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[Dwight]

I'll say it again, FTTP is 100% unrelated to the PCP.
The PCP holds copper cables, no fibre at all.
The extension is to add extra space for more blocks for terminating copper cables, usually the tie pairs that link the PCP to the fibre cabinet.
Recently I've seen an extension being added just before a G.Fast cabinet.

So it's either for a G.Fast pod, a 2nd FTTC cabinet, or your cabinet is just absolutely stuffed and there's no space for more tie cables for the existing FTTC cabinet.

When the engineer says "it's for fibre" he likely means FTTC/G.Fast. It's all just referred to as "fibre".

The fibre used in FTTP has nothing to do with the PCP though. It comes from Aggregation nodes/Splitter nodes which are housed in underground chambers.

No John No!
Your digging my hart out with a wooden spoon!
 

[j0hn]

lol
I'm not crushing your dreams.
I'm not saying your area/property isn't getting FTTP.
Just saying that particular green "pod" on the PCP is unrelated to it.

[Weaver]

Aside: I wonder why on earth they add these extension units, rather than just replacing the whole thing with a bigger box? I’m fairly sure some bean counter might have actually done the sums relating to it.

[Dwight]

Aside: I wonder why on earth they add these extension units, rather than just replacing the whole thing with a bigger box? I’m fairly sure some bean counter might have actually done the sums relating to it.

200 plus phone lines having to be disconnected and reconnected could you image the customer complaints and mess it would create! 

[Weaver]

> having to be disconnected and reconnected

Good point. It would have to be done by several guys working together overnight. I don't remotely know enough about the specifics. It's just what they do whenever a box gets hit by a car, gets flooded and wrecked, catches fire or just gets too old and nasty, I suppose.

[Dwight]

> having to be disconnected and reconnected

Good point. It would have to be done by several guys working together overnight. I don't remotely know enough about the specifics. It's just what they do whenever a box gets hit by a car, gets flooded and wrecked, catches fire or just gets too old and nasty, I suppose.

I think when a Cab is taken out by fowl means it's a different story, upgrading they can do by adding another rack of numbers.

[burakkucat]

200 plus phone lines having to be disconnected and reconnected could you image the customer complaints and mess it would create! 

Not necessarily so.   

Have you come across the phrase "re-shell / re-shelled / re-shelling" in the context of a primary cross-connection point (PCP)? The old / too small / damaged / whatever casing is removed leaving all the internal gubbins in-situ. Then a new casing is dropped over and mechanically fixed (nuts, bolts & various doings). No circuits would (normally) be disturbed.