If as stated it may take up to 3 hours to complete an install, taking in to account travelling time and meal breaks, how many installs can an engineer complete in a working day?
In a smallish town/city how many FTTC able engineers would there likely to be employed?
With this service being new and in demand there would likely be hundreds of orders waiting attention if the many, many cabinets which have been in place for months were all switched on.
Is this the real reason why there is a long wait for cabinets in place to be enabled?