One PCP can have multiple fttc cabs, one fttc cabinet will only connect to one PCP cabinet

It is possible that a network rearrangement may take place, have seen some cabinets effectively lose all their active lines as smaller cabs get resolved into a more sensible situation. Does not happen all the time but sometimes, and in some ways is not massively different to what goes on with an EO area gaining a cabinet.

In the TPON scenario they also be doing extra work to remove the TPON side totally.

In reply to a post by arobertson545:

In reply to a post by Fastman2:

you can only connect a dslam to a single PCP you cannot share DSLAMS with more than one pcp

Well that's not true as I can think of at least three cases where there are two FTTC cabinets for one PCP and thus two DSLAMs for one PCP....

He said the opposite of what you counter. He said you cannot have two PCPs to one DSLAM.

there is no ability for Dslams to share PCP's

You can have 2 dslams to 1 pcp

you cannot have 2 pcp's to 1 DSLAM

In reply to a post by Fastman2:

there is no ability for Dslams to share PCP's

You can have 2 dslams to 1 pcp

you cannot have 2 pcp's to 1 DSLAM

Again you have failed to provide a reason for your WRONG answer.


In Lowestoft there is an FTTC cabinet adjacent to cabinet 59 and is connected to it. Cabinet 91 which is around 100m away is also connected.


edit to add:

Even mentioned in a thread 4four years back: http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/t/4126537-re-...

Edited by MHC (Thu 03-Sep-15 12:47:18)

Yeah I can't see why not.... at the end of the day all the DSLAM does is provide a pair to boards in the PCP...

so a DSLAM capable of 288 provides 144 (maybe) would be in PCP 1 and 144 in PCP 2 !

Thanks for all the replies. Connecting Cheshire have come back and confirmed its an error, cab 209 isn't live even though the system is allowing orders to go through.

The asumption in that thread was incorrect .Those pcps have separate Dslams

It's a blanket openreach policy to allow them to manage Dslam line power to prevent inteferance from exchange based services , and provide the same power management info to industry for SLU provision. The power management is based on copper e side losses, and different cabs may have different losses so will need different power management. It's a blanket policy that doesn't discriminate between cabinets

Edited by deleted (Thu 03-Sep-15 13:48:39)

AHh sorry yes, I was meant to edit the previous post when I saw the rpevious post about managing the E side, but bit busy..