[Wolves] proper reason why I cannot have ADSL

[Jon Farmer]

> I have just got an email from Pipex, a standard response explaining why i
> couldn't have ADSL, so I phoned them up, and they told me that I actually
> have Fibre Optic cable
> Whereas when BT came round to check the line they were saying the line is
> about 50/60 years old! I would have thought fibre optic cable would have
> been layed down much after copper cabling and certainly not 50/60 years
> ago!

Hi Jayne

The issue regarding fibre optic cable is as follows. If fibre is used
ANYWHERE between your phone line and the Exchange then ADSL is not
available. So even if you have copper coming into the house if there is
fibre between you and the ADSL enabled exchange you are out of luck.

Regards

Jon

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Jon Farmer
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