A useful little tool for you
 

I cant keep count with how many times we've all been asked "How do i know what region i am in?".... so, in response to this, ive coded a little tool for everyone to use that tells them ;)

Here is a tool where you simply enter your postcode, and it will go away and do its stuff.

Hope this will be useful :) Comments appreciated...

James

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

I put in my full M32 Stretford post code and

:confused: :confused:

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

useful tool... but the post a bit spammy?

also, your instructions say "Please enter your postcode with no spaces or dashes (eg. OL1 1ZZ)"

note the example you give has a space in the middle....

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that would be because you are in a Bromley region... the network is divided into "bromley" (old c&w areas) and "langley" (original ntl)

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Well...it works. A little ot but how come this thread disappeared (moved to mod only forum im guessing?) earlier?

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We needed it to perform medical research on it. It then became apparent that we were not going to find the cure for male pattern hair-loss using the limited data we had strived to develop so we ended the study early and returned it to this section.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!:)

The tool is simple but effective. :tu:

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........and a big round of reps for badnbusy please! :clap:

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

Alternatively, consult this map

1xx, 2xx, 6xx = Langley
3xx, 4xx, 5xx = Bromley

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...achmentid=3370

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/gets out magnifying glass :p:

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LOL I put CF23 in cardiff and it says Langley

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According to the map posted by altis, that is correct.
Area 220 Cardiff & Penarth is on the Langley platform.

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Being annoying, I put in a Westminster postcode, W1A 1AA, aka Broadcasting House - this is in the Westminster franchise, which wasn't Bromley or Langley (it was only developed post-merger and has no DTV from either platform, but the UBR is configured as per Langley but is EuroDOCSIS like Bromley areas, so it's a hybrid. Comes up as Bromley - would it be possible to make it come up as 'non-DTV ntl area' or something?

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Alternatively, consult this list.
If you're on it then you're on Bromley

SE5 Lambeth/Southwark
SE11
SE15
SE16
SE17
SE19
SE21
SE22
SE23
SE24
SE27
SW2
SW4
SW8
SW9
SW16
SE2 Greenwich/Lewisham
SE3
SE4
SE6
SE7
SE8
SE9
SE10
SE12
SE13
SE14
SE18
SE23
SE26
BR1
BR7
SE28 Thamesmead
DA18
EC2 City of Westminster
NW1
SW1
W1
W2
HA0 Hammersmith/Fulham
HA8
HA9
NW10
NW11
NW2
NW3
NW4
NW6
NW7
NW8
NW9
N12
N17
N2
N20
N3
SW6
W6
W12
HA1 Harrow
HA2
HA3
HA4
HA5
HA7
SO1 Southampton
SO2
SO3
SO5
SO9
SO14
SO15
SO16
SO17
SO18
SO19
SO30
SO31
SO50
SO53
SO22 Winchester
SO23
SO40 Totton/Hythe
SW11 Kensington/Chelsea
SW3
SW5
SW7
SW10
W8
W9
W10
W11
W12
W14
SW4 Wandsworth
SW11
SW12
SW15
SW17
SW18
W3 Ealing
W4
W5
W7
UB1
UB2
UB5
UB6
W13
BN43 Sussex
BN42
BN3
BN2
BN15
BN14
BN13
BN12
BN11
BN1
M1 GMR
M2
M3
M4
M5
M6
M7
M8
M9
M11
M12
M14
M15
M16
M18
M19
M20
M21
M22
M23
M25
M27
M30
M31
M32
M33
M40
M41
M44
WA14
M24 Bury/Rochdale
M26
M45
BL9
OL10
OL11
OL12
OL16
M28 Bolton
M29
M38
M39
M46
BL1
BL2
BL3
BL4
BL5
BL6
BL7
WN7
M34 Oldham
M43
OL1
OL2
OL4
OL6
OL7
OL8
OL9
OL11
OL16
SK14
SK15
SK16
KT4 Surrey
KT6
KT7
KT8
KT10
KT11
KT12
KT13
KT15
KT16
KT17
KT18
KT19
KT20
KT21
KT22
KT23
CR2
CR3
CR5
CR6
RH1
RH2
RH4
RH5
RH8
GU25
SM2
SM7
TW16
TW17
TW18
TW20
BR1 Bromley
BR2
BR3
BR4
BR5
BR6
BR7
SE9
SE12
SE19
SE20
SE26
TN16
BH1 Wessex
BH2
BH3
BH4
BH5
BH6
BH7
BH8
BH9
BH10
BH11
BH12
BH13
BH14
BH15
BH16
BH17
BH18
BH21
BH23
DE1 Derby
DE3
DE21
DE22
DE23
DE24
DE72
DE73
BB1 Blackburn
BB2
BB3
BB4
BB5
BB6
BB8
BB9
BB10
BB11
BB12
OL13
WA1 Warrington
WA2
WA3
WA4
WA5
WA7
WA8
CH1
CH66
CH64
CH65
CH66
ST1 Stoke
ST2
ST3
ST4
ST5
ST6
ST7
ST8
ST9
SO31 Solent
GU31
GU32
GU33
PO1
PO2
PO3
PO4
PO5
PO6
PO7
PO8
PO9
SK1 Stockport
SK2
SK3
SK4
SK5
SK6
SK7
SK8
CH41 Wirral
CH42
CH43
CH44
CH45
CH46
CH49
CH62
CH63
SK9 Macclesfield
SK10
SK11
SK12
LS1 Leeds
LS2
LS3
LS4
LS5
LS6
LS7
LS8
LS9
LS10
LS11
LS12
LS13
LS14
LS15
LS16
LS17
LS18
LS19
LS20
LS22
LS23
LS27
LS28
BD11
RM6 Barking Dagenham Redbridge Bexley
RM8
RM9
RM10
IG1
IG2
IG3
IG4
IG5
IG6
IG7
IG8
IG9
IG10
IG11
DA6
DA7
DA8
SE2
E18
DA5
DA15
DA17
DA1 Dartford & Swanley
DA2
DA3
BR8
CM16 Epping & Loughton
CM5
EN10
EN9
CT16 SE Kent
CT17
CT19
CT20
CT21
TN23
TN24
TN25
TN26
EN6 S Herts&Watford
WD1
WD2
WD3
WD4
WD5
WD6
WD7
E1 Newham & Tower Hamlets
E2
E3
E6
E7
E15
E16
E4 Waltham Forest
E17
E10
E11
HG1 Harrogate
HG2
HG3
HG5
HP17 Aylesbury & Chiltern
HP19
HP20
HP21
HP22
HP5
HP6
HP7
HP8
SL9
NE37 S Durham/N Yorkshire/Wearside
NE38
NE9
SR2
SR3
SR4
SR5
NR1 Norwich
NR2
NR3
NR4
NR5
NR6
NR7
NR30 Great Yarmouth
NR31
PE1 Peterborough
PE2
PE3
PE4
PE6
PE7
PE13 Wisbech & March
PE14
RM1 Havering
RM2
RM3
RM5
RM7
RM13
RM14
RM11
RM12
YO1 York
YO2
YO3
YO24
YO26
YO30
YO31
YO32

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

Thanks for the 'medical research' findings.

Has anyone had any problems with it so far?

monkeybreath - valid point, and it's now fixed. As you can see from the time I posted the topic is was late :sleep:

I have also updated it to provide the ex. c&w / original ntl statement.

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BBking, the actual database comes straight from ntl. Its not a static database. Maybe ntl should update their database to reflect the fact it's "neither". If you can provide me with the Westminster postcodes that are in question, i'll see what I can do server-side.

:)

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

I would check the list, but I actually live in (near) Bromley, so, er, don't really need to...

Re: A little useful tool for you
 

go on tell us your on Langley . . . it is NTL after all :D

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LOL. Wouldnt surprise me if you were Langley

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

OK...call me thick, but how do you get to the ntl_region page from the home page?

There doesn't appear to be a link to it.

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

it does exactly what it says on the tin

nice :)

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You cant get to it from the homepage. Its only meant for Cableforum users to use :)

In itself I dont think its worth creating another menu item for it.

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

How can a Glasgow postcode be Langley too?:confused: Clearly G73 is not Langley!

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

'Langley' is where the headend is that serves the areas that are refered to as 'original ntl' areas.

Areas that were originally Cable & Wireless franchises (like Manchester for instance), are served by the 'Bromley' headend

HTH.

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Langley in this sense means the 'Langley Platform', DTV/BB in areas that were run by ntl before the 2000 merger. Areas that were run by Cable and Wireless are known as 'Bromley Platform'. Both are silly and misleading names, IMHO.

e.g.

Glasgow, Nottingham and Oxford were ntl before 2000, thus are Langley
Manchester, Leeds and Brighton were CWC before 2000, thus are Bromley.

Edit: Damn you Neil!

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

Thanks for the clarification.:D

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

Updated the page to output "You are on the xxx platform", rather than "You are in the xxx area".

Cheers

Re: A useful little tool for you
 

OOOOOR

Alternatively when the NTL rep asks that question you reply "USE YOUR DAMN POST CODE CHECKER FOOL!"

It will give franchise area, CSR Centre (with internal and external contacts), faults centre (with internal and external contacts), and a whole lot more useful info! :)