Just got this brush off, I mean email, from Openreach:
Thank you for your email regarding Hereford, cabinet 16.
Information about the commercial fibre project can be found on the rollout site :-
http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/
When delays are encountered the historic way the systems dealt with this was to automatically slip the date to the end of the next business quarter. In more protracted situations this could result in several such automatic date shifts. In order to avoid repeatedly delaying cabinets we have moved their due dates to the end of our commercial programme to reduce multiple changes to the likely activation date. We will continue to seek solutions for these cabinets and where possible will activate them before the end date given.
In relation to cabinet 16, work is ongoing. If all goes to plan we aim to complete within the given date of March 2014.
Regards,
Julie