Cabinet Question

Hey guys,

Just doing some research, I'm on an EO line (postcode HR2 9DX). Codelook says planned for Jan 2017 completion, cabinet "P2". Now there's a cabinet up the road been installed with a "2" on, in August, right in the HR2 9DH postcode.

I'm a bit confused as to my rollout plan, current status, and how long I should expect to wait, Jan 2017 isn't really looking likely. Fastershire say by the end of the year too. :/

Suspect it will be borderline superfast if a cabinet deployed where you say, since about a km between the two postcodes.

If it was FTTP and in the plan you usually see a different message, and some FTTP is already live on that exchange.

Unless you can get someone in authority, I'd ignore the Jan 17 dates and only get excited when it actually happens.

I did think the same, currently on 5mbps / 0.3mbps speed, so any increase would be welcome.

I literally find it astonishing I can't find out just information on plans, I'm a business user and working with video content is impossible with that upload speed.

The cabinet has just been stood there, haven't seen BT working for a good month or two now, so everything just seems to have stopped, can't find anyone to ask.

And you will not find anyone either. The BDUK project are being done to you not for you.

If tis a BDUK cab the release date and availability publicity is usually controlled by the local authority, who could easily have left it with the "default end-of-project" date

Update!!

"We're connecting power to the new fibre cabinet and joining the new fibre lines to the existing copper network.

You can't order a fibre service today but typically it'll be available to your premises within the next four months."

Four months, does it really take that long? Nothing on Roadworks either :|

What does "Connecting power" actually mean? It maybe that they have put the request/order in to the power company who will then have to plan their work and apply for permission to do the work.

It could be that there are no trained technicians available to terminate the fibre or the team needed to blow the fibre are booked up ...

Or it may be that four months is default and everything will be done next week! Power from an adjacent supply, fibre in and hust a single termination needed ...

In reply to a post by ryannn:

Four months, does it really take that long? Nothing on Roadworks either :|

My first cabinet took precisely that much longer than all the other cabinets in the vicinity.

At roughly monthly intervals, you got a new set of roadworks, followed by a new trail of tarmac heading off in various directions. All in the search for a suitable power supply.

I assume that the intervals were needed either to meet the project planning leadtimes, each time something went wrong, or the notice period needed to let the council know about the roadworks.

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

... or the notice period needed to let the council know about the roadworks.

Some councils demand around 3 months notice! That is what was stated by my council when BT wanted to re-instate a pole and restore service which needed a 2 hour window with traffic control.

Ours varied, depending on how busy the road is.

In one place, where the road is a busy route into town and passes 2 schools, they forced the roadworks into the summer holiday break.

Probably find its all complete and just needs someone to progress the cabinet to commission it. Probably go live all of a sudden when no Apparent work was done

In reply to a post by witchunt:

Probably find its all complete and just needs someone to progress the cabinet to commission it. Probably go live all of a sudden when no Apparent work was done

Which is almost the exact opposite of how openreach normally work

Slightly mis-leading technically.

It appears generally to be an FTTC/VDSL cabinet by "joining the new fibre lines to the existing copper network".

The joining is by running pairs of copper links from & to the existing PCP (phone line distribution cabinet). The Fibre stops at the new cabinet.

Then depending on circumstances, some of the VDSL connections are completed within the FTTC cabinet, using Filter Links, only 48 out of the 288 maximum in the local FTTC.

Followed about 15 months later by another batch of 48 Filter Links.

Only about 70 to 75 of that 98 are fully connected and apparently fully working in approaching 34 months from when the FTTC "went live" ie "Released For Service".

Individual phone lines are connected to the FTTC cabinet via the "To/From" new Copper Links, after individual subscribers order VDSL from an ISP, who in turn place an order with B T-OR for the final connections to be made downstream in time.

If your FTTC etc follows rhhe pattern I have seen here

In reply to a post by Andrue:

In reply to a post by witchunt:

Probably find its all complete and just needs someone to progress the cabinet to commission it. Probably go live all of a sudden when no Apparent work was done

Which is almost the exact opposite of how openreach normally work

Not really, BT have in the past installed all the hardware + the fibre for it to sit for 5 years, ours took five years for BT to realise our hardware was in fact complete it then took a few letters and emails from my local MP and then a final email to the chairman's office at BT to get them to press the enable button.

So it does happen more than you think.

Paul

I've received an update from Fastershire:

Hi Ryan, we met with BT this afternoon and they expect the cabinet to go live within the next week. Apologies for the delay. Regards

Though, Roadworks shows some cable hanging, so i can't see how that's accurate? Is it likely?

Pretty much as Witchunt said.

That P2 cabinet covers HR2 0BS, HR2 0BW, HR2 9DH, HR2 9DQ, HR2 9DT, HR2 9DU, HR2 9DX, HR2 9DY, HR2 9EA.

60% of addresses on your HR2 9DH postcode are on EO and the other 40% on that PCP2.

There is some EO line FTTP for Wormbridge exchange as Andrew says. I can see some went live back in April 2016 (e.g. HR2 9DS) and some more in Dec 2016.

Did you try speaking to Fastershire about the specific plans for you?

I have done but the communication is quite poor, they haven't told me what technology will be used or what their plans are.

Presume it's just FTTC