“ I've looked into my situation by scouring the internet for various sources of information on this.
I've found that I'm assigned to Barnet Cabinet 64. Armed with my information I've contacted BT Openreach twice and on both occasions I'm told "...not commercially viable."
I'd hazard a guess and say that Openreach have some sort of return on investment model which would include or have some variation of the following:
The anticipated costs for the installation of the green BT box.
The number of people the cabinet covers.
Anticipated interest and uptake of a fibre optic service if installed.
Some sort of present value calculation on the economic inflow that the box would bring (e.g. consumers paying for the service.)
The number of months/years that Openreach would expect a breakeven on the installation costs of the box.
If when the return on investment or breakeven point is calculated it doesn't reflect the desired economic inflow or doesn't breakeven within a desired period it would be deemed "not commercially viable."
I'm not saying this is exactly how Openreach operate I'm just replying to Paul (the previous posters comment.) to give some thought process when they say "not commercially viable."
The following link shows the cabinet your are served by when you use the address checker option on the website.
http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/ADSLChecker.TelephoneNumberOutput
If after the last rollout my cabinet hasn't been upgraded I'd be interested to hear from other people that share the same cabinet (64) as me.
What people can't grasp is that as IT moves forward your internet connection will be as important as receiving gas and electricity.
Poor internet coverage will also effect the value of your property. ”