With BT aiming to have 66% coverage of the UK with fibre optic broadband by 2015 many people who are yet to be moved onto the faster next generation broadband may be wondering if they are getting close to having fibre broadband services turned on.
BT do release lists of which towns and areas they are going to be covered and update this as and when new towns are put on it, however, just so you know what to look out for we have been out and grabbed you a picture of what you need to be looking for as the tell tale sign that you are getting close to receiving fibre broadband.
The picture below is of two BT street side cabinets. The smaller cabinet on the right is the old cabinet that the will probably be currently supplying your telephone and broadband services through. This is connected to the telephone exchange via copper wires.
The larger green cabinet on the left of the image is one of the new BT cabinets that will be supplied with fibre optic cable from the main telephone exchange. For most of us from here the broadband will then be delivered to us from the existing copper wires that currently supply us. This is the set up that the majority of the country will be receiving from BT, and is known as Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC).
How close do these cabinets need to be. BT have just installed new cabinet directly underneath and next to our side fence. Making it very easy for thieves to climb the cabinet and jump over our back fence. The cabinet has beed sited about 4 metres away from an old BT cabinet. This new cabinet is protruding into the pavement. Have tried many, many times to contact BT, but they seem to be very illusive, not wanting to contact us about the complaint.
Comment by Mrs G Baker — October 3, 2011 @ 11:24 am