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Standard User PaulKirby
(member) Tue 10-Feb-15 00:17:47
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Re: Cabinet still waiting for power


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All I can see on roadworks is the following:
[Location]
(PCP1) JUNCTION OF ROAD TO PARK CORNER FARM ON, WISE LANE,(PCP1) JUNCTION OF ROAD TO PARK CORNER FARM ON, WISE LANE
[Description]
Install 1m of 1 way poly duct in Carriageway,Install 4m of 1 way poly duct in Verge,Provide 1 Cabinet and base (NGA cabinets)

[Location]
(PCP2) 388108,130184388110,130197 SIDE OF 6 TO OUTSIDE 5 PARK HOUSES ON THE STREET EAST KNOYLE SP3 6AN, THE STREET,(PCP2) 388108,130184388110,130197 SIDE OF 6 TO OUTSIDE 5 PARK HOUSES ON THE STREET EAST KNOYLE SP3 6AN, THE STREET

[Description]
Install 2m of 1 way poly duct in Carriageway,Install 9m of 1 way poly duct in Verge,Provide 1 Cabinet and base (NGA cabinets)

All that says to me (I may be wrong) is either upgrading 2 PCP Cabinets 1 and 2, or maybe installing those two, I think they are just phone cabinets and don't think they are fibre ones.
Also your exchange (as far as I can see) hasn't been upgraded yet.

So I say possibly end of the year according to the site you said.
I am currently checking every postcode in your area that is connected to your exchange, I will PM you the info I get due to it will be long and I don't want to hijack this thread with a long list of info.

Actually I will just give the stats, list was way way too long.
Exchange Name: East Knoyle
Exchange Code: STEASTK

Cabinets: 1, 2 and EO
Fibre Phase: No phase information found.
Fibre Information: None found.

Result Count (P1): 253
Result Count (P2): 403
Result Count (EO): 183
Result Total: 839
I checked all 839 addressed, sadly none of them had any fibre on them.

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Tue 10-Feb-15 02:06:02)

Standard User WelshWArrior
(experienced) Tue 10-Feb-15 09:49:46
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Re: Cabinet still waiting for power


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Paul

I think you may be wrong there - it says NGA cabinets - Next Generation Access cabinets - to me that means fibre cabs.

Reason I say this is when they were installing the cabs around here (swtb), roadworks had a mixture of NGA/Fibre in the description but all were fibre cabs.

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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Tue 10-Feb-15 11:00:31
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Yeah, plus the installation of a short(ish) length of duct - they're the fibre twins. The shorter lengths of duct are for the power, the longer for the PCP tie-ins.

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Standard User PaulKirby
(member) Tue 10-Feb-15 18:40:57
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Well I did say I may be wrong tongue, but all I saw was PCP1 and PCP2 in the information and I assumed PCP Cabinets I.e. Phone cabinets.
Also when I saw the same information on roadworks for my area I thought great fibre, took a walk round, and saw a brand new PCP cabinet next to my old one, this was to replace the old one and was to also have brand new inners.

So that's why I thought it was PCP Phone cabinets.

Paul
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(deleted) Tue 10-Feb-15 20:39:28
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Hope you're not right smile

Although the cabinet does look like something out of the 60's so could do with replacing..
Standard User PaulKirby
(member) Tue 10-Feb-15 20:57:15
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Well like I have posted in another post with an image of my old PCP Cabinet shown here and the new one we have installed December shown here and these are both PCP Cabinets, that I think was what I saw on roadworks back then.

Paul
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(deleted) Wed 11-Feb-15 14:37:13
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It may be that both things get done, they "re-shelled" my PCP when they gave it its fibre twin too. As far as I knw this isn't because they look bad, it's because usually (but not always) a PCP cabinet has no more room inside for the additional verticals (the metal columns) needed for the copper tie-in cables to the fibre cabinet. I would guess that sometimes the PCP and/or its guts are unsuitable for other reasons, though.

Like the first person who mentioned it, though, it's the fact that "NGA" was mentioned in both descriptions which would surely indicate it being a fibre cabinet.
Standard User PaulKirby
(member) Wed 11-Feb-15 22:21:38
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Well they normally just remove and replace the outer shell and keep the inners giving them space on the right hand side, unless there is loads of errors and issues then they install a completely new PCP Cabinet next to the old one say a few feet apart and just move lines across, and once all done remove the old one.

As for the NGA in the message from roadworks like I said I assumed it was just a new PCP cabinet due to we had the same for our area and we only got a brand new PCP cabinet.

Paul.
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(deleted) Sun 22-Feb-15 01:12:15
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Well it gets more interesting... not necessarily in a good way though, last weekend I noticed a huge roll of what appeared to be fibre optic cable on the side of the road running up towards the PCP (about 200m away), as well as a hole in the verge which had a cabling in, all looking good I thought, then on this Friday I checked again to see if anything was happening since last weekend and the job had disappeared from roadworks.org, the one for PCP2 in the village is still on there but not PCP1 now.

Wouldn't mind if it shifted the date to a later one (not too much!) but the fact it has completely gone is a bit worrying. I am going to email Wiltshire council and see if they have any further info.. was hoping to have it sometime before summer but now fear its been delayed.

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Standard User PaulKirby
(committed) Sun 22-Feb-15 02:55:53
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They may of finished it, It gets removed from road works when its completed, check the date it says for PCP2 (says 16 Feb - 27 Feb) so on Friday or Saturday it will also disappear.

I say go and take a look to see if the fibre cabinet is there.
Going by the info from road works it should be either 1m to 4m away from your PCP Cabinet.

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Sun 22-Feb-15 03:04:56)

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