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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Thu 18-Jun-20 13:49:42
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Can't find my fttc cabinet


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Does anyone know how to find a fttc cabinet, I have done some walking but still can't find it?
I am connected to Cabinet 5 on the croft exchange (NECOT)
Any help would be great
Thanks
Administrator MrSaffron
(staff) Thu 18-Jun-20 14:08:22
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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.4838727,-1.5449149...

near the PCP within 100m might even be hidden by overgrown hedge

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Standard User Woolwich
(committed) Thu 18-Jun-20 14:12:10
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Re: Can't find my fttc cabinet


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In reply to a post by TomK134:
Does anyone know how to find a fttc cabinet, I have done some walking but still can't find it?
I am connected to Cabinet 5 on the croft exchange (NECOT)
Any help would be great
Thanks

Have you found Cabinet 5? The Fibre cabinet won't be too far away from that. This site is half useful as its out of date for many places and the map show the postcode of the cabinet, not its actual location. But its a start. https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm?xid=1...


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Standard User Woolwich
(committed) Thu 18-Jun-20 14:15:27
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Re: Can't find my fttc cabinet


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In reply to a post by MrSaffron:
near the PCP within 100m might even be hidden by overgrown hedge


Codelook says "FTTC being Connected, live due by June 2020 Phase Commercial Extension 1920 23b" so might not be visible yet!
Standard User deleted
(deleted) Thu 18-Jun-20 14:23:35
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Found the PCP and know where cabinet is know however it seems far away from PCP c.300m, would this affect speed
Standard User Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 18-Jun-20 16:00:38
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I believe you have misunderstood something.

The copper PCP or cabinet will have an associated fibre DSLAM ‘twin’ (unless its an all in one cab, the fibre twin will normally be no more than 50 metres from its copper ‘patent’ cab.

Standard User j0hn83
(fountain of knowledge) Thu 18-Jun-20 16:07:23
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In reply to a post by TomK134:
Found the PCP and know where cabinet is know however it seems far away from PCP c.300m, would this affect speed


The fibre twin cannot be 300m from the PCP.

That absolutely would affect speed, massively.

The fibre cabinet is usually within 50m, but is built as close to the PCP as possible.
AIUI the maximum distance is around 100m, though I've never seen 1 that far away.

It would be a monumental screw up if a fibre cabinet has been built 300m from its PCP.
Standard User witchunt
(experienced) Thu 18-Jun-20 16:11:24
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DSLAM should be about 5 metres from the PCP. I assumed the op meant they were about 300m away from the cabinet
Standard User witchunt
(experienced) Thu 18-Jun-20 16:17:31
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The cabinet has been in service for a few months now. Latest streetview image is from May 2019 so the DSLAM won't be shown
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(deleted) Thu 18-Jun-20 16:20:37
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Yes that's what I thought however on the website linked in an earlier reply it says the postcode of the fibre cabinet and when I measured the distance to the PCP it was around 200-300m
However it may just be inaccurate on the website side of things as to the exact location of the fibre
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