Looks like I'll miss it by a day or two then, as down that way at the weekend.

Bah, no sign of BTOpenreach today to fit the cabinet.

So much for roadworks.org 4-8 Feb 2013.

Must be placeholder dates.

My contact in BTOpenreach did say 7 Feb, so I'll keep an eye out.

Camera at the ready!

Workmen today!

Trench dug, and cable conduit gone in. Cabinet coming Thursday apparently.

Edited by deleted (Tue 05-Feb-13 14:31:24)

That's quick, are they putting it in the correct place?

Yeah, I was onto the BTOpenreach project manager before the ink had even dried on the planning approval (10 Jan)

In right place, but surprisingly not being cabled to the original cabinet across the road, but to an underground junction adjacent to new cabinet placing (hope that's described correctly)

So should be up and running quicker(?). Cabinet is being delivered and placed Thurs 7 Feb according to the workmen. They reckon it will be up and running in about a month. BTO PM told me late April/early May.

I took some pics today and got the workmen hot brews, was quite cold in the wind!

As long as they can pull the cables through the existing ducting, they won't need to run new ducts all the way, so that makes sense.

They will need to connect the electric supply via a seperate trench, which should be scheduled on roadworks.org or your council website.

Also the tie cables will need to be installed and fibre will need to be blown in.

Edited by R0NSKI (Tue 05-Feb-13 15:39:08)

Yeah I understand the 'stage' process before service available

As you say next stage will be power being put in, nothing showing on roadworks yet

Getting the power can sometimes delays things.

The cab I'm connected to went in in April last year and the power wasn't connected until the beginning of October.

Cabinet was meant to go in today...

Sadly, no sign of any workmen all day

Lets see what tomorrow brings..

No workmen today either (so far anyway)