No probs I'll take a pic tomorrow

here's the type of lock they're using around here
on this particular cab it wasn't placed until the first order was provisioned

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21425028/cablock...

The lock doesn't matter (in my experience) as my cabinet had one 2 months before it went live

They are usually black and now seem to be fitted when the is commissioned, sometimes at least

No idea lol, it's just that people on here associate the placing of the lock with the cab being finished, and it my case it certainly wasn't placed until the first order was provisioned

The fabled silver lock appeared on my cabinet some time today

The cabinet still isn't accepting orders, but hopefully this is a sign that it is now imminent.

After the silver lock appearing yesterday, during the night my cabinet's FTTC status has changed from not available to available on 31-Dec-14

Edited by troublegum (Sat 07-Jun-14 06:39:55)

Despite the last post, the cabinet is now accepting orders

Looks like there could be some merit in the silver lock after all!

The people who provision lines at a subscriber's house will not have any access to the FTTC cabinet; AFAIK they are two separate pools of engineers - or certainly used to be. When FTTC is installed, the engineer only makes changes (involving the tie cables) in the PCP cabinet.

Provision of the new lock might well be one of the steps of on-site commissioning that goes on before a cabinet goes live, but I have to admit that in 4 years of watching this rollout, I haven't seen a single silver lock.