G.Fast activation?

Hi all,

There has been a G.fast pod on the side of my local PCP for quite some time now (definitely a g.fast pod, not an extension pod). It must be well over six months now. I know they can take some time to get activated once installed but this seems a little long? I've been periodically checking the BTW checker but VDSL is still the fastest offering.

I did try contacting BT Retail about 3-4 months ago to ask if they knew the timescale, and they told me to get in touch with OR. Not for lack of trying, I couldn't find a way to contact them as a consumer.

Does anyone know if there's a way to check when it will likely get activated?

Many thanks!

Only way to know for certain its G.fast is an inside inspection.

Pods have known to be in place for a year or more before now. Some may actually get removed with full fibre taking priority

Interesting. For what it's worth I've seen OR and contractors visiting the cabinet, often in groups, a few times since it's been installed. I've generally been driving to work when I've seen it so not been able to hang around and see what's happening, but I suspect more than just a customer connection.

I wouldn't complain if it got abandoned in favour of FTTP (as wasteful as it seems), especially since there are quite a few nearby new-builds with both Virgin and OR FTTP, and a commercial OR FTTP rollout stopping at just the next postcode! (Different exchange in that case though).

Thanks for the reply!

might be G. Fast or a VDSL pod. Exchange and cab would help identify

Until now I wasn't even aware VDSL pods were a thing! Exchange is LVHUY (Huyton) Cabinet 37.

I was under the impression the DSLAM still had capacity and when checking I've not seen any warnings about it being full.

Many thanks

P.S. In my first post I meant it's not just a PCP extension i.e. it's a vented pod. I'm surprised I've not heard of the VDSL pods until now.

Edited by deleted (Mon 30-Mar-20 01:16:42)

Another VDSL pod. No g.Fast

Good to know, thanks!

On the bright side, at least it suggests the area hasn't been passed up for FTTP in favour of g.Fast.

Out of interest, does this imply the ECI cabinet is full, or could it be more to do with features offered by the Huawei DSLAM?

No worries if you can't answer, I'm just curious.

Sometimes a pod or cabinet is added before the original gets to capacity

It's good to know they're planning for future demand at least. Are these 96 port capacity like g.Fast or something different?

256 ports i believe