A useful little tool for you - Page 2

badnbusy · 23-11-2004, 10:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBKing

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?

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.

Stuart · 23-11-2004, 10:34

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

daxx · 23-11-2004, 10:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by scastle

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

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

badnbusy · 23-11-2004, 11:31

LOL. Wouldnt surprise me if you were Langley

23-11-2004, 16:06

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.

Gareth · 23-11-2004, 20:34

it does exactly what it says on the tin

nice

badnbusy · 23-11-2004, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by XFS03

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.

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.

Cerberus · 07-12-2004, 07:29

How can a Glasgow postcode be Langley too?

Clearly G73 is not Langley!

Neil · 07-12-2004, 08:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerberus

How can a Glasgow postcode be Langley too?

Clearly G73 is not Langley!

'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.

BBKing · 07-12-2004, 08:13

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!

Cerberus · 07-12-2004, 20:12

Thanks for the clarification.

badnbusy · 11-12-2004, 12:54

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

Cheers

steven_azari · 11-12-2004, 17:07

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!