Sorry for delay. Definitely a new PCP replacing the very old cabinet. I've not yet had chance to walk past to see if there is a humming noise at the fibre cabinet to suggest it has power.

No humming noise yet...

That's not good to hear. Openreach's new website also says its still in the connecting stage, so they might yet have to connect it to the power. I couldn't have thought there are any other fibre/broadband ducts that need to be worked on as they did all of that in 2013.

It can take around 4 Months to go from the connection stage to the live stage.
Also they have to do loads of testing after the connection stage, so you might hear the fans once they have started testing the connection.

Paul

We've been on the 'connection' stage for around 3 years now though.

In reply to a post by thebigdolphin1:

We've been on the 'connection' stage for around 3 years now though.

That could be due to either having power or cabling issues, or had some other issues resulting in being put on hold.

Paul

Just a further update, there's a new Openreach roadworks listing almost directly on top of the location where the fibre cabinet is positioned:

Description: remedial notice to clear defect...
Date: 31 May - 2 Jun

Not sure if it actually has anything to do with fibre though, as there's no real mention in the description. It could just be some work for a nearby telephone pole.

Edit: Can't see any telegraph poles or or BT manholes nearby where the listing is, so I would presume this is fibre related.

Edited by thebigdolphin1 (Tue 24-May-16 15:41:04)

Interesting! I live nearby so will let you know if any physical changes.

Otherwise no obvious progress since January. Still no metal lock on the cabinet so I assume it is not powered yet.

I think the metal lock is removed after the power is connected, regardless of whether the cabinet is activated or not - at least, I hope so. If not, they might be denied any further roadworks to link up necessary power cables (which is likely if power is the issue) as the local roads were only just resurfaced last year.

More stuff on the roadworks website today. 11th to 15th June. Looks like they are maybe connecting something between the two cabinets (they lie on either side of Carsick View)