I see that Open Reach (BT) are laying cable between Otley & Burley so I'm presuming that it is fibre optics so maybe we are going to get better speeds sooner rather than later.
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Started by catbazza, Sep 03 2011 07:28 PM
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Posted 03 September 2011 - 07:28 PM
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Posted 09 September 2011 - 11:04 AM
Yes, thats right.
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
Once we had eaten all the animals and bartered all our jewels we started to worry.....
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Posted 09 September 2011 - 02:11 PM
Wharfedale, on 09 September 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
Yes, thats right.
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
Thanks for the update 'wharfedale' it's much appreciated, but you mentioned cabinets which we don't possess near where I live in Burley the BT line comes overhead for about 200 metres overhead from Station Road so would Openreach renew the overhead cables as well.
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Posted 09 September 2011 - 04:13 PM
Thats a really good question and one that I cant answer with complete confidence as I am not 100% sure of what the final offering is going to look like....
However.....
If we were receiving the normal, commercial offering that other areas will receive then the answer would be that you may not be able to get the Infinity service at all because the equipment needs to be installed into road side cabinets and can not be installed into the exchange (my information may be slightly out of date as I have been a bit out of things for a few months) due to OFCOM rules around Interference – I’ll try to get an update on that...
However.....
Because we were one of the winning areas, we are also going to get some form of Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) which is what you may be able to buy – that’s brilliant news for those who can get it as it’s a far better way to deliver high speed services than over old copper telephone wire so you could be in luck.
I haven’t read this yet, but take a look at http://en.wikipedia..../Fiber_to_the_x
However.....
If we were receiving the normal, commercial offering that other areas will receive then the answer would be that you may not be able to get the Infinity service at all because the equipment needs to be installed into road side cabinets and can not be installed into the exchange (my information may be slightly out of date as I have been a bit out of things for a few months) due to OFCOM rules around Interference – I’ll try to get an update on that...
However.....
Because we were one of the winning areas, we are also going to get some form of Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) which is what you may be able to buy – that’s brilliant news for those who can get it as it’s a far better way to deliver high speed services than over old copper telephone wire so you could be in luck.
I haven’t read this yet, but take a look at http://en.wikipedia..../Fiber_to_the_x
Once we had eaten all the animals and bartered all our jewels we started to worry.....
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Posted 10 September 2011 - 09:23 PM
all very exciting
no risk of cable theft from the scrap men.
Remind me again why we need the option
of superfast down load speeds
subject to additional costs
terms and conditions apply.
no risk of cable theft from the scrap men.
Remind me again why we need the option
of superfast down load speeds
subject to additional costs
terms and conditions apply.
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Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:28 AM
greenhowleadman, on 10 September 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:
all very exciting
no risk of cable theft from the scrap men.
Remind me again why we need the option
of superfast down load speeds
subject to additional costs
terms and conditions apply.
no risk of cable theft from the scrap men.
Remind me again why we need the option
of superfast down load speeds
subject to additional costs
terms and conditions apply.
You can stick with your existing broadband if you like. There is no obligation to change.
Once we had eaten all the animals and bartered all our jewels we started to worry.....
The iBurley Team video.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 12:51 PM
Wharfedale, on 09 September 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
Yes, thats right.
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
The new super fast broadband deployment is a relatively large undertaking both financially and logistically. The work that was carried out along the bypass was the laying of the new fibre’s which connects Burley into Otley. Over the next four months you will see a number of Open Reach engineers installing the new road side cabinets and fibres back to the exchange building on Station Road.
We expect coverage to be in excess of 90% of the village and the great news is that the deployment will also include an amount of fibre to the home, not just to the cabinet – something that we wouldn’t have received as part of the normal, commercial offering.
I see the regional director from BT now and again and I am in contact with the National Programme Director for superfast broadband so will keep the forum updated when there is anything of interest to report. Progress will be pretty clear though as you start to see new cabinets appearing by the side of the road.
It should be noted that this is an entirely new network being delivered to not just Burley, but also Ilkley and Otley costing millions of pounds and not just the speeding up of current broadband. The deployment into Burley made Otley and Ilkley financially viable, and its great to know that the iBurley campaign has resulted in those areas getting the new network too.
Some people have mentioned concerns around Burley not always appearing on the roll out schedules – don’t worry, we are getting the new network
Interesting reading courtesy of the BBC-,
http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15180835
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Posted 31 October 2011 - 10:44 AM
Courtesy of Think Broadband -,
While we have known about the spending of £2.5 billion by Openreach (part of BT Group) to bring super-fast broadband to two thirds of the UK for some time and its original end date of 2015, we are now being told that the project is likely to finish earlier in 2014.
Hopefully any accelerated roll-out will not worsen the mixture of FTTC to FTTP products, i.e. the easier to install FTTC solution be used to meet the new deadline, the Independent tells us the mixture will be two thirds FTTC and one third full Fibre to the Home (FTTH). The further 520 jobs for engineers need to be taken in light of previous reduction in staff numbers (15,000 in 2009), so while any new jobs are welcome, in the longer term it would appear to be a rebalancing of skills within Openreach.
Hopefully the extra staff taken on to help in the building of this network will see their jobs extend well beyond this current roll-out, and with one third of the country seeing super-fast broadband arrive via a mixture of centrally funded, private investment and council money, there is likely to be work continuing for a few more years for these engineers at both Openreach and firms like Fujitsu and Cable and Wireless.
While we have known about the spending of £2.5 billion by Openreach (part of BT Group) to bring super-fast broadband to two thirds of the UK for some time and its original end date of 2015, we are now being told that the project is likely to finish earlier in 2014.
Hopefully any accelerated roll-out will not worsen the mixture of FTTC to FTTP products, i.e. the easier to install FTTC solution be used to meet the new deadline, the Independent tells us the mixture will be two thirds FTTC and one third full Fibre to the Home (FTTH). The further 520 jobs for engineers need to be taken in light of previous reduction in staff numbers (15,000 in 2009), so while any new jobs are welcome, in the longer term it would appear to be a rebalancing of skills within Openreach.
Hopefully the extra staff taken on to help in the building of this network will see their jobs extend well beyond this current roll-out, and with one third of the country seeing super-fast broadband arrive via a mixture of centrally funded, private investment and council money, there is likely to be work continuing for a few more years for these engineers at both Openreach and firms like Fujitsu and Cable and Wireless.
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Posted 02 December 2011 - 11:10 AM
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Posted 12 December 2011 - 10:23 AM
The forecast date for Fibre Optics coming to Burley is at the moment is June 2012, if you click the link & follow the furher links in the thinkbroadband bulletin you can check your own property forecast for any area.
http://www.thinkbroa...ews/i/4919.html
If you click on he orange "BT Wholesale" in the bulletin & enter your personal BT telephone number this gives the forecast for your home number.
http://www.thinkbroa...ews/i/4919.html
If you click on he orange "BT Wholesale" in the bulletin & enter your personal BT telephone number this gives the forecast for your home number.
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:26 AM
That's okay when it works!
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 09:42 AM
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Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line speed up to 2Mbps.
Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL Max broadband line speed of 8Mbps; typically the line speed would range between 7Mbps and 8Mbps.
The actual stable line speed supportable will be determined during the first 10 days of use. This speed may change over time, to ensure line stability is maintained.
If you decide to place an order, a further test will be performed to confirm if your line is suitable for the service you wish to purchase.
Thank you for your interest.
Please note that postcode and address check results are indicative only. Most accurate results can be obtained from a telephone number check.
Note: If you already have a Broadband service enabled on this line and you want to switch service providers, you will need to contact both your current provider and your new provider to get your service changed over new and existing service provider to have this service transferred.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 04:33 PM
Its getting closer!
You may have noticed a number of Carrilion and BT Open Reach vehicles in the village over the last few days and weeks with engineers working on the new road side cabinets which are now starting to appear around the village.
The first two cabinet are now in situ at the end of Langford Road and Menston Old Lane, pictures of which can be seen on the village website @ http://www.burley-in-wharfedale.org
We are working closely with BT throughout each phase of the deployment into Burley and will keep you updated with progress here, in the parish news letter and on the village web site.
You may have noticed a number of Carrilion and BT Open Reach vehicles in the village over the last few days and weeks with engineers working on the new road side cabinets which are now starting to appear around the village.
The first two cabinet are now in situ at the end of Langford Road and Menston Old Lane, pictures of which can be seen on the village website @ http://www.burley-in-wharfedale.org
We are working closely with BT throughout each phase of the deployment into Burley and will keep you updated with progress here, in the parish news letter and on the village web site.
Once we had eaten all the animals and bartered all our jewels we started to worry.....
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 05:54 PM
Another Infinity cabinet has made its appearance in Burley on Station Approach, see: http://www.burley-in-wharfedale.org/
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 04:48 PM
I'm glad I don't live next to one of the new cabinets I know they need power (not particualrly an environment improvement) but they are quite noisy as well. Ran past one this marning and thought it was faulty, until I ran past one again (in Rawdon) and it was making the same noise!
Do I have to
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