fttc availability, bt says no, checker says yes, just curious...

[davidf2012]

anyone know why this checker suddenly says fttc is available for my phone number after a year of never showing any info about fttc? BT say i cannot order as it is not available, i know the speeds are rubbish but am curious why suddenly today it appears

BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER

Telephone Number xxxxxxxxxxx on Exchange BOWMANSGREEN is served by Cabinet 9

Featured Products	Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)	Upstream Line Rate(Mbps)	Downstream Range(Mbps)	Availability Date
	High	Low	High	Low
FTTC Range A (Clean)	3.2	1.6	1.2	0.8	--	Available
FTTC Range B (Impacted)	2.3	0.7	1	0.5	--	Available
WBC ADSL 2+	Up to 3	--	2.5 to 6.5	Available
WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M	Up to 3	Up to 0.5	2.5 to 6.5	Available
ADSL Max	Up to 2.5	--	1.5 to 3.5	Available
WBC Fixed Rate	1	--	--	Available
Fixed Rate	1	--	--	Available
Other Offerings
Fibre Multicast	--	--	--	Available

[legitimise_sailing]

You can't order infinity as the estimate is below 12Mbps but you can order FTTC from other ISPs who don't set a limit. the checker has recently been updated with the ranges A and B, so maybe that's why it changed.

A new service called FTTP-on-demand will be available to those who are connected to a fibre-enabled cabinet, but it's quite costly.

[fundog67]

How can the ADSL speeds be higher than the FTTC speeds ?? Is ADSL not on a copper line all the way or does it also run on the new fibre line to the cabinet ? just curious

[pippincp]

VDSL+VDSL2 (FTTC) speeds degrade quicker over shorter distances than ADSL.

VDSL2 will only improve speeds within 1000mtrs of a local cabinet and at that distance will only be somewhat equivalent to ADSL speeds though vastly superior the nearer to the cabinet you are.

BTW, yes ADSL is copper all the way from the exchange.