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[BritBrat]

Nice find I think the list is easier to read.

Green Cab = FTTC
Gray Cab = NO FTTC

Zoe

Mine is green on the map but I would take that with a pinch of salt.

Interesting read:
Yes Minister 2010 and Digital Britain

[BritBrat]

On closer inspection that map is useless.

The postcodes do not match the cabinet area or the exchange ref no or even the correct physical location.

Cross check yours with samknows.

[geep]

Seems accurate here from the 2 cabinets I checked out. I found cabinets #9 and #26 in the street, and the postcodes close by all list the relevant cabinet. Across the road from existing #26 a new cabinet is under construction. Exchange code OK too.

Cheers,
Peter

[renluop]

I'm with Peter on this. I too know the location of two cabs. I have checked various local postcodes and have found that the cab they are supposedly linked to is logical

[Zoe]

Hi BritBrat  

The little cabs on the map aren't real Cabs - & - Don't show the locations of the actual real cabs  

However!
What You'll Notice...
There's a cab on the map for each postcode.
Clicking the little cab then tells you things like...
1) Exchange Code
2) Cab Number
3) % of lines that a Cab will be able to provide with FTTC

Like... geep & renlulop
The map shows everything accurate for me.
3 FTTC Cabs in my area... 16, 17, 18
I know where each of them live - & - Cab number 18 is mine.

Zoe


PS.

Almost Forgot! 
Samknows FTTC Result Below....

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[renluop]

Pics herewith

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[waltergmw]

Hi Renluop,

Pace Kitz, but we could do with a larger image of the small cabinet. The larger cabinet is a reasonably modern standard PCP.

Kind regards,
Walter

[Zoe]

Hi renluop  


Picture 1 = Normal Modern Cab

Picture 2 = FTTC Cab

Note!
In The Pictures...
See the mark in the pavement shows how one Cab is connected to the other 

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[renluop]

New pic

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[renluop]

Last pic...no good?

[waltergmw]

It's an excellent picture but it certainly isn't either a FTTC cab or, perhaps more importantly, if it is a BT cabinet there would be precious little room to install the link cable terminations.

It might have some entirely different function though.

You'll nee to keep an eagle eye on it and see what's inside, maybe asking the investigator what it does.

Kind regards,
Walter

[renluop]

I feel that I may well have caused confusion, as I in no way meant that there was a FTTC cab 12; merely that I know the location of the standard cab.

I looked at it little brother and it has the piper logo. Doesn't seem to have had attention for ages.

[Zoe]

Hi 


Happy Day! 

I'm now 100% certain of where my FTTC cab is living.
Coz...
Had to go out! - So asked my mum could she drive us past what I believed to be our cab... No: 18
Couldn't take Photo's coz it was too cold.
But!
Even from the car I could see the new PCP Box or whatever they're called... Has a number 18 on it!
And just a few meters away... It's Big Brother FTTC Cab  8)


Zoe

[renluop]

Well things are starting to move at STRINGW. BTO were pulling though cables near one of their cabinets. I asked and was told the work was for FTTC.

Wasting time until as bus came I took a few pics down the hole.Read 544/5/6. The pullthrogh is in blue. Burley label refers to a slave exchange about 4 miles distant. Hope pics are of some minimal interest. What's the big black cylinder?

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[waltergmw]

Hi Renluop,

So the New Forest Jungle is about to be lit with fibre !

It's what it says on the tin in your second picture - a fibre cable joint.

It's a pity you couldn't get a better picture from the cable entry end but as there are cables of different diameters I suspect this is a branch joint with a large incomer probably being split into two smaller outgoers, one for the local FTTC.
Remember glass fibres are very fragile being usually 50 or 62.5 microns (thousandths of a mm) so they must be supported properly once they no longer have the protective packing inside the cable.

What is not obvious from this joint pit is that the fibre joint is attached to the galvanised arm which can be raised vertically to work on the fibre joint.

Worse still if another contractor comes along with a pneumatic drill or elephant's foot rammer the fibres can be jolted thus cracking them and often ruining their light transmissivity.

I hope somebody actually involved in fibre cable installation might be able to add some more detail.

You'll also find some more pictures here:-

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4440.html

Kind regards,
Walter