Additional Cab added to the vdsl cab

My vdsl cab serves around 193 premises, and around 100 will be getting fttp. No spline cabling works has been done (on one network) and today when I walked down the village a new smaller cab had been stood and actually is joined on to the existing cab. I think its been stood in the last two weeks

pics one and two

Any ideas to what kit will be added?

If you were a betting man, I’d wager Gfast pod for the copper.

Extreme, extreme long shot would be subtended head end for FTTP but that wouldn’t be typical (apparently from the other recent thread where I drove it waaaay off course!) unless it was somewhere vastly rural where the optical budget (super long total fibre distance) from GEA exchange wasn’t looking good.

That looks like an expansion on the DSLAM for more IDC blocks to go with the larger 64 port line cards.

Edit: looks identical to the high density expansions around my area and those I've seen posted on the kitz forum.

Like this cabinet.

Edited by j0hn83 (Wed 02-Sep-20 16:18:07)

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

If you were a betting man, I’d wager Gfast pod for the copper.

Extreme, extreme long shot would be subtended head end for FTTP but that wouldn’t be typical (apparently from the other recent thread where I drove it waaaay off course!) unless it was somewhere vastly rural where the optical budget (super long total fibre distance) from GEA exchange wasn’t looking good.

G.Fast pods go on the PCP.

The images I've seen of SHE's were also in a pod on the PCP.

deffo not g.fast, probably the worst cab to put it on.

Quickly editing this, as doing an post code check, and its bringing up a waiting list for the cab, so thats what it is. So the fttp progress seems to be still in stall mode.

Edited by Taras (Wed 02-Sep-20 16:34:38)

I'm sure others must have posted pics like this before but these are the first pics I've seen of a pod on the side of a DSLAM, when you do find out for sure what its for please post back here

I think you may be disappointed, it looks like an unventilated side pod so just for additional connections and no electronics.

Edit: @dect - It's an All in One Cab so a PCP and DSLAM

Edited by Realalemadrid (Wed 02-Sep-20 16:35:22)

In reply to a post by dect:

I'm sure others must have posted pics like this before but these are the first pics I've seen of a pod on the side of a DSLAM, when you do find out for sure what its for please post back here

Looks as if theres a waiting list for the cab, I did postcode search and it said waiting list. Code look is not reporting that though (but we know code look can be wrong ).

Enough space for mini olt and the card expansion ?

In reply to a post by Realalemadrid:

I think you may be disappointed, it looks like an unventilated side pod so just for additional connections and no electronics.

Edit: @dect - It's an All in One Cab so a PCP and DSLAM

its not an All in one cab ........ pcp separate

In reply to a post by dect:

I'm sure others must have posted pics like this before but these are the first pics I've seen of a pod on the side of a DSLAM, when you do find out for sure what its for please post back here

Here's another

https://ibb.co/cwRkDHV

Pic taken 30 seconds ago.
PCP 38 ESDAL exchange.

That particular expansion is for IDC blocks for extra tie pairs for the large 64 port line cards that were fitted to it.

Edit: And another.
PCP 17 ESDAL.

There's about 6 of these in my town alone, all fitted a couple years ago.

Edited by j0hn83 (Wed 02-Sep-20 16:44:41)