Shouldn't the real argument be why the extra ducts aren't installed? Ducting is cheap and surely sufficient ducts could be put in for not a lot of extra cost at the initial build?
That would only require groundworks once, and the more expensive copper cables could be pulled through when required.
BS. I work in the transport game, managing a commercial workshop and dealing with an international company, many many times I've seen their accountants insist on doing things one way because it's cheaper, but in the long run it works out more expensive, or certainly looks that way. Bean counters are not always right.
That's what happens now, Ron ............ large ducts are put in place and pulling in new cables is a piece of p1ss. See further up this thread about how I could do it as a singleton worker.
I'm not saying accountants always get it right. But each and every scenario presented here will be totally different to the large-scale roll-out of FTTC development. There is no comparative analogy.
However, at the risk of repeating myself for the umpteenth time and boring a glass eye to sleep ........ the workshop that put together the FTTC package as it is, got it as right as any business could do with regard to the provisioning of copper cable.
You give the impression you manage your line-of-work in some way, shape or form ............... I ill ask you one simple question.
Would you, (given there are circa 36,000 Cabinets in the UK), give the order to install 4x100pr cables (192 ports) on each job, or the way it is done now and install 2x100pr cables (96 ports) on each job. You have to make this decision as MD based on the fact you have no idea whatsoever of what the contractual take-up of the product will be ?? There may be just 1 EU that upgrades, there may be 20 ?? You just do not know ??
I'll give you a little more intel to help make a decision ...... as mooted above, pulling in extra cables and terminating them is a 2-day job for one man. Easy street.
From my own experience, and any other OR engineer looking in may wish to add to this, I have probably only witnessed 5-10% of Cabs on my patch requiring relief work carrying out.
So do you ............. A) Spend a fortune on extra Copper cable that has a high probability of never being used, or B) Put new Copper in as and when firm orders are in place.
I'm now sick to death (Not with you Ron at all
) of giving this incredibly simple scenario to people with more than announce of intelligence. It is not what would need the recommendation of an accountant IMHO, it is a very, very simple costing exercise that my dog could do.
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