Yoland's email distribution list seems to go far and wide - including some outside the area served by the Baschurch Exchange. And Infinity will not reach all subscribers of the Exchange anyway - some homes are just too far away from the Ruyton Cabinet or the Exchange itself - BT/Openreach plan to improve Broadband Infrastructure for around 95% of subscribers, but that still leaves around 100 homes with no improvement - and sadly, these are the homes with the worst Broadband BEFORE Infinity - for the same reasons. I suspect wireless is the only solution for these outlying properties.
You can check which exchange you are served from here:-
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search
Enter your phone number and it finds your exchange. If it says "Baschurch WNBAS" then you are on the right exchange for Infinity (we get Infinity 2, by the way - the latest version). If the website accepted your vote a year ago then I would be hopeful. It is not just the area code that is important - 01939 covers several exchanges, but if you start with 260, 261 or 262 you will probably be on Baschurch. But if SamKnows says anything else, then I am afraid you will have to wait to see what the Shropshire Council solution is - their website is here:- http://bit.ly/J3KfAe (everyone should visit this site and vote anyway - we need the whole of Shropshire to have Broadband)
But it will be some time off - they are still at the "assessing interest" stage - but they have been awarded a grant to help.
If you live in Ruyton Parish and are on WNBAS Exchange you are very likely to be served by the Cabinet near the Victoria Room. For the vast majority of homes served by this Cabinet you are already able to order superfast Broadband through your ISP, assuming your ISP offers a faster service. If the BT web site ( http://bit.ly/yoDWVS ) says Infinity is available when you enter your phone number, but your ISP does not offer SuperFast Broadband, then this is for commercial reasons rather than technical reasons. Your only option is to change ISP - either to BT or one of the others that is prepared to offer a faster service (there is a PlusNet subscriber already connected in the Village). But, sadly, there are homes in Ruyton Parish that are just too far from the Cabinet - mostly to the North and West of the Parish - Wykey, Eardiston, Shotatton etc. Even though fibre reaches the cabinet, the copper from the cabinet to your house is just too long. There is not a "wired" solution to this at the moment - but several people are looking at wireless solutions.
If you find you are on WNBAS but live in Baschurch and surrounding area (the East of the WNBAS area) then the BT web site ( http://bit.ly/yoDWVS ) will probably say "coming soon". This means you will probably be getting Fibre to the Premises (a direct fibre all the way to your house) This is potentially even faster than the "Fibre to the Cabinet" solution, but takes longer to install. The current estimate I have from BT is around end July - but this is a HUGE task.
Hope this helps, and lets hope you find you are WNBAS!
I'm happy to answer any other questions if I can, or pass them on to BT if I can't. Or visit the Broadplace on a Friday and I can look up your phone number for you.
Colin Case
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730
-- Yoland Brown Brownhill House, nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.com ShACC_uk.org Tel: 01939 261 121 Fax: 01939 260626
