Some news for those who (like me) have been waiting for P7 to be activated ...

According to ITPAS (Irby Thurstaston & Pensby Amenity Society) OpenReach put the new FTTC cabinet for P7 a LONG way away from the agreed site. OR claim that there was not enough room to get round the cabinet on the path so they arbitrarily moved it. ITPAS then said that "people" had complained that it was an eyesore in the new position, getting in the way of the Anchor Pub. It was also pointed out that the reason there was not enough room was that the grass verge had been allowed to massively overgrow the path (and could be trimmed back). Last I heard OR had no intention of moving the new box so there seems to be an impasse. Marvelous.

In reply to a post by tonka99:

Last I heard OR had no intention of moving the new box so there seems to be an impasse. Marvelous.

Sounds like a Greek Tragedy sorry couldn't help it

Interesting. Where was the originally agreed site for the cabinet?

I've heard about this. I agree it looks awful but that cabinet will definitely not be moved, sadly.

@Irby

I have just been looking for the current ITPAS newsletter and cant find it to quote directly (the current one is not available on the website, sadly). However, IIRC the new one was supposed to be right next to the old one, but has actually been sited several meters away.

I DO want fibre, but I also think that OR should not be taking unilateral decisions like this.

ITPAS do a lot of good work, I think they have a point, the cabinet does look terrible in that location. I should take a photo so everyone can see just how bad it is!

I think the council would just say it isn't in a conservation area so there was no requirement for Openreach to pre-warn them about it. Therefore there's no legal means to help, you would literally be appealing to Openreach's good nature but if they've already got too far with it which I suspect they have then they won't move it.

If it's just a shell at the moment with no ducting to it then they can move it very cheaply, and should.

Sqwirral said (29th of June) that there was work going on outside the Anchor. I don't know if anyone has seen anything since or knows whether it is on power yet. Maybe worth a walk up there to check for any power/humming in evidence. Terribly divided feelings about this

Does anyone know if Open Reach are delaying activation of P7 in view of concerns over its siting or are they intending to go ahead as Icaras stated it will not be moved , no doubt some of the business's in Irby Village would benefit from Fibre BB.
I had a look the other day and TBH I didn't feel it stood out any more than FTTC 17 further up the road which is sited on the grass verge .

Edited by deleted (Wed 08-Jul-15 21:02:21)

BT Openreach currently outside smaller cabinet 4 with big black cables. Men working further towards bus stop by other green cabinet? Any idea what they are doing?