As many residents will appreciate, we had issues when Cabinet 7 went live in January. This was due to a BT-OpenReach half-job which they thought they could get away with by assuming less than 40% take up of SuperFast broadband in West Wickham. According to BT-OpenReach, these issues have now all been resolved, so those waiting for the dust to…
Common Road cabinet accepting FTTP orders
The DSL checker, https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/, is showing up some numbers in Burton End as available for FTTP orders from West Wratting Cabinet 1 (on the Common Road). If you would prefer FTTP (if given a choice) and you see a small green box mounted on a telephone pole opposite, confirm with the DSL checker that you are live and place your…
Superfast Upgrade – some issues resolved, new still occuring
Some issues encountered with Superfast upgrade orders involving cabinet 7 have been resolved over the last two weeks, although there are still issues unresolved and new ones being reported. It appears BT-OpenReach and their contractors are slowly working through the problems with cabinet 7, so please be patient but please keep pushing and checking with your ISPs. Most ISPs are…
Superfast Broadband Upgrade – successes and failures with cabinet 7
While a few residents have reported being successfully upgraded to FTTC in West Wickham over the last week, a great deal more have reported their FTTC upgrades have been indefinitely delayed. These reports can be summed up as follows: most residents who are experiencing delays have had at least two activation dates missed and are currently waiting for new activation…
Broadband update 6 Jan 2017: West Wratting Cabinet 7 Live
Connecting Cambridgeshire has just emailed me with the news that West Wratting 7 cabinet has now gone live with fibre broadband. Residents connected to this cabinet should now be able to upgrade to fibre broadband (FTTC) with their chosen Internet Service Provider (ISP). Work is still progressing with the 2nd cabinet for West Wickham and Connecting Cambridgeshire still anticipate residents connected…
A1307 Haverhill to Cambridge transport study
Greater Cambridge City Deal (GCCD) A1307 Haverhill to Cambridge transport study progress: The draft Concepts Report and accompanying supporting reports published on 3rd February and available from the GCCD website. Greater Cambridge City Deal Joint Assembly meeting, Friday, 12 February 2016 2.00 p.m.
Air Broadband: Launched in West Wickham
The scheme has reached the 30 subscribers required to be viable. The process of ordering the leased fibre connection and planning the residential installations has begun, with the residential installations expected to be complete ahead of the fibre connection. This means as soon as the fibre connection is live, West Wickham residents will finally have access to Superfast Broadband. Air…
Air Broadband Progress: 29 Subscribers
The scheme is only 1 resident short of the 30 needed for launch. [Update 2016-02-01] The scheme has now launched.
Air Broadband Progress: 28 Subscribers
The scheme is only 2 residents short of the 30 needed for launch. For more details of this scheme see this post.
Air Broadband Progress: 25 subscribers
Air Broadband now have 25 confirmed subscribers, with only 5 more to go to reach the target of 30 required for the scheme to launch in West Wickham.