I think I agree - just a bit too heavy for serious use high up a pole.

Which leaves it to be used where there isn't space for a full cab. Or perhaps we'll see it in villages where there probably *is* space, but lower demand.

Install of an end-user's FTTC connection doesn't require any work at the FTTC cab - it is just a job of re-jumpering within the PCP, with both the D-side and E-side being connected onto the tie cable.

Openreach don't (initially) fully provision the tie cables (and probably don't fully provision the shelves within the FTTC cab), so there are stops & starts in the availability checker as the various resources run out, and get fixed.

That'll have been the feedback from the lawyers

According the the ECI literature the fully assembled unit weighs 21kg.

Enquiry is under way

I think I saw something similar made for Asian apartment blocks a few years back - they run fibre to the basement then use internal building phone wiring for the rest.

Why, when pictured or filmed, working at a cabinet, is the engineer always shown wearing a helmet AND chinstrap ????

In reply to a post by Adam3k:

Wish i had a nice blonde Openreach Engineer attend

At the risk of being labelled a stalker, she also appears in the following CWU videos;

EH30

EH12

And the Kid who made the comment on this video is truly deserving of an ASBO (apologies...)!

ballymunboy 1 month ago

Tasty bit of blond totty. She can squeeze my jelly crimps any day!

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perhaps these might be used 'underground' in conservation areas

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

I wonder if VM do such videos and so open.

Nah, they supply themselves only. Openreach will be more open as they are trying to sell the FTTx solutions to service providers.