The vast majority of UK premises are connected to a green roadside cabinet which then connects to the local exchange. However, a small proportion of business and consumer properties are served directly by the local exchange rather than by a green cabinet – so called “exchange only” lines. It can prove more challenging to bring fibre broadband to properties served by exchange only lines, but Openreach is busy working on solutions to achieve this.”
(From http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/faq/ )

Its all about BT’s commercial policies to extract as much as possible from us , i have same problem on London Road , whereas at home have virgin several times faster.
In reality though they should be connecting fibre direct to premises rather than the cabinets so as to provide the sort of speeds 1GB + that the rest of europe and other parts of the world are now enjoying.

I’m getting about 60Mb download and 16Mb upload from BT in Duke St off Heyes Lane.
That’s via the final connection of copper overhead cable.