You'll not get any arguement from me there, Walter.
Speaking as a
residential EU though, I'm not even slightly interested in having 'Voice over IP', therefore FTTC for DSL provision is near enough the mark to satisfy me.
By "Re-sleeving" I assume you mean 'Re-shelling' ?? which does indeed happen when the original cables within the PCP have reached saturation, and we need to upgrade by fitting more cables. Usually this will mean fitting a new shell (generally sheet-metal or Fibreglass) as there isn't enough space to terminate the new cables in the older cast-iron shells. The same 're-shelling' scenario's also happen when the PCP has been smashed up via a car-crash etc., or as once happened in my home town only last year, by being dessimated by some nutter with a sledge-hammer.
PS .... the power side of the new DSLAM Cabinets (do you see what I did there Walter
), are to be maintained by our own Power-Maintenance engineers I'm led to believe. This was the group I was on when I first started at BT all those years ago, and it's gonna be a shock for them having to work outside in our inclement weather. Not really interesting, just a dig at some of my former work-mates.