In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Pretty sure that's the cabinet location

Fibre cabinets never have their number on them, can usually visually link to the copper cab by the new tarmac, but its possible this is an all in one has its TPON conversion area.

It's not a fibre cabinet, looks quite old: Google maps steetview

That's a grey TPON cabinet with a new green copper cabinet next door, is the actual situation on the street identical now, or is there another green cabinet with some air vents in it now (have to ask as picture is three years old)?

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

That's a grey TPON cabinet with a new green copper cabinet next door, is the actual situation on the street identical now, or is there another green cabinet with some air vents in it now (have to ask as picture is three years old)?

That's the situation now, no new fibre cabinet within 100 meters that I can find.

Here is all 3 cabinet locations for your postcode:

[106]
https://goo.gl/maps/U4REvmLAtJs
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNATQU, MAVOR AVE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G74 4PU on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 106

[116]
https://goo.gl/maps/iH947RR4AFP2
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNATQW, CEDAR DRIVE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G75 9HS on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 116

[147]
https://goo.gl/maps/xdoYWbFky172
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNBNJG, POLDEN AVENUE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G75 9GX on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 147

So that one Andrew linked to is cabinet 147 and according to the BT DSL Checker there is a DSLAM located there.

Paul

I put East Kilbride and searched on locality.

Then clicked on the link saying East Kilbride, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Then clicked on the link saying All 194 Fibre Cabinets..

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

Here is all 3 cabinet locations for your postcode:

[106]
https://goo.gl/maps/U4REvmLAtJs
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNATQU, MAVOR AVE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G74 4PU on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 106

[116]
https://goo.gl/maps/iH947RR4AFP2
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNATQW, CEDAR DRIVE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G75 9HS on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 116

[147]
https://goo.gl/maps/xdoYWbFky172
STREET SIDE DSLAM CAB NNBNJG, POLDEN AVENUE, EAST KILBRIDE, GLASGOW, G75 9GX on Exchange EAST KILBRIDE is served by Cabinet 147

So that one Andrew linked to is cabinet 147 and according to the BT DSL Checker there is a DSLAM located there.

Paul

Thanks for the info, do you have insider info to locate all of these ?


Not being up on telecoms hardware. DSLAM, is for ADSL only and has no relation to fiber ?

The fiber cabinet will connect to the DSLAM in the current copper cabinet ?

In reply to a post by CHBMB:

I put East Kilbride and searched on locality.

Then clicked on the link saying East Kilbride, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Then clicked on the link saying All 194 Fibre Cabinets..

Thanks CHBMB

The DSLAM is what is housed in the FTTC cabinet. It takes the fibre-optic link from an exchange, converts it to VDSL2 and merges it onto the phone line, returning the result to the phone cabinet and onward to your place. And vice versa for the other direction.

Edited by RobertoS (Thu 01-Oct-15 19:05:14)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The DSLAM is what is housed in the FTTC cabinet. It takes the fibre-optic link from an exchange, converts it to VDSL2 and merges it onto the phone line, returning the result to the phone cabinet and onward to your place. And vice versa for the other direction.

Thanks RobertoS. Going on what PaulK put a few posts up that 147 has a DSLAM, does that imply fiber based on your description or am I just being hopeful ?


Appreciate the input from everyone.

In reply to a post by brianw:

Thanks for the info, do you have insider info to locate all of these ?

Nope

If I am looking for a fibre cabinet I do fast checking that gets a list of postcodes for a certain cabinet and check the list of addresses for the word DSLAM (LOL, yes its rather crude, but its works most of the time) and then flag that in my console.

If that fails to return anything I then check 1 address that is listed for a certain cabinet and make a note of the speeds and if 80->80 there your near a fibre cabinet

And once I have a postcode that has a either a DSLAM listed or addresses with 80 -> 80 I put those postcodes into Google Maps and go looking, most of the time its near or on a main road.

Paul