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In reply to a post by smouty:

Do they do this? I didn't think they used any Openreach equipment..

This is my Swish cab. It's just a few metres from my old, hated OR cab on the opposite corner of the junction; whether they use OR ducts for the backhaul I don't know. Round here Swish used a small amount of PIA and some OR poles, but mostly they dug trenches and installed Toby pots. From chats with the engineers when they were installing this cab, and subesquently confirmed by @Swish_fibre in a private conversation, I know that my OLT is in there.

I'll have to look out for one as I can't say I have noticed any new ones locally.
They pretty much dug up every road in the town, in fact there was still a road closed last week due to their install.

In reply to a post by smouty:

I'll have to look out for one as I can't say I have noticed any new ones locally.
They pretty much dug up every road in the town, in fact there was still a road closed last week due to their install.

This is the only Swish cab I know about my village, but I haven't searched behind every bush looking for others. I think it's just coincidence that it happens to be close to my old OR cab. As @therioman said, there won't be loads of them like FTTC cabs. Prob. the whole village comes into it.
They dug up pretty much everywhere here too - I would guesstimate 90-95%. My connection is actually one of the 5% that's PIA and pole.

In reply to a post by billford:

Internet connectivity in the hands of the GPO? Doesn't bear even thinking about

At least they would not have to pay shareholders and put more money into the network.

I saw Openreach sticking a CBT on a pole by our local co-op, I thought they had done all of this Estate

Zzoomm had more problems last night, it was OK here, well kind off, speed was a bit lower, they said

Engineering have advised us there is an issue being investigated, and it’s compounded by the latest Call of Duty update which many are doing.
Usually the update alone wouldn’t be a problem as the network can easily handle the capacity.
We’ll keep you updated.

The first thing they said was "we are here, apologies - been putting the kids to bed." LOL, so they must be working from home, but that seems to be the norm these days. At least they are there. I have been with providers that offer customer service between office hours only.

Hopefully when they get the backhaul sorted it will get better., at the end of the day I am looking at it this way now, if I get more than 36Mb/s I am quids in as that it will be more than I got for the same price with Plusnet.


Now I wait for the replies

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In reply to a post by zyborg47:

BT should nebver havebeen privitised in the first place.

Internet connectivity in the hands of the GPO? Doesn't bear even thinking about

Thats you off the fanboy christmas list 🤣🤣🤣