Exeter FTTx Spotting

I've created a Photobucket album of the Fibre demployment around Exeter so if anyone's interested on progress and type of kit etc, have a look:

Also if you have any of your own, why not link them in this thread?

http://www.photobucket.com/wwextrfttx

N pics (yet), but thought I'd say the pole connecting the end of Salters Road and Lisa Close in Heavitree has the black & yellow striped fibre running to the top, connected to a new box. The work was done about a month ago.

That'll be FTTP then 110MB doth Heavitree way come

Great pics - thanks for the confirmation on the small box is the 128line version of the FTTC cab. I've seen one of the large boxes about a mile from me, and some small boxes the other end of the estate. Sadly still waiting for my cab to be FTTC'd.

Those who get FTTP are lucky so-and-so's

That pole serves my house and the infamous spreadsheet says 5a FTTP rollout to my postcode. Just waiting to hear back from the Chairman's office as to when a senior engineer says it's going to happen.

I'll see if I can get some pics sorted tomorrow.

In reply to a post by beercan:

That pole serves my house and the infamous spreadsheet says 5a FTTP rollout to my postcode. Just waiting to hear back from the Chairman's office as to when a senior engineer says it's going to happen.

I'll see if I can get some pics sorted tomorrow.

Superb. Good luck with getting FTTP sorted. I get the keys to my new flat on the 18th which is also on the FTTP rollout as opposed to FTTC but I'm not in too much of a rush as I'm having Virgin installed anyway.

I think most parts of Exeter go live on 30th September. There's allegedly an 0800 number you can call to get BT Retail's FTTP Trial but I don't know the whole number

Edited by deleted (Fri 08-Jul-11 06:24:53)

Here's a collection of images from the newly upgraded pole serving my house.
The pole is *BELIEVED* to be an FTTP pole.
LMK what you think if you will?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_beer/sets/7215762...

I think the black and yellow tube is the fibre tubing and the rest is the existing copper line plant

Yep, that'd be it. Strange capping on the top of it, but as you say, all the rest is copper stuff. I presume the new 4 box will be to house the fibre node ?

Is the "new 4 box" the one on the pole with fibre (where the box is long and thin, with external ribbing), or on the other pole (more square, with smooth external walls)?

Here's a story on TBB about the fibre install. There's a link to pictures of a fibre manifold, and one can also be seen in the manhole chamber.

The manifold at the top of the pole looks identical to the one in the chamber.

A '4 box', is a JF4 (Joint Footway), the box shown in the pavement.

I'm tempted to open it and have a look...

I'm tempted to open it and have a look...

Trust me, you'll find it wasn't worth the bother.

Oh, and of course if you get spotted, someone will think you are a 'do-as-you-likey' trying the thieve copper, and you'll get nicked.

Edited by Zarjaz (Sun 10-Jul-11 09:50:05)