I don't think more than one FTTC cabinet serves more than one voice cabinet.

I don't recall seeing you mention your exchange and cabinet in this thread but has Zarjaz identified the location in his earlier post?

It makes sense to me that one FTTC cab may serve more than one PCP

It may make sense to you but this is not the case. More than one FTTC cabinet can serve one PCP due to high demand but BT do not share FTTC cabinets between PCPs.

Nope. An FTTC cab is only ever connected to a single PCP.

If the FTTC cab you've found is next to a BT PCP with a different number, then the chances are that it has nothing to do with your line or cab.

Where I am sitting right now, there are 3 PCPs within 40m, each with 1 FTTC cab. They aren't always a long way apart.

In almost every deployment, the original PCP (steel, cast iron or fibreglass) stays in place. The (vented) FTTC cab is always a nearby addition.

Was Zarjaz's earlier post not a link to your particular cabinet? With the FTTC cabinet down a side street? Or was he just giving an example of a hidden FTTC cabinet?

but has Zarjaz identified the location in his earlier post?

Dear me, no. They were of a cab in London Street, Reading, was trying to show the OP that the DSLAM's location isn't always so obvious.

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

Nope. An FTTC cab is only ever connected to a single PCP.

If the FTTC cab you've found is next to a BT PCP with a different number, then the chances are that it has nothing to do with your line or cab.

Which is why I asked him for the other old cabinet's number, but he hasn't said. .

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

Nope. An FTTC cab is only ever connected to a single PCP.

If the FTTC cab you've found is next to a BT PCP with a different number, then the chances are that it has nothing to do with your line or cab.

Where I am sitting right now, there are 3 PCPs within 40m, each with 1 FTTC cab. They aren't always a long way apart.

In almost every deployment, the original PCP (steel, cast iron or fibreglass) stays in place. The (vented) FTTC cab is always a nearby addition.

Was Zarjaz's earlier post not a link to your particular cabinet? With the FTTC cabinet down a side street? Or was he just giving an example of a hidden FTTC cabinet?

No, not at all, as Zarjaz points out he gave an example of where an FTTC cab may be hidden around a corner.

All I can do is see if there is an FTTC cabinet hidden in the vicinity serving my PCP directly. I'm surprised that although the nearest visible FTTC cab resides 40 metres down the road with it's own close by PCP, is it not practice for cabling to link two PCP's together?
If so (and within a certain distance ie say less than 50 metres), the FTTC cabinet (down the street) could be indirectly connected to by my PCP by going via it's PCP first? That could be done in theory but is it done in practice?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

Nope. An FTTC cab is only ever connected to a single PCP.

If the FTTC cab you've found is next to a BT PCP with a different number, then the chances are that it has nothing to do with your line or cab.

Which is why I asked him for the other old cabinet's number, but he hasn't said. .

The number isn't visible on the PCP down the street that resides next to the FTTC cabinet.

What you suggest does not happen in practice

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Each fibre cabinet will only serve one PCP