Just need to start watching for cabinet activity then

Thanks

In reply to a post by Icaras:

PCP 3 isn't the closest to Arrowebrook as the fibre runs up Arrowe Park Rd and then Pensby Road so actually PCP 12 was the nearest to the existing fibre supplying Heswall from Arrowebrook. But that's all irrelevant anyway!

I didn't say the closest, but it's definitely on the Arrowebrook side of the village. I did hope at one time it would come up Mill Hill Road from Arrowebrook instead of its actual route

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Oi!
There's no "e" in Bridgnorth, and you live near it .

lol...this makes me chuckle, especially being in Bridgnorth.

Ok, basically, most old towns will have Bridgnorth listed as Bridgenorth, especially old roads (or the old dirt tracks at the time) such as I suspect this will be. Originally with the "e" was the correct spelling (The most Northern Bridge on the Severn at the time). However, the general belief locally is that map makers of the area incorrectly dropped the "e" about 150 years back and as they went to print, the error carried from edition to edition, to the point it has been left without the "e" today.

PS: Irvy is no where near Bridgnorth....nearly 2 counties apart

Mill Hill in some ways might have been more logical, as they knew they'd have to feed Heswall, Irby, West Kirby (Caldy exchange) and Hoylake from Arrowebrook. Possibly the ducts aren't big enough or don't go that way, who knows.

Something is delaying Caldy though and I reckon it is probably bringing in that long distance fibre from Arrowebrook, I can't think what else it could be.

Is it possible that Irby is actually feeding off Heswall (which in turn feeds off Arrowebrook)? It would explain why the only cabinets so far active are very near Heswall.

Yea but you're still thinking in terms of exchanges rather than headends. The Heswall exchange building has no NGA fibre going through it at all, and has no equipment in it relating to the fibre cabinets.

Your point is interesting though, they might be feeding the Irby cabinets from a fibre aggregation point somewhere in Heswall yes, it's certainly possible as the trunk cable from the headend in Arrowebrook will have several individual fibres in it so they can just use a spare. They won't have actually run whole new cable just for Irby (this is confirmed by us not seeing any work on Arrowe Park Rd. They've just used a spare fibre in the existing cable feeding Heswall.

Nothing new to report, so relax
All quiet since 5th August, anyone out there have any more info? Particularly cabinets 2 and 3 which have been installed since early June but are still not activated.

Thanks.

In reply to a post by Irby:

Nothing new to report, so relax
All quiet since 5th August, anyone out there have any more info? Particularly cabinets 2 and 3 which have been installed since early June but are still not activated.

Thanks.

Update - Just been for walk to shops in Pensby and spoke to chap working at FTTC 'Irby 6' says it should be commissioned by today or tomorrow at latest - he will then be working on Irby 4 further up the road soon after. Reckons he will be working on other FTTC boxes in area till Xmas to get them all connected for Fibre - told him I'll keep an eye open for him at box near me - he has a mug of tea with his name on it

Cabinet 6 is today showing as accepting orders.

Digging near the Anchor Inn today, looks like cabinet 7 is getting an FTTC cabinet.

God knows if it ever actually gets a feed....