FTTC CABINET INSTALL DIARY

Hey guys! I've got two FTTC Cabs being installed this week. I though I would show you guys what goes on in the install!

PCP1 DANEHILL :

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

BT experts please help me on whats going on so I can get a better understanding. I can maybe do fibre checks for people, but I really don't understand the technical side of things! LOL

Re: pic 1. It's a form/mould for the concrete base which the cabinet is bolted to.

Thanks Man!

And it is not a shell, the cabinet arrives with everything pre-installed as its lifted out of the shipping container by a crane.

The grey drainpipe is the ducting.

Hey guys, day 2 of PCP 1 Danehill construction. It's day 1 for PCP 2 however.

Day 2 for PCP 1
Picture 1, Picture 2 and Picture 3

Day 1 for PCP 2
Picture | FTTC PCP 2

I see the FTTC cab gained some paving slabs for the tie-cable engineer to stand on, or set a chair on.

Some good pictures of the ducting being set in position.

Am I correct in thinking the large distribution pole behind obstructing the view of the "National Speed Limit" sign, is for Electricity, leading on to the one further back?

I see the FTTC cab gained some paving slabs for the tie-cable engineer to stand on, or set a chair on.

But as ever, the PCP itself didn't. Muddy boots all round for the location where the bulk of all the work is done.

As the premade plinth was in place standing cab on day 1 makes perfect sense, its just a lift off the crane and secure to base job. The fiddling bits are the duct to old PCP and wiring in the copper link and getting the power up running and signed off.

Start to get excited when you hear the hum of the cabinet running http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/cabinet/

Nothing much has happened. No one turned up for PCP2 today, only BT did patching on PCP1 today: Picture

Question: Do BT engineers work on Saturdays?

Thanks

P.S: I will be posting on my South east thread tomorrow morning!

Hey guys! PCP 2 had its FTTC cab put in place today! Surprised BT did it on a Sunday!

Power is being excavated here

New cab here

nothing has happened at PCP 1 for 2 days

Edited by deleted (Sun 17-May-15 22:40:53)

Might have been a contractor rather the BT OR.

Certainly a lot of the "heavy" work on "my" FTTC was done by Kelly.


BT OR did the relatively fine work; and were much less "visible" than Kelly.

Not to sure there was a pick up truck like van on Saturday with two young men drilling holes for power and digging up holes for ducting. Then yesterday there was a plain lorry delivering the Fttc cab. There was another van but I couldn't tell from a distance. Sorry

It was a local Civils company that did mine, not BT. They also had the certification and run the power in at the same time and did. Fibre Ducting and cabling was run on Friday ( EO lines) again by another Civils company ( Morrisons and Avonline)
Ive heard Openreach generally only do the final fibre blowing, splicing and jumpering.

Edited by deleted (Mon 18-May-15 10:54:39)

Question: Do BT engineers work on Saturdays?

Hell yeah, though mainly the customer facing, fault fixing brigade.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Question: Do BT engineers work on Saturdays?

Hell yeah, though mainly the customer facing, fault fixing brigade.

And don't forget Sundays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and other public holidays.

If there are any form of street works or traffic interruption, the local council might be more flexible with timing if it's on a Sunday. In any event, all this stuff is done by contractors. With the pressure on time-scales with BDUK it might well be a lot of overtime is being earned.

My PCP is also being upgraded but I don't feel the need to post about it on a daily basis.

Just sayin.

In reply to a post by AAuser27:

My PCP is also being upgraded but I don't feel the need to post about it on a daily basis.

Just sayin.

He Is not, he's posting status of cabinets in a certain area where he lives near, hoping to help others in his area.

Paul

I have stopped posting if you haven't noticed. I was doing it to show people what they do during an FTTC installation. Gosh

In reply to a post by FredTheB:

I have stopped posting if you haven't noticed. I was doing it to show people what they do during an FTTC installation. Gosh

I think you should ignore the one complainant and carry on!

My village just got it's first cab put in today and they started yesterday! Looks like they are finished which is great for me as according to various sites we are still under evaluation until Jan next year!

What i don't know is what happens next!

yeh, I was planning to take pictures on saturday, and ask the engineers what they are up to!

Thanks for your cooperation

In reply to a post by bewA:

In reply to a post by FredTheB:

I have stopped posting if you haven't noticed. I was doing it to show people what they do during an FTTC installation. Gosh

I think you should ignore the one complainant and carry on!

My village just got it's first cab put in today and they started yesterday! Looks like they are finished which is great for me as according to various sites we are still under evaluation until Jan next year!

What i don't know is what happens next!

Agreed, the way I see it is this, if people don't want to see the information then don't read it.

Paul

In reply to a post by FredTheB:

yeh, I was planning to take pictures on saturday, and ask the engineers what they are up to!

Thanks for your cooperation

Just take loads of pictures.

I plan to hopefully do the same when they install our FTTP, like pictures in our pit/chamber, that's if I see them, FTTP installs hardly ever get listed on roadworks unless there is an issue and needs stuff dug up of roads closed off etc, so I wouldn't know its happening until I see them blowing the fibre.

Paul

I would like to add to the voice of the people who say they want pictures. Ignore the one person calling you "saaaaaad, maaan!" If you're sad for taking an interest in the fibre installs close to you then so am I and several other hundred people on here.

Hey there, sorry for the lack of posts! I had a chat with a workman who was linking up the power to PCP2 and he said that he was digging up holes to fit in the power through ducts coming from the telegraph pole across the road.
I also asked when fibre will be available. He told me that he was just a normal workman building the cab for Openreach. His van read Morrisons Utilities or something like that. Anyway, he said that openreach had checked for blocks, and none were found, so he said it was just a case of fitting the fibre cabling through the ducts to the cabinet. He said it would be enabled by next month, fingers crossed, but knowing BT by reading some other posts on this forum, I have doubts that it is going to be at the provided time.

Thanks

Hey guys! Sorry for my long break away, busy things with my family have been going on!

Anyway I am kind of hacked off at the mo, as BT told me that I would be receiving fibre on the 31st june. Nothing happened. There were supposed to duct clearing on the 20th June but BT never turned up and they have delayed it to the 7th July. here] is a link to the roadworks picture , entitled 'capture' in the folder.

Now leading on from this, my eye was caught on the dsl checker ( here is a picture ). It said that ADSL 2+ is planned for the 31st July. Has this got anything to do with the fibre do you think?

Any help would be great! Thanks!

There's only 30 days in June

sorry mate! lol