I'll have a look out for the black boxes!

The cabinet appears to be one of these grey boxes, which does look like we might be getting FTTP via community fibre which is awesome!

Believe those are also the cabinets that Virgin Media use to deploy FTTP but if you're already in a VM area it won't be that. I'm not aware of any areas where HFC is being overbuilt with RFoG but I'm sure it will happen one day.

My first thought would actually be VM, especially if the lock is a circular aperture. Community Fibre's cabinets near me are larger and have forced air cooling.

With that said, I haven't seen what, if anything they use in underground fed PIA deployment areas, so it could be that.

I don't think that is a BT cabinet next to it so I am going to punt on Virgin.

Next time you are down there have a look whose name is printed on the manhole covers.

In reply to a post by FibreBubble:

I don't think that is a BT cabinet next to it so I am going to punt on Virgin.

Next time you are down there have a look whose name is printed on the manhole covers.

I had a look at the manhole covers and they look like the concrete BT covers but the name has been scraped out, probably by wear.

There is no other identification marks on any of the three cabinets, etc one has "MUX" written on it!

Check the locks on the green cabs…

https://postimg.cc/68Xzt3zw

I'm not convinced that's a BT cabinet in the centre, there's no reason for it to have a warning sticker on it about electricity.

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I'm not convinced that's a BT cabinet in the centre, there's no reason for it to have a warning sticker on it about electricity.

Yes, and the green cabinets are not a type I have seen before. The end one is an old cabinet with new doors, almost as if it has been repurposed. The centre one is not vented either.

I will investigate further to see what I can find out.

Me neither

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In reply to a post by jpm:

I'm not convinced that's a BT cabinet in the centre, there's no reason for it to have a warning sticker on it about electricity.

Yes, and the green cabinets are not a type I have seen before. The end one is an old cabinet with new doors, almost as if it has been repurposed. The centre one is not vented either.

I will investigate further to see what I can find out.

Just thinking out load (always dangerous on a forum!) - is it in any way possible or probable that these are former Openreach cabinets that have been “taken over” as part of PIA or other arrangement to an AltNet (possibly Community Fibre given the location and grey cabinet type) to house some of their active equipment - hence the updated doors on the green cab?

Otherwise it may just be Virgin M.