The thick black thing is just a tube for the fibre. The contractors put them in and then Openreach blow the fibre through those tubes at a later date.

Most of Caldy's cabinets didn't have the tubes in place even, I don't know why. All of the cabinets in Irby do, but there's no fibre in those tubes yet. The fibre cabinets in Irby are all (or most of them) connected to their copper twins. So actually Irby is now further on than Caldy. I've no idea what the delay is for the Caldy exchange, I've got to assume it's something to do with the long distance fibre coming from the headend which is also Arrowebrook. It is easy to tell which headend is being used, only Arrowebrook is Huwaei (so you'll see Huawei cabinets), the other headends are ECI.

Hi, seems there's been a change in data. This is from the June PCP document for cabinet 3.

3 Huawei 100% 11.9 Phase 11a 31/12/2014 Part of BT's 66% Commercial Plan

Anything to be concerned about? It was showing up much sooner than end of year, not sure when it changed.

http://fttc-check.alc.im/

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Hi, seems there's been a change in data. This is from the June PCP document for cabinet 3.

3 Huawei 100% 11.9 Phase 11a 31/12/2014 Part of BT's 66% Commercial Plan

Anything to be concerned about? It was showing up much sooner than end of year, not sure when it changed.

http://fttc-check.alc.im/

Which one is cabinet 3 again? I can't see it taking that long. I reckon it'll be on by the end of September.

Cabinet 3 is on Mill Hill road. See map here.
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zkQO2oDh_...

Yes I know it, the second one down on Mill Hill. You've missed a cabinet by the way. Have a look on Storeton Lane in the bushes on the left next to the telephone pole

Edited by deleted (Mon 30-Jun-14 23:00:36)

Thanks, had no idea there was one on Storeton Lane! I'm guessing that's either P11 or P18 as I haven't found them yet.

Anyway, map updated, ta

Nope it's an old SCP. 11 is on Fishers Lane and I don't think there is an 18. The one in your map on Roslin Rd is decommissioned.

Thanks, just been out on the bike and went to find the SCP on Storeton, found it, but it's completely and I mean completely covered in foliage! I had to push some of it out of the way to find it

Map edited, think I have them all now. But since the initial flurry of activity in early June, we don't seem to have had any more fibre cabinets installed, by my reckoning (could be wrong) there are only 7 out of a possible 20 (approximately) installed.

Tom, your cabinet on Bridgenorth is now showing as active and taking orders.

Hi Dave ... ACTIVE????

Where have you found this out???

I was looking at the Cabinet plan .... and mine 14 Bridgenorth Road was down as ....

"P14 Now has a twin cabinet. "Not being deployed as part of the 66% Commercial Plan"....

..... and saw this as bad news!!!!

But.... Just checked BT Infinity availability for my Telephone number ....

Got this .....

Great News! You can get fibre optic BT Infinity:

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ,,,,,,

Is this the first Cabinet to go active on the exchange????