Thanks, I removed the full stop

In reply to a post by lee111s:

Each cabinet doesn't need a cable link. Cable links are an exchange based piece of kit that allows connectivity from the Openreach network to the backhaul of whichever supplier is buying the cable link.

does that mean, not all cabinet's need a fibre cable....but in the surrounding area instead?

It's in the exchange not the cabinets

The cable link referred to is specifically named in the Openreach price list as a "GEA Cable Link", which as described by the previous poster is the physical interface connector between the Openreach FTTx termination in the exchange and the relevant (wholesale or sole) provider in the exchange.

The provider has to buy it if they wish to offer FTTx to users on that (fibre headend) exchange.

It is not the external-to-the-exchange network fibre cables. Individual fibre-enabled cabinets end up linked by fibre to that termination kit.

In reply to a post by gerarda:

It appears that existing lines were not migrated across.

I thought the whole point of the recent delay was specifically to migrate the existing FTTC services!

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

It's in the exchange not the cabinets

Ah, okay - Matt at Uno seemed to suggest it was cabinet specific but I may well have misunderstood.

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

In reply to a post by gerarda:

It appears that existing lines were not migrated across.

I thought the whole point of the recent delay was specifically to migrate the existing FTTC services!

It was! The only explanation, other than sheer incompetence, that seems to make sense is that it appears that no orders for new lines can be fulfilled until 9 November, and so the lines may be migrated before then.

However none of this appears to have been communicated to anybody, customers, or ISPs, or potential customers. For a communications company BT's communication skills are somewhat lacking.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The cable link referred to is specifically named in the Openreach price list as a "GEA Cable Link", which as described by the previous poster is the physical interface connector between the Openreach FTTx termination in the exchange and the relevant (wholesale or sole) provider in the exchange.

The provider has to buy it if they wish to offer FTTx to users on that (fibre headend) exchange.

It is not the external-to-the-exchange network fibre cables. Individual fibre-enabled cabinets end up linked by fibre to that termination kit.

Thanks for explaining that My local exchange is the 'south kensington' one, and it is enabled for fibre. But when I called BT they explained that there is a 'speed upgrade' to be done between October and March? With a minimum speed of 50 meg?

I don't understand what that means in relation to my local cabinet to be honest lol.

In reply to a post by cjdavid:

I don't understand what that means in relation to my local cabinet to be honest lol.

It's highly possible the person telling you didn't either!

The only thing I can think of that would make sense, but in view of BT Consumer's guarantee system I am unsure, is that the minimum on the VDSL2 Impacted line on the Openreach/BT Wholesale estimates table is 50Mbps

Mine:-
VDSL Range A (Clean) 57.2 43.4 15.2 10.1 -- Available -- --
VDSL Range B (Impacted) 44.9 25 11.1 5.5 -- Available -- --

BT Consumer these days apparently quote a guaranteed minimum during signup, which appears to me from several other BT customers to mean throughput. If it is, then goodness knows how they measure it. User speedtests are affected very much by the setup at the customer end of which BT Consumer have no knowledge, never mind control.

This could be related to the various network changes underway in the South Kensington and Chelsea area due to the planned closure of the Chelsea exchange.

Andrew wrote about this in a news item in June. Chelsea exchange to close in 2018