In reply to a post by daveybabs:

Thanks again for your input, There's definitely no power to that cabinet at present so maybe that is the issue. Ah well, I will keep myself up to date with developments thanks to this great site and Irby's map. Cheers Dave.

As in it isn't humming or as in that you can't see any ducting that looks like power in the pavement? I haven't been and had a look so I'm just surmising really.

not humming, Ive been up close and personal to some of the live cabinets to have a listen (as discreetly as one can do these things without it looking odd and then checked my cabinet and there is definitely no power to it. There are actual paving slabs in front of it so Im guessing you wouldn't see the ducting as they would raise the flags, do the work then put them back?

Yeah that's what happens.

So it hard to say then with P12. They don't turn the cabinet on until about 2 weeks before live date anyway, otherwise it's just sitting there running up an electricity bill for nothing. I suspect it's a power issue but who knows. It may be worth asking the MP about that one, as they will be able to get in touch with the FTTC project manager for Wirral and get an update.

Esther McVey, credit where it's due, is responsive to enquiries about FTTC. Definitely worth contacting her.

In reply to a post by Irby:

Esther McVey, credit where it's due, is responsive to enquiries about FTTC. Definitely worth contacting her.

Sorry to disappoint but just checked her website and it says the following :

�This site was established while I was a Member of Parliament. As Parliament has been dissolved there are no Members of Parliament until after the Election on 7 May 2015.�

I can vouch for her over Broadband delivery concerns in West Wirral especially Irby, and her proactive approach towards BT & Openreach, lets hope if she is re-elected she can continue to champion our concerns .

I had to share this - just waiting at Traffic Lights junction of Gills Lane & Pensby Road, and my eye caught a small white board against the traffic light control box o/s Church , I was just able to read it - 'Superfast Broadband for ALL of Pensby ! Heswall have had it for Years' .
I just couldn't stop laughing . I had to park up and take a few snaps on iPhone - sadly Openreach won't see it - but clearly there are disgruntled potential customers out there
Tried to attach snaps unable to to do

Are there any cabinets that are not planned to be upgraded?

Interesting question - not sure if those participating on this forum have access to Openreach business rollout plans for Superfast broadband, or maybe there is .
What intrigues me is why there is such a staggered approach in making FTTC cabinets live and Accepting Orders.
It has been mentioned here there can be issues over powering them, but notwithstanding this, why can't all powered and ready cabinets be switched on ? If this was done would it overload the exchange ? or is there some other reason, or is Openreach ramping up demand - just thinking

I'm pretty sure they make them available to order pretty quickly once they are complete and ready.

In reply to a post by XboxAsap:

Interesting question - not sure if those participating on this forum have access to Openreach business rollout plans for Superfast broadband, or maybe there is .
What intrigues me is why there is such a staggered approach in making FTTC cabinets live and Accepting Orders.
It has been mentioned here there can be issues over powering them, but notwithstanding this, why can't all powered and ready cabinets be switched on ? If this was done would it overload the exchange ? or is there some other reason, or is Openreach ramping up demand - just thinking

I may or may not work for OR, I'll leave you to figure that out! But comparatively few within the company would have access to that information, it's really just the teams working on the rollout itself that would know reasons for delays etc.

As for your other question, no it wouldn't overload the headends they have masses of capacity, it's not really an issue these days. Only other reason I can think of is manpower, there probably aren't the resources to make all of the cabinets live when they would like to.

Back to my question though, are there any cabinets off the Irby exchange with no FTTC cabinet stood next to them now? Can't think of any off the top of my head.

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