Need broadband but no fibre in my area

littleredhen

Featured Products	Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)	Upstream Line Rate (Mbps)	Downstream Range (Mbps)	Availability Date	FTTP Install Process
FTTP on Demand	330	50	--	Available	--

SOADSL Products	Downstream Line Rate (Mbps)	Upstream Line Rate (Mbps)	Downstream Range(Mbps)	WBC SOADSL Availability
WBC SOADSL 2+	Up to 2.0	--	1.0 to 3.5	Available
SOADSL Max	Up to 1.5	--	1.0 to 2.5	Available
SOADSL Fixed Rate	Up to 0.5	--	--	--

Other Offerings	Availability Date
ADSL/SOADSL Multicast	Available

Exchange Product Restrictions	Status
FTTP Priority Exchange	N
WLR Withdrawal	Y
SOADSL Restriction	N

FTTP is not available.

The exchange is not in a current fibre priority programme

As a WLR withdrawal exchange, product restrictions apply

SOADSL is not restricted at the exchange

For all ADSL and WBC Fibre to the Cabinet (VDSL or G.fast) services, the stable line rate will be determined during the first 10 days of service usage.

For all SOADSL services,the stable line rate will be determined during the first 10 days of service usage.

Actual speeds experienced by end users and quoted by CPs will be lower due to a number of factors within and external to BT's network, Communication Providers' networks and within customer premises.

In order to be eligible for handback, downstream speed should be less than Downstream Handback Threshold values.

ADSL, ADSL2+ and SOADSL availability: If shown at FTTP or SOGEA premises,ADSL, ADSL2+ and SOADSL are not available to order due to WLR Withdrawal stop sell rules. CPs should order FTTP or SOGEA. Copper products are only available by exceptio

littleredhen

can you read that?

iniltous

A Talk Talk phone number won’t work on that BTw site ,  but presumably the OP used their postcode,
ADSL/SoADSL  is all that’s available according to the DSL checker , strange how the OP stated  Sky and others both have ‘fibre’ and no fibre at the same time  ….the BTw DSL checker shows no FTTC or FTTP but Openreach are not the only network provider .
If the OP is in a rural area , where the postcode covers a large area , it’s possible that some parts of the postcode can get FTTP but other very near areas cannot 

QrizB

littleredhen said:

can you read that?

Yes, that's great thank you.

I think iniltous has summed things up. The exchange checker tool says there's only ADSL or SoADSL available, which is what you've got now.

Neither of us can understand why you're being offered "fibre".

brewerdave

QrizB said:

littleredhen said:

can you read that?

Neither of us can understand why you're being offered "fibre".

Some ISPs now no longer offer ADSL type services - the fall back is presumably , "fibre" = FTTC

littleredhen

unfortunately I think I am going to have to stick with TT - I went onto a couple of sites independent of MSE but ones that had come up on the price comparison I did and they both say not available in my area! Thanks for replying everyone - it's appreciated

Timalay

Just because the Openreach network doesn't offer full fibre where you live, doesn't mean that there isn't another FTTP network where you live.  Where I live, for instance, I have access to three different full-fibre networks (Openreach, CityFibre, and County Broadband).  There is a good little tool on the Thinkbroadband site, where you enter your postcode, and you can select all the fibre networks, and it'll tell you which networks are in your area.  Failing that, if you can only get copper services, there is Low Orbit Satellite internet.  But this can be quite expensive.  The biggest one of those is Starlink, but there are a few others.

J_B

Timalay said:

 Failing that, if you can only get copper services, there is Low Orbit Satellite internet.  But this can be quite expensive.  The biggest one of those is Starlink, but there are a few others.

Or maybe one of the WISP services - we use https://www.airband.co.uk/ (awful c/s but that's all that's economically available). I'm sure other ones *may* be available.

Neil49

Have you checked with your neighbours to see who they use and the speeds they get?

An alternative is to walk around your neighbourhood with your mobile phone and check the names of the service providers wifi connections. It isn't a foolproof method but it may throw up a few alternatives.

If they all come up with Talk Talk then you are pretty much stuck.