Distance from BT Exchange

[DrShah101]

hi there am just wondering if any 1 knows of any program or website out there which can tell me how far my closest bt exchange is from my house if i give it a post code. just thought it would be useful thing to have with all these adsl speed increases no point on signing up to the max package when u live further than 2.5km away from the exchange and cant even get more than 2mbit

Thanks in advance !

[nitricacid4k]

samknows will tell you

[Shotgunjim]

Check the threads at the top of this forum which has loads of sites. And it is better if you use your number... gives a better idea of potential speed. The only truely accurate test can be done by an ISP...

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I think the BT website has a test you can run and check what speeds your line will be able to handle. They will most likely use the distance from the exchange to calculate this.

John.

[DrShah101]

yea bt tells me what speed i can get but not the actual distance if i put in phone number than i can get local exchange.

[slartibartfast]

As nitricacid4k pointed out, enter your phone number and postcode HERE then click on the BT ADSL button and it will give you your approx straight line distance.

This is still pretty useless though as the cabling could run all round the houses and be twice as long as the distance it reports. The best way to estimate what you can get is via your line stats.

[beerman]

Tried mine and got this:

You are approximately 185 metres from the exchange (straight line distance)

[jackdaniels]

This means nothing supposedly...i got 702m straight line distance. i rang Be and they said that i am actually 4000m+ of cable length away from the exchange so i cant get anything above 2mb!!

[Fusen]

well see the distance then look at a local map and follow the roads to your house, samknows is showing direct A-B, the copper cable isn't going to be doing this, it'll be following the roads

[oE]

BT will be starting to put DSLAMS into the green cablinates and on polls soon - this will reduce ranges from exchange requirements and allow for greater speed.

Unfortinalty inital plans for this are only for remote areas.

oE.