[QUOTE="~misfit~"] Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote: [snipped - Re: Actrix][QUOTE] I see they have a decent looking VDSL plan, and according to their online tool, my address now can now access VDSL.[/QUOTE] :-( No VDSL available at my place. I find that odd as all of the cabinets around here were replaced / refurbished ~18 months ago - after I already had ADSL2+ - A job that took months. I'd see the tech guys 'camped out' at different cabinets, spending several days at least at each one. (I assume that VDSL simply needs compatible hardware at each end of the copper? - 'Ends' being ISP at one end and a combination of exchange/cabinet and home at the other?)[/QUOTE] I'd expect it just needs the necessary hardware in the cabinet, a VDSL modem in your house, and a short enough span of copper from the cabinet to your house. Maximum useful distance for VDSL is much shorter than ADSL variants. The ISP doesn't need anything special to support VDSL, just a fast enough digital connection to the network of whoever owns the cabinet. 18 months might just be too long ago, so your local cabinet might have missed out on VDSL, or perhaps it is too far away from your house. A friend recently got VDSL after his local cabinet was upgraded about 6 months ago. I think his cabinet is about two houses away so he is getting very good speed.