In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

The smallest NGA BT do which is the common little green box can take 288 connections.

Its not "little" - the HUGE Huawei 288 line cabinet - http://robertos.me.uk/html/bt_furniture_2.html

This doesn't give any scale, but they're about 5.5ft tall!

1.4m high normally

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

1.4m high normally

Okay, that's 4.5ft

A little knowledge can be dangerous!

If it has a single door then a 128 or 144 line module. Two doors is 288 line.

And probably eci kit in it

Just had this back from openreach. Guess I am [censored] re: FO then...damn!

Thank you for your enquiry about fibre broadband, you are connected directly to the exchange and not via a telephony cabinet located in the street, this is referred to as an E/O line.
Our deployment is based on the commercial criteria for each exchange and in turn, how broadband is delivered from the exchange. Unfortunately, as your line is fed directly from the exchange it fails to meet the commercial criteria. This is because the solution to deploy Fibre Broadband to lines connected this way would not provide a return on the investment based on the costs for the construction and on-going running costs.
Government funding is available to county and borough councils to assist in the upgrade of lines that are connected directly to the exchange. It would be worth contacting them to enquire if they have discussed funding with BDUK to help upgrade lines such as yours. http://www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/
You can also register your interest for upgrade via the following link http://www.openreachfibrebroadband.co.uk/expression-...
Please note, the telephony network over which fibre broadband is bespoke, as such, all premise are served from dedicated distribution points which are connected via their own underground duct network either directly to the exchange or to telephony cabinets. There are no interconnections that can be utilised to give fibre broadband services between E/O lines and cabinets, therefore, I�m afraid we technically can�t move your service to a cabinet. In addition, it is not Openreach policy to rearrange the network to enable services where they are not currently available, which is what would occur if your service was moved.

If you have any further questions, please ensure you have read the FAQ's on our website, http://www.openreachfibrebroadband.co.uk/faq/ . If your question is answered within the FAQ section, we will not respond to your e-mail.