In reply to a post by pete_thomson:

UPDATE: I have selected a random postcode for each cab and run it through the checker, here are the results:

That is amazing work Pete. I am sure it was borne out of trying to find out how unlucky you have been in not getting a new cab so far. I really hope you don't have to wait too long. Any of us following this thread are obviously the ones in Littlehampton and Rustington who are chomping at the bit.

Littlehampton is no longer in OR's "coming soon" list. The "accepting orders" list is currently unavailable, suggesting it's being updated (or the file got corrupted during the update).

Rustington still shows as due Sept 2012.

No change in the map yet.

[Edit] Nice work there Pete.

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Sep-12 20:29:59)

Accepting orders PDF has been updated and Littlehampton is on there.

Edit: Excel file too

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Sep-12 21:36:37)

In reply to a post by pete_thomson:

Accepting orders PDF has been updated and Littlehampton is on there.

It tells me there is an error in the file (have refreshed). Oh well, I'm more interested in Rustington which I know won't be there as it's still in the "coming soon" list.

ordered my fibre on saturday. It's being installed on the 25th of this month. they reckon i should get 61meg down and 20 up. woo hoo!! I'm on cabinet 22, went past there earlier and it was humming away to itself

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Sep-12 21:38:54)

I walked past P13 earlier today and it was quiet. How loud are the fans, can you hear them over moderate traffic or does it need to be quieter to hear them?

The cabs I have heard are quieter than usual road noise

The fans are very quiet, to hear it you need to place your ear up against it.

I was right up against it, but it was really busy on the road. Might try again when it's quieter.

I'm gutted that P22 is less than 300m from P34, you can order and I dont even have a cab yet

grrrrrrrr so angry right now!!!

I managed to get hold of an email address so I contacted them about my cab. This is the response I got:


As you will appreciate, Openreach is rolling out fibre broadband on a strictly commercial basis. When calculating the commercial viability of cabinet areas we take many factors into account. These include ensuring that we locate the cabinets in accordance with all national and local planning laws, ensuring that the cabinet does not obstruct pedestrians or provide a danger to all road-users. We must ensure that the DSLAM is located within 100m of its associated telephony connection cabinet and that there is adequate access to power and existing telephony infrastructure. To further enable the location of the DSLAM, we must accurately survey for underground structure and obstacles etc. As such we look at the potential return for our investment over a number of years, (20),with the prospective number of take up of the service being around 20% of households.
Your cabinet SD/LTTLH 34 has had several possible positions to locate it surveyed, however, the financials were too great to build and maintain this cabinet at this time and as such, this cab has been deferred from the programme. You must understand that this decision was not taken lightly, however, we have made a commitment to our customers, shareholders and the government to roll-out fibre broadband to 66% of the UK by November 2014. This is a complex and long term project with finite timescales and funding, we have to work within this confinement which ultimately means some areas are deferred. However, we do intend to revisit areas not included in the initial rollout, such as SD/LTTLH 34, for possible deployment at a later date.


Thanks BT, thanks very much.