Benington PCP2

Hi
My EO line has now had a PCP sprout up right next to the exchange.

Somewhat interestingly instead of going for an all in one cab which seems common - standard PCP has popped up and a small huawei cab next to it.

Any idea why this might be?

On a side note - Is it possible to estimate VDSL2 speeds based on ADSL1 attenuation? I'm guessing its a bit of a shot in the dark?

I've attached some photo's.

Thanks


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A rough guess should be possible, as the line length is almost the same. We also need the approximate distance between the PCP and the fibre cabinet.

Your combination is the more common one, and which is chosen depends on the number of lines being served.

A two box solution also means g.fast is a potential future option, not sure about g.fast pods and the all in one units

As you can see there's been a change with the PCP 7/7 shells they seem to have a slot on each side for where the new side pods for g.fast are going to be sited. The old ones don't have this so I'm guessing it makes it easier and quicker to retrofit onto the shell.

I'm on an EO line and they have installed the two cabinets here as well, look exactly the same as the ones in the original pics, but they are only a metre or so apart.

Work seems to have gone at breakneck speed as the cabinets seemed to be installed, had the cables pulled into them then work on the street light next to them all within 2 weeks, and we went straight from "in scope" to "connect" on the When and Where page. Never seem so many Openreach vans kicking around the exchange as have recently.

Guess we will see a flurry of these EO cabinets as some of the BDUK projects are coming near the end dates.

In reply to a post by dippylicious:

Guess we will see a flurry of these EO cabinets as some of the BDUK projects are coming near the end dates.

And budgets have to be spent by the end of BT's financial year at the end of the month, or be reduced for next year .

More likely the case of penalty clauses kicking in if projects don't deliver

I was meaning outside of the BDUK stuff. BT-funded infill.

They do seem to be moving alone pretty quick. All this happened in about the space of a week!

I'm currently still showing as 'in scope' on the checker but codelook and Connected counties say October 2017 for a go live date. Looks like they will be ahead somewhat.

ability for a Gfast Pod is not the same as having the commercial case for a Gfast Pod

Didn't realise that the CodeLook data was so easy to find online!

Says that my cabinet is due by April 2017, if thats true then its only going to be around 8-10 weeks from when they dug the hole for the new cabinet. Quick!!!

Yes correct but bringing out newer PCP shells for all re-shells and new PCP's making the upgrade for the gfast pod easier. No cutting of the shell required just remove blanking plate and bolt on to either side.

Obviously this will be ideal for commercial locations making the upgrade cheaper and quicker, in this case if a BDUK area then I can't see it being used anytime soon.

Take that with a pinch of salt. They're very very rough estimates.

The Openreach checker is much more accurate and is updated daily.

The ADSL speed would give a fairly good indication of what VDSL speed might be expected in the case of an EO line. The ADSL speed would allow and estimate of line length and that, in turn, would enable an estimate to be made of the VDSL speed.

However, a quicker way might just be to work out how far you are away from the new cabinet, especially if it's along the same route the cable will take. Throw in some assumptions about the type of cable and you'd get a reasonable guide. At 1km you might scrape into the 24mbps region, if it's 500m then expect maybe 60mbps. By the time you get down to 250m then 80mbps ought to be possible,

However, no guarantees.

Unless there is some aluminium in the run? Wouldn't that upset the distance-based estimates, whereas current ADSLx real attenuations reflect it?

Or (genuine question) did EO lines just not get laid using aluminium?

Went to "activate" today so looking good for being a quick turnaround.

Our cab went to the activate stage the same day as yours and just went live this morning. Shouldn't be long now.