[GLLUG] What have BT done to our nearest cabinet?

Matthew Copperwaite mattcopp at gmail.com
Fri Jul 26 13:08:03 UTC 2013


On 26 July 2013 14:00, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:

> I've just been away for a few days and returned to noticed that BT seem to
> have done some upgrade work on our nearest roadside telephone cabinet.  A
> couple of the old, flat front doors have been removed and replaced with
> doors that bulge outwards, adding perhaps 2-3" of extra depth to the
> cabinet, plus they now have cooling fans which you can hear running as you
> walk by.
>
> Could this possibly be the long-awaited FTTC upgrade?  They upgraded our
> exchange a year ago, but didn't bother to do the cabinets, so although our
> exchange appears on the list of those with FTTC available, you can't
> actually order it.
>
> Anyone know whether this is what an FTTC upgrade looks like?
>
> John
>
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>From what I've seen they tend to put a poster on the cabinets saying "Fibre
is available here" or something along those lines. If you want more
information about the progress in your exchange then Sam Knows Broadband is
excellent:
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

Matt
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