FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
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FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
16-10-2013 4:44 PM
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My exchange and a few surrounding cabinets have recently been upgraded to FTTC, with a date of 1st November for the cabinets. I enquired some time ago about my own cabinet and was told by BT that it was not commercially viable. So when the FTTC dates were set, sure enough I checked the phone number of a property connected to a cabinet in the centre of the village and the FTTC date was 1st November. I checked mine and it had no date.
Again another big hint was the replacement of several of the cabinets in the village with new large ones with the tell tale vents etc. Our cabinet was also replaced, but not with a fibre one - just a newer version of the same size to replace the old rusty 80s one.
Fast forward a few months and I thought I would check again, just out of morbid curiosity. It is now showing March 2014 for my cabinet.
What are peoples opinions on this, is this just a date that BT stick on all the cabinets that have not actually been done in an otherwise FTTC area, and Im actually not likely to get it. Or do they only stick dates against the cabinets that they actually intend to upgrade? Just seems a little strange that they would renew a cabinet with a non fibre one, just to upgrade it again to a fibre one five months from now.
Any similar experiences?
Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
16-10-2013 5:03 PM
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Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
16-10-2013 8:02 PM
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Just wondered if anyone else had previously been on a commercially unviable cabinet and then seen it upgraded at a later date?
Im surprised as our exchange doesnt server that many people. Maybe we are the trial village for the local councils spending on BDUK? Not read anything on the council website to say as much though - last time I heard, they hadnt even chosen a supplier - from a list of one.
Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 7:23 AM
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Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 7:54 AM
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As part of the upgrade path old and 'overfull' pcp cabinets need to be re-shelled first.
This is done literally by cutting off the old cast iron/steel shell and installing over the top a new shell with much more room inside it.
The original innards remain as they are.
This is because they need space on the RHS in the cabinet for the krone blocks where the tie cables from the fibre cabinet come in and are terminated.
These blocks are used to cross connect your line in the pcp to the fibre cabinet alongside.
Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 9:38 AM
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Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 10:31 AM
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Probably a good idea In the past the 'end of quarter' dates (Mar,Jun,Sep,Dec) have been used as placeholder dates. They seem to mean that 'something' is planned but no date has really been assigned. As the end of quarter date approaches the set date will be moved to the next quarter. Once a 'real' plan has been decided the date will usually be set to a non quarter one.
Quote I wont hold any hope that the date doesnt get changed though.
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 10:40 AM
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Phil
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: FTTC date on previously "not comercially viable" cabinet
17-10-2013 1:07 PM
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Our exchange began accepting FTTC orders in March this year, with just a few fibre cabinets installed and progressively enabled close to the exchange. We are just outside that initial footprint.
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