That diagram has all the info I am looking for!!! Thank you!!!!

What is interesting about these pictures is that it looks like the manifolds, and maybe some of the other FTTP equipment, (well in this example) has been placed on a shared utility pole (ie. carrying the electricity distribution cables too) which is reassuring as I wasn't sure it could be done.

I say that as the majority of the poles within our village are shared between Openreach, Western Power (electric) and the council for the street lamps.

It definitely used to be used for power, but I'm not sure if it is still linked up. I'll have a look next time I'm nearby.

So it's been about 9 months since the FTTP equipment first began appearing and now BT are apparently aiming for a completion date in June.

Apparently 85% of the work has been completed. Looking around, a majority of what's left seems to be connecting underground cable sections to overhead sections...

Pics for those interested:

Does anyone know what these jointing things are called?

They look temporary

Other cables....

They aren't 'jointing things' they are for tensioning the blown fibre tubing I believe.

Found it - It's called a "Fibre Locking Mechanism (FLM)"

I think it isolates the actual jointing from load on the cable.

Nods head - was lacking the proper name when I saw initial pictures, so saves having to do a longer description

It's only recently that WPD granted Opebreach a licence to use there poles

In reply to a post by Ribble:

It's only recently that WPD granted Opebreach a licence to use there poles

Who are Opebreach? Should that be Open-Reach or Open-Breach!

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

They aren't 'jointing things' they are for tensioning the blown fibre tubing I believe.

In the document for the fibre locking mechanism, it shows the 36-fibre "ultra lightweight aerial fibre" (which is also included in your earlier architecture diagram).

I can understand the need for locking this kind of distribution fibre, but I would have thought it wouldn't be possible for BFT. Surely putting multiple figure-8 in BFT is going to make it impossible to blow the fibre in later?