Pdhenin,

Thank you for update - hopefully we will connected to Fibre BB soon

Good News! Cabinet 19 located on Glenwood Drive Irby is now accepting orders I have just ordered mine..

In reply to a post by Pdhenin:

Good News! Cabinet 19 located on Glenwood Drive Irby is now accepting orders I have just ordered mine..

Well that was quick - still no connection on P9

I came here to post the same message. Map updated.

Seems logical that the first cabinet to go live after the initial batch would be fairly near Whaley Lane where the blockage was.

In reply to a post by Irby:

I came here to post the same message. Map updated.

Seems logical that the first cabinet to go live after the initial batch would be fairly near Whaley Lane where the blockage was.

Fair point - shame they forgot to make cabinet P9 in Whaley Lane live as well . I wonder if the fact that there is a higher concentration of dwellings in Glenwood Drive serviced by Cabinet P19 and thus greater uptake to Fibre has had a bearing ?

Yes. That does have a bearing. But I think you have me on ignore as you aren't replying to any of my poats anymore since you told me off.

In reply to a post by Icaras:

Yes. That does have a bearing. But I think you have me on ignore as you aren't replying to any of my poats anymore since you told me off.

Icaras
My apologies I have not been ignoring your posts or your apology , they were overlooked as I was away on business when you posted and I have neglected to reply.
It is not my place to tell anyone off, I may have been a bit sensitive over your posts , but more frustrated over the continuing delays in getting access to super fast broadband, I am pleased that the fact that cabinet P19 is now accepting orders, but it is added to my frustration that the cabinet that effects my access to this service has been ignored for the time being.
Again I have not knowingly disputed your comments over fibre cable direction, headends etc, but it was the blockage in Whaley Lane and requirement for new ducting that was my issue, this has been rectified and yet the cabinet P9 that is delaying my access to Superfast BB is still not live, maybe BT & Openreach have decided to leave it to the last , as punishment for daring to complain over delays and involving my MP.
We have both apologised to each other, let sleeping dogs lie and hoping we both will be connected to Superfast BB sooner than later

Edited by deleted (Thu 19-Mar-15 16:28:07)

Oh I don't live in Irby! I've had FTTC for years

Well what I can tell you is that there is some kind of algorithm they use to decide the order in which fibre cabinets and areas are enabled. But I've never been able to find out any more info about what the algorithm is based on. What the algorithm is supposed to chuck out though is a list of cabinets in order of profitability. They will then enable the ones that'll generate the most profit in the shortest time first.

But when an area has heavy delays which you have had I bet a lot of these algorithms will go out the window. Have you checked if cabinet 9 has been connected to the power network by Scottish Power? This can account for a lot of delays too. You should see a duct leading from the fibre cabinet that seems to terminate in a big square patch in the pavement. If you see that, then Scottish Power have done their thing.

The cabinet should be remotely turned on by Openreach about 2 weeks before accepting orders. You'll hear it humming when it is turned on. They then run tests on it for a couple of weeks and someone comes out and does some final tests on it. That part is all called the commissioning process, after that it is released to accept orders.

Yes I had a letter from my MP in early January with copy of letter from a Director from BT confirming that cabinet 9 has had power connected, also saying it should be 'ready for service' early spring - lets hope the algorithm looks favourably on cabinet 9 lol - thanks

In other news, cabinet 17 now accepting orders.