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Aha! Thanks - it shows the distance for a post-code, but not a line number. The distance is 3.48km - about 2.2miles then.

But not distance from the exchange...or, at least, there isn't for the phone number I'm putting in. There's lots of info about the exchange, mind...

Neither show distance though...maybe I imagined it? They confirm the exchange name though - thanks.

Actually it's not that far at all...not sure where I got that from. A while ago I used BT's broadband availability page to see what speed they were likely to get (although they didn't go with BT) - this did identify a potential speed, distance from exchange and exchange name... Can't find...

Thanks all for the above - all good stuff and lots to think about/try. I'll be round to the place in question over the next week or so, so I'll post-back the results...

Ahh..that's really interesting...thanks! I didn't know this and I'll give it a go when I'm next round. They're around 6 miles. We're not expecting miracles here but just a stable 1MB connection (stability being the key). Others on the street do have a stable ADSL service, although one...

Currently a Speedtouch modem is connected to one of the extensions, although that's basically all that will work there. Sagem ones won't, and a new Netgear ADSL modem router won't get a signal there either. It's a recent discovery, with the modem router on loan, that it will get a signal when...

Ahh..that's interesting, thanks. The only reason I'm currently loathe to try the socket on the NTE faceplate without the extension connected behind it is that the ADSL connection works, albeit only with a speedtouch modem and with "issues", when connected to one of the extension sockets, so I...

No Sky box, but everything else does have a filter.

Someone I know has been having some real problems with their ADSL broadband from Tiscali, dropped connections during peak hours, only working with Speedtouch modems and not with Sagem ones. Not getting very far with either Tiscali or BT resolving this, but we noticed something on the weekend...

My personal experience with my Ravenheat CSI-85T hasn't, I would say, been fantastic - see here: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=619696#619696 In a nut-shell: dead timer, relay and blocked condensing heat exchanger (which highlighted an awfully crossed thread internally). I'm...

I'd check to see if the boiler you're thinking off has a specific kit for use with one of its vertical flue options through roof tiles. Mine did, and it was pretty straightforward to install - basically it provided a replacement for a single (concrete, reasonably large) tile and included a...

Well, it's fair to say that I'm new to this forum, although I've now just taken the time to scan back over your past postings Softus. Not something I realise I can now be bothered with - my mistake. To the OP - apologies, wayyy off-topic, and partly my fault. Wax fuses you say...mmm...

Ahh, OK, excellent - so one of the other reasons for Part P, aside from the laudable aim to protect us from cowboy "electricians", was also to protect the general public from people doing work on their own homes and risking other folks lives. So...with that in mind I guess there are some...

...and, in solving this problem Part P imposes the regulation inspection expense of work that folk wish to perform on their own homes, including some things that really are quite trivial (not to mention contradictory). I'm all for the regulation of cowboy tradespeople. I would, however, like...

I don't think anyone would argue that work shouldn't be carried out safely and in an accountable fashion. However, I'm sure plenty would argue that you don't need Part P to ensure that - at least the Scottish would still seem to think so even if the English and Welsh don't (or can't, at least...

...but Scotland is certainly part of the UK, and doesn't Part P apply to just England and Wales?

Well, what I can say for certain is that there at least was a reduction in the cost when we supplied an open trench; the mole for us was just used to get onto our property and into the trench. As I say though, this was a while ago, so I don't know if things are different now... In our case the...

We had Transco (as it was) install gas at our property about 3 and a half years ago - previously it had no supply. I remember us getting a reasonable reduction* on the standard installation by digging the trench from the front of the property to where we wanted the box. Then again, we live in...

mmm...a similar thing happened to me - except that I'm still with NTL and just wanted to tidy things up how I wanted it should I ever move back to BT. Contrary to popular view, it's not illegal to touch the drop wire and connect things how you want, but that won't necessarily get you very far...