Has my line been moved?

My Exchange, NSDEN, has had FTTC for just under 3 years now but I have never been able to order anything due to having an Exchange Only line *Sad Face*

However, I have just got an email from Sky telling me that Sky Fibre is now available and right enough I have a predicted speed of between 68-80mbps

BT Wholesale checker shows me on Cab 71, where as before it never gave a cabinet number at all. So has my line been moved onto this cab or is it a new built cabinet?

with an estimate speed that high I would assume the cabinet is nearby and no in the exchange as its about 1/2 a mile away.

Does anyone have any details on where Cab 71 on the Aberdeen Denburn exchange is so I can go hunting for it.

Superfast OR and Digital Scotland sites both quote my speed estimate as 79mbps and both confirm the Cab 71

One easy answer, is Yes.
If before it just either said your landline number is connected to X Exchange and that's it or your address is connected to X Exchange and that's it then yes that's an EO Line.

But if its now giving you a cabinet number after your exchange name then you are now connected to a cabinet.

Like for example the following address use to say:

Address 100, STEVENSON COURT, STEVENSON STREET, ABERDEEN, AB25 1GS on Exchange ABERDEEN DENBURN

but now says

Address 100, STEVENSON COURT, STEVENSON STREET, ABERDEEN, AB25 1GS on Exchange ABERDEEN DENBURN is served by Cabinet 71

and seems to be able to get FTTC.

Paul

Cheers Paul!

You wouldn't happen to know where Cab 71 is?

Most likely, this is a network rearrangement of exchange only lines onto a newly built cabinet as part of the local BDUK project works.

I don't have any specific information - all I can do is give you the most likely scenario.

In reply to a post by connormill:

Cheers Paul!

You wouldn't happen to know where Cab 71 is?

Nah, just took a look on Google maps, but a lot of that area hasn't been visited by them since 2009.
Give me a little while to work out the rough area it could be due to speeds.

Paul

Don't think it is at the exchange for this one but close to AB25 1GT

The cabinet at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.148657,-2.109748,3... is cabinet 87, but would be a candidate for standing another cabinet there to serve the EO clusters in the area. Watch out as cabs 50 and 76 are also fairly close if out walking and looking for it.

Well I live in London Sooo I wouldn't be out looking for them

Just trying to narrow the area down to using the speed.

Paul

Not you, but the original poster. A lat/lng for where the cabinet is, or at worst the location in terms of which street corner would help to correct my estimates which are worst case with cab at exchange for now.

I knew what you meant

Paul

Well I found loads of cabinets all around that area, including your exchange:

[Cabinet 1 ???]
https://goo.gl/maps/xz1s2

[Cabinet 3]
https://goo.gl/maps/KjkfS

[Cabinet 71 ???]
https://goo.gl/maps/34lGW

[Cabinet 71 ???]
https://goo.gl/maps/KvcuJ

[Cabinet 76]
https://goo.gl/maps/IcbGM

[Exchange]
https://goo.gl/maps/MzGCD

I did find more cabinets, but my browser crashed and lost them

But going by the speeds etc, postcodes AB25 1GS and AB25 1GT (lower end 66.9 -> 80.0 | 64.0 -> 80.0 upper end) are the closest to your cabinet (where ever it is) and then its postcode AB25 1GU (64.0 -> 80.0)

It also doesn't help when Google maps are a bit behind
All you have to do is take walks between your postcode and the exchange and you will see some cabinets.

Paul

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Don't think it is at the exchange for this one but close to AB25 1GT

The cabinet at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.148657,-2.109748,3... is cabinet 87, but would be a candidate for standing another cabinet there to serve the EO clusters in the area. Watch out as cabs 50 and 76 are also fairly close if out walking and looking for it.

I have a suspicion that this is Cab 71 as it ties in with Paul's reply to another thread that the speed is higher for lower numbered houses as they are closer to this cab.

I've just been out look at it and it has no number written on it, I have some photos here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_VyTsTOrs97...

It would appear to be a totally new cab as it's not on this google street view: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.148693,-2.113153,3...

And here is it on a map in relation to my house: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_VyTsTOrs97NnJGZjd...

Edited by connormill (Mon 13-Apr-15 20:01:57)

That may or may not be cabinet 71, its a good chance it is, but I think another cabinet serves near that area, don't recall the number.

Also that wide cabinet on the left of your pictures seems to look like the new PCP Cabinets, we recently had our old one replace to one of those.

Also found cabinet 27
https://goo.gl/maps/b7ult

*** Update ***
Nope you maybe right and Andrew already said where cabinet 87 is which was what I thought it was, its just that for that distance you should be getting higher speeds than that, unless the copper lines go half a mile down the road and back on itself to that location.

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Mon 13-Apr-15 20:29:36)

I've had a PM from another forum user confirming that the PCP and FTTC Cabinet i photographed was indeed 71.

I have decided to just pull the trigger and placed an order for PlusNet's 80/20 FTTC Service.

Can anyone tell me if they use the OR FTTC Modem or an all in one like the BT HomeHub 5? Really hope its the OR Modem, as that would fit in with my current set up just fine.

Plusnet is OR modem

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

That may or may not be cabinet 71, its a good chance it is, but I think another cabinet serves near that area, don't recall the number.

Also that wide cabinet on the left of your pictures seems to look like the new PCP Cabinets, we recently had our old one replace to one of those.

Also found cabinet 27
https://goo.gl/maps/b7ult

*** Update ***
Nope you maybe right and Andrew already said where cabinet 87 is which was what I thought it was, its just that for that distance you should be getting higher speeds than that, unless the copper lines go half a mile down the road and back on itself to that location.

Paul

The cabinet on the left on the picture is the current PCP model in use. They are using up the stocks of those as there's a new model that's finished trials and is ready to go so they should start showing up soon.

Does anyone know what type of FTTC this one is, and if getting a Huawei/ECI modem will make any difference to the sync speeds

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_VyTsTOrs97...

In reply to a post by connormill:

Does anyone know what type of FTTC this one is, and if getting a Huawei/ECI modem will make any difference to the sync speeds

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_VyTsTOrs97...

ECI cabinet

The DSL checker says that address is served by Cabinet 86

Looking at those images they immediately shouted ABERDEEN at me.

It's one of the small Huawei cabs. ECI cabs have more ventilation slots on the front.

In reply to a post by simon194:

It's one of the small Huawei cabs. ECI cabs have more ventilation slots on the front.

With that in mind, is there any noticeable speed variation in having a matched Cab + Modem or can they be unmatched with no real issue.

There is currently an issue with G.INP - it's enabled on Huawei cabs but not on ECI cabs. Huawei modems work well with G.INP on the latest firmware. ECI modems don't support G.INP.

In reply to a post by Icaras:

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

That may or may not be cabinet 71, its a good chance it is, but I think another cabinet serves near that area, don't recall the number.

Also that wide cabinet on the left of your pictures seems to look like the new PCP Cabinets, we recently had our old one replace to one of those.

Also found cabinet 27
https://goo.gl/maps/b7ult

*** Update ***
Nope you maybe right and Andrew already said where cabinet 87 is which was what I thought it was, its just that for that distance you should be getting higher speeds than that, unless the copper lines go half a mile down the road and back on itself to that location.

Paul

The cabinet on the left on the picture is the current PCP model in use. They are using up the stocks of those as there's a new model that's finished trials and is ready to go so they should start showing up soon.

It surely isn't? The newer pressed steel one has been in use for about 10 years, and intermittently in the 80s they trialled the fibreglass/foam thing. We are both talking about the PCP in that photo, aren't we? There is an older PCP which is pre-current, but is still newer than that one.

Edit: The "cabinet 3" picture in the first post is the "pre-current" one I'm talking about. None feature the current one, which has been around for absolutely ages now.

Edited by deleted (Tue 14-Apr-15 23:48:03)

Yes, that cabinet 3 and 27 are all the old ones, our one was recently upgraded also shown here: Old PCP & New PCP Cabinets and you can see our old one is on the left and the new one is on the right, the new one was installed just before xmas.

As far as I know they are both still there, not too sure if we have all been moved over to the new one yet.

Paul

No I wasn't talking about that photo. I was talking about the other photo of the PCP that looks brand new

In reply to a post by FredTheB:

ECI cabinet

Sorry Fred but that is a small Huawei equipped cabinet, which contains a SmartAX MA5616 MSAN.