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Would a fibre cabinet even be able to be placed near to the current cabinet, how would the fibre travel from the exchange to the cabinet, as the current copper cables travel underground to the exchange, which is about 2km as the crow flies,without digging up the fields?
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Edited by Loading (Sat 29-Jun-13 20:48:44)
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If the currect canles are ducted underground then fibre is put through a new smaller duct in the existing ducting
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Expanding on MrSaffron's reply, a plastic(?) tube is passed through the existing ducting. The fibre is literally blown through that tubing.
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What do you mean by blown, also how do bt choose which cabinet to upgrade, is it how many premises in the area,or?
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Blown - air pressure. Like you using a pea-shooter but with a string attached to the pea. (I think pea-shooters were made illegal many years ago, so you may not know what one is).
Which cabinets - a mystery.
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Yeah the pea shooters, if I get fttc, and the last leg is done by copper and is 3.5km what speed would I be looking at?
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The fibres themselves have an exterior waxy coating over the bundle, this is fairly rough, which helps the compressed air get purchase on the fibre. Also, a small 'bullet' end is crimped on, again providing more resistance for the blow.
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3.5k to the cab from your place ?
If so, you are looking at virtually no improvement, the faster it goes at the start, the shorter the distance it travels, VDSL gives up at around 2.5k.
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Yeah the pea shooters, if I get fttc, and the last leg is done by copper and is 3.5km what speed would I be looking at? Uh?   . as the current copper cables travel underground to the exchange, which is about 2km Where is the cabinet?
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Won't they be using vdsl2 and it is 3km.
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