A fault with the DSLAM or at the headend. The cabinets are pre-built and installed with all equipment already inside. If the cabinet fails commissioning then it may require vendor support and replacements. Have also heard of power not being installed correctly.

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THe most strange way I have ever come across, BT seem to put Cowboy builder to shame they way they half to a job and then abandon it. They are also more inventive with excuses than the Cowboy builders

Power not being installed correctly. Thats the daftest lame excuse yet. I expect BT told you that garbage, THe cabinets are pre commissioned before being shipped and are ruggedised and burnt in for 7 days so the chance of them failing on site is very very low.

The typical time to announce a handful of exchanges going live is about 2 weeks so I would expect them to announce a few more next week. Typically it is about 6 to 12. Don't count on many cabinets being active though.

Well currently of the 192 they have delivered 30. They will probably release another 6 to 12 this week and a further 6 to 12 in another 2 weeks and another 2 weeks another 6 to 12. Taking the oplimistic end of 12 that means of the 192 only about 66 will be enabled with the rest being pushed out another 3 months which leaves thenm a 162 short of the target.

They need your skills as a project manager to look after the spreadsheets obviously and not a boss who is claiming there even further ahead of press targets

How exchanges and cabinets are now enabled?

Don't you read the news articles you don't like?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5530-bt-presses-d...

18months ahead of target so I'd say that counters your "behind" nonsense

In reply to a post by Bob_s2:

THe cabinets are pre commissioned before being shipped and are ruggedised and burnt in for 7 days

Can we have a link to an authoritive document for that please?

I still think the yellow markers are out of date and wrong.
all blocks have been removed via large road works by BT

Of course power isnt just about running a cable to the nearest lamp post and plugging it in. Each cabinet has to be electrically certified . If it fails certification then it cant be comissioned until the issues have been rectified .
As an aside, if the telemetary line isnt working the the meter cannot be installed and tested.
Hardware fails on 1st installation does happen. To try and suggest its almost impossible is just ludicrous
Going back to the post i originally replied to, if the cabinet is powered and can be heard then it must have passed certification, so either the fibre is incomplete/fault, or the headend is not ready/fault , or there is fault with the cabinet in some respect.

Edited by deleted (Tue 20-Nov-12 08:58:26)