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[WWWombat]

This is the first dual-dslam story I heard...
https://thecomputerperson.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/diary-of-an-fttc-install/

[Chrysalis]

will take some pics if I can later this week.

[burakkucat]

I believe Walter knows of sites in the Surrey Hills environs that were initially provisioned with small (fibre) cabinets and once the DSLAM had been upgraded to its maximum number of line cards, a second (fibre) cabinet was then installed. 

[Black Sheep]

Another indicator of the North-South divide. Us Northerners can't afford FTTC, so 1 DSLAM will do for the whole County. 

[GigabitEthernet]

Any info on my estimated speed guys?

[burakkucat]

Thanks to Black Sheep, I have discovered that I am about 760m from the cabinet.

I'll take a quick guess at a DS throughput somewhere in the 24 - 30 Mbps range.

[Black Sheep]

It is difficult as suggested in the PM, Alec ........ and as also pointed out,  vectoring should be in full-flow by the time your village gets FTTC (6 months I think you said ?).
If so, that could also see a marked increase in speed ?? But, B*Cat has pitched it just right based on nothing more than distance. The bit we don't know is conductor size and make-up (Copper or Ali), this could see any guesstimate thrown straight out of the window ?? 

[GigabitEthernet]

It's copper to the cabinet I'm pretty sure I was told by OR. No idea on the conductor size - where could I find this out?

The line is all overhead BTW apart from about two 50m stretches where the line goes underground. The line basically follows the road which is good (some of the other lines around here go crazy routes!).

[Chrysalis]

BS seems you got some positive news if you confident vectoring within 6 months

You know if this includes ECI?

[Black Sheep]

Alas, not any official statements ...... just what I can glean from documents I have read. This is just my own thoughts, so don't hang me out to dry if it proves otherwise, but I don't think ECI is involved at this time ?? I hope I am proved wrong. 

[Chrysalis]

I hope you wrong also but I have to say I am not surprised.

From all the evidence thats out in the public, it looked quite clear to me that the cost of adding vectoring to ECI is significantly more than is to the huawei  cabinets.  Also I did observe that when it first got into the public openreach were testing vectoring, they ceased ECI rollout, that to me was a big alarm bell.

So if you are right it looks like we may be heading to a 2 tier service, which will upset alot of people on forums although maybe not so much the average user who wont even know what vectoring is.

I just find it hard to see openreach would rip out the entire dslam within 2-3 years of installing it, I dont think the shareholders would approve such a move, but I really hope we both wrong.

[NewtronStar]

So if you are right it looks like we may be heading to a 2 tier service,

There is already a 2 tier service on FTTC (those who's premises are close to the cabinet and those who are further away).

and TBH your lucky to what you have on FTTC.

[GigabitEthernet]

Well we now have our very own FTTC cabinet! There's a lot of digging going on and just today a cabinet has been spotted.

Any idea how long it will until I can order the bloody thing?

[GigabitEthernet]

It's lonely in here

[roseway]

The answer to your questions is that it can be weeks or months or never. In my case the cabinet was installed on 22 March 2014, and it eventually went live on 8 September.