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Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Black Sheep on October 04, 2018, 12:45:11 PM
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You may, (or absolutely may not) be interested to read these statistics that made up part of the internal campaign about our newly formed Openreach.
We have ....
5.5k Telephone Exchanges
Largest Exchange is Oldham with 45,523 circuits ..... the smallest is Papa Stour in the Shetlands with just 14 circuits.
47m telegraph poles.
98k Copper Cabinets
82k Fibre Cabs
Our copper and fibre cables (length) combines are 3,787 x bigger than the UK rail network.
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Our copper and fibre cables (length) combines are 3,787 x bigger than the UK rail network
I'll keep that fact in mind for the next cocktail party I get invited to. It will wow the other guests. ::)
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Our copper and fibre cables (length) combines are 3,787 x bigger than the UK rail network.
what about before beeching?
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I'll keep that fact in mind for the next cocktail party I get invited to. It will wow the other guests. ::)
Get yourself a 2-way ear poppet .... I can remotely feed you endless facts, as you 'Hold the room' with tales of distribution cables and gel-crimps !! ;) ;D
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what about before beeching?
Ha ha .... pre-Beeching the actual figure came down to 623. He had a massive impact. ;)
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b*cat likes interesting facts . . . :)
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I'll keep that fact in mind for the next cocktail party I get invited to. It will wow the other guests. ::)
In my case it would inspire me to initiate the eternal debate, for which everybody likes me...
...Would it maybe be more concise to say ”3,788 x the size of the UK rail network” ? I think that means the same as ”3,787 x bigger than the UK rail network”. :cool:
Oddly, I don’t get invited to many such cocktail parties, these days. Not sure why. :D
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47m telegraph poles.
, so how many mine shafts, or whatever, for those of us, who have underground feeds? And, just as there is discussion, whether FTTC is fibre, what %age of copper actually not copper but aluminium or wet string?
BS Tell us somethings essential! :P ;D
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There is no such thing as Aluminium ..... only silver copper !!! :P ;)
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Thank you.
When I get a mo I will update the info on this page - Local loop (https://kitz.co.uk/adsl/equip.htm)
BT has about 4.7 million distribution points, five million joint boxes, 47 million telegraph poles, 210,000 manholes, 98,000 PCP green cabinets and 5,500 exchange buildings with 25 million exchanges lines BT's access network contains 121.7 million kilometres of copper wire, enough to go around the world about 3,000 times.
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You may, (or absolutely may not) be interested to read these statistics that made up part of the internal campaign about our newly formed Openreach.
We have ....
5.5k Telephone Exchanges
Largest Exchange is Oldham with 45,523 circuits ..... the smallest is Papa Stour in the Shetlands with just 14 circuits.
47m telegraph poles.
98k Copper Cabinets
82k Fibre Cabs
Our copper and fibre cables (length) combines are 3,787 x bigger than the UK rail network.
Fascinating facts, thanks for the insight. So what does “BT” do now the Tecnical separation has come about ?
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In a nutshell .............. nowt.
BT PLC own the silver ...................... Openreach are nothing more than a body of people. Watch as 'T&C creep' occurs over the next few years and we all become contractors. TF I won't be here as a willing participant. Retirement does have its positive side. ;) ;D
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;D Sort of what I suspected ;)
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In a nutshell .............. nowt.
Perhaps the recent TV advertising “Be There” for BT hints at a rebranding? :)
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Another one ....
There are a few massive infrastructure builds going on in the UK at the moment .... such as the nuclear reactors as Hinckley Point and HS2 ..... only HS2 is a bigger build than the Ultrafast Network currently being worked on.