Can anyone help me find my cabinet?

Hi there,

Our area has been enabled for fibre. I was trying to find my cabinet but cant seem to find it anywhere (google street view, driving about)

Any chance you guys could help?

Post code is PE33 OTT And the road name is Wensum close. Cabinet number is 9

Thanks

Believe it is a fairly new cabinet so may not appear on streetview but most likely to be close to https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.673,0.393042,3a,75...

Check your council planning site for 'Telecommunications Applications' for your area.

Edited by Nightglow (Sun 24-May-15 13:40:54)

Do you think im on an exchange only line and the new FTTC cabinet is put outside it? Ill go have a look later on.

Cant seem to find anything here http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=0

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Believe it is a fairly new cabinet so may not appear on streetview but most likely to be close to https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.673,0.393042,3a,75...

Do you think im on an exchange only line and the new FTTC cabinet is put outside it? Ill go have a look later on.

Reason I ask is because thats along way from my address.

Edited by deleted (Sun 24-May-15 16:57:07)

In reply to a post by nvidiamd:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Believe it is a fairly new cabinet so may not appear on streetview but most likely to be close to https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.673,0.393042,3a,75...

Do you think im on an exchange only line and the new FTTC cabinet is put outside it? Ill go have a look later on.

Reason I ask is because thats along way from my address.

Your not using an EO Line due to you are using cabinet 9, I think you was an EO Line going by your distance from the exchange.

As for your distance your about 400m from the exchange (birds eye view) so just a matter of checking the roads and side roads from your home to the exchange, however going by your speed on both ADSL and FTTC I think the cabinets are very close to the exchange, so it may be a good idea to check there and work your way back to your home.

Paul

Not exchange only now for sure but may have been

Try here. https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm

Just entry your phone number or post code.

I can find can 6 but I suspect your PCP isn't that close as the DSL checker suggested around 54Mb speeds so I am guessing you could be about .5 - .6 km away. Depending which number you are and the quality of cables etc etc..

In reply to a post by Pgre:

I can find can 6 but I suspect your PCP isn't that close as the DSL checker suggested around 54Mb speeds so I am guessing you could be about .5 - .6 km away. Depending which number you are and the quality of cables etc etc..

Yep. Going to go look in 20 mins or so. Ill report back

Virtually on the exchange's doorstep I bet!

In reply to a post by nvidiamd:

Yep. Going to go look in 20 mins or so. Ill report back

Like I said in my last post, its a very possibility its either on the grounds of the exchange or either just outside it or close to it.

Paul

Ok I found cabinets 5 and 6 which are marked clearly with the numbers.

However I found 2 cabinets here :

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.673919,0.392287,3a...

Either have no number. I guess thats cabinet 9?

In reply to a post by Nightglow:

Try here. https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm

Just entry your phone number or post code.

Of interest, the provided info is incorrect for my postcode since it quotes 'Distance to ADSL exchange' (actually 3.5km) as '515m', which is either the cabinet or where SamDoesn'tKnow thinks the exchange is (about 20 years out of date!) and I suspect the 'distance ' is 'direct' and not lineanyway since I approach 650m. Exchange SDWSTCH.

Without a picture they could be for anything, but location and them missing from streetview suggests it may be cabinet 9

I should of taken a picture.

But they are exactly the same as these, side by side aswell within 5 feet or so.

Theres a small one like this :

http://oi49.tinypic.com/14bkcnl.jpg

And a bigger one like this next to it :

http://www.newbury.net/greenboxlge.jpg

In addition to the other requests and suggestions, are there any signs of trenching, footpath chamber work etc, in the immediate vicinity of those two new cabinets?

And where are they located with respect to the two phone poles at the ends of the straight footpath of that view?

There was roadworks on the corner of that road a few months back I think.

And the cabinets are the same side as the poles.

Ive checked the BT infinity checker and it says its availible in our area now so I presume they are all connected up.

Placed an order

Two vented cabinets next to each other would be unusual, did both have the airvent slots? Normally one will and one won't

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Two vented cabinets next to each other would be unusual, did both have the airvent slots? Normally one will and one won't

Im not sure mate. Ill look later on when I go past that way and report back.

Cooling fans for fibre cabinets only?

Edited by deleted (Mon 25-May-15 21:43:41)

In reply to a post by nvidiamd:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Two vented cabinets next to each other would be unusual, did both have the airvent slots? Normally one will and one won't

Im not sure mate. Ill look later on when I go past that way and report back.

Cooling fans for fibre cabinets only?

The fibre cabinet has a PSU in it along with other computer type hardware so that needs cooling, PCP Cabinets are just normally panels with link wires and that's it (unless I am missing something), so no need for fans.

Paul

Possibly the wrong size cab was installed and the correct one installed prior to removing the wrong one.

To enlarge on Paul's answer, the FTTCs have active PSUs and also Battery Backup, allowing around 8 hours operation if the Mains is interrupted for a prolonged period.

the corresponding arrangements for basic phone operations and probably also ADSL, are in the Exchange, with significantly larger batteries.

Hi chaps

Went and took a picture of the 2 cabs today. I was wrong before. Here is the picture :

http://i.imgur.com/U0LIPk0.jpg

And to the question about roadworks, if you look here you can see where the road has been dug up before. Its been dug up again and now is black tarmack (where while zig zag lines are)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.673748,0.392835,3a...

Also, whats the maximum capacity for that fibre cabinet?

Edited by deleted (Wed 27-May-15 02:45:10)

That cabinet contains a Huawei SmartAX MA5616T MSAN (DSLAM).

Its capacity, as used by Openreach, is 4 line-cards, with 32 ports per line-card. The total capacity is thus 128 ports.

In reply to a post by burakkucat:

That cabinet contains a Huawei SmartAX MA5616T MSAN (DSLAM).

Its capacity, as used by Openreach, is 4 line-cards, with 32 ports per line-card. The total capacity is thus 128 ports.

And ready for 30a profie.

Thanks everyone for your help with this.

Is there any archive or roadworks.org guys?

Would be a godsend if there were....

Quick question chaps.

My HH5 was dispatched yesterday around 10am. However the tracking for royal mail only has the pre advice data.

In the event of non delivery, do BT engineers have spares on the van?

BT online chat has not been helpfull at all.