BT has been publishing lists as to which exchanges have been upgraded, which ones are still awaiting a fibre revamp and which are scheduled to be updated sooner than others - now the telecoms giant has come up with a more exciting solution, mainly an interactive map which will inform users about what the current status of the exchange closest to their home is.

To use the fibre broadband availability checker, wittily called Where and When, customers simply need to punch in their post code and the map will automatically pinpoint to the closest exchange and what are the provider's plans for it - if any.

Of course, this did not make fibre rivals too happy, with some of them claiming that the map was not detailed enough and that it was launched too late.

Chief technology officer of Timico, Trefor Davies, commented that "it doesn't go into the detail by cabinet".

However the transparency that the map provides will allow users to always be in the know as to what exactly what BT's steps are.

BT also admitted that not all street-level cabinets will be up and running, even if they were upgraded.