Hello, my name is John and I'm a first time poster. (Apologies for the longish first post!)
I just come across this forum yesterday, and I am finding it very informative (if a little over my head!)
I live just outside of Edinburgh, and my local area is in the process of being upgraded to FTTC. In early February, I noticed that things were starting to happen when a load of traffic management signs and barriers (gear) had been dumped next to the cabinet to which I am connected, 3 yellow marks with "E" equally spaced had been painted on the path just behind the cabinet. A couple of days later I had a drive around my town to see if any other work was being done, and yes, ground works had started at 2 locations, pipes were sticking up out of the ground, "great" I thought, my cabinet will be next....no chance, a couple of weeks later the gear disappears!
In the meantime more ground works have commenced in my own and other towns near by, and no sign of anything happening at my own cab, then in March the gear re-appeared and a yellow rectangle painted on the grass next to the 3 yellow "E"'s, a week or so later the gear vanishes again, still no ground works!
In the meantime, just up the road from my house where the countryside begins, is the last cabinet in the town, lets call it CAB "C", it has had a FTTC installed near by, on the way back into the town the next cab (CAB "A") has also been upgraded, so my cab (CAB "B") which is situated in the middle of the 2, is still untouched.
Last week, there were 3 Openreach vans on the main road between CAB "B" and CAB "A", the were working in the manhole covers that go along that road. I naturally stopped and asked them if the were blowing fibre, but was told that they are just laying the infrastructure for the fibre, but they weren't having much luck due to the poor condition of the ducts, however they said it would be quickly resolved as they have targets to meet blah blah!
Now to the question in hand, I asked one of the guys why he thought my cab "B", hadn't been upgraded, he said that it may have been linked to either of the other 2 FTTC (A or C) to save money, has any one heard of this before?I look forward to hearing from some of you guys, as I know you are a knowledgeable bunch
Thanks in advance