An issue preventing some users of cabinet 3 from ordering FTTC has been resolved. Some properties were incorrectly being reported as 'too far from the cabinet' by the Openreach tool despite being well within range of a new cabinet.
A property with a line length of approx. 1.3km from house to cabinet is able to order fibre broadband at an estimated speed of 21Mbps.
If your phone number reports as being 'too far from the cabinet' yet you are able to trace your telephone line length to be under 2km, it may be worth investigating if your line length really is too long or there is a glitch in Openreach data.
Thanks go to Highlands and Islands Enterprise for liaising with Openreach to get this resolved.
The below is based on a survey of local telephone numbers against Openreach availability checker on 21st August 2017:
https://www.homeandwork.openreach.co.uk/when-can-i-get-fibre.aspx
Cabinet 1 – in the village – has been live since Dec 2015
Cabinet 2 – Letterwalton/Pony Park/Tyree/North Benderloch - accepting orders
Cabinet 3 – South Shian opp. Shenavallie junction – accepting orders
Cabinet 4 – (opposite Ardbhatan), towards South Shian - accepting orders
Cabinet 5 – (Barcaldine, near junction with Glen Salacah) – Not yet live. ETA November 2017
It should be noted that the usual adverts by BT/Openreach announcing the arrival of fibre have not been seen - e.g. posters on the cabinet or sales calls by BT, so even though ISPs are accepting orders, given that the cabinets are so new there may well be delays in provisioning.
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Monday, 21 August 2017
Friday, 11 August 2017
Cabinet Summary - new cabinets LIVE! and new rollout dates
Cabinet 1 - in the village - has been live since Dec 2015
Cabinet 2 - Letterwalton/Pony Park/Tyree/North Benderloch IS NOW LIVE and ACCEPTING ORDERS!
Cabinet 3 - South Shian opp. Shenavallie junction - is apparently now LIVE, but not yet accepting orders. ETA Aug 2017
Cabinet 4 - (opposite Ardbhatan), towards South Shian is not yet connected for fibre and power, but new BT poles and overhead lines have been installed this week. ETA Jan 2017
Cabinet 5 - (Barcaldine, near junction with Glen Salcah) - not yet connected for fibre and power. ETA November 2017
BT availability checker shows cabinet 4 as still being connected. Cabinet 3 (Shenavallie) is activated but not yet accepting orders; presumably awaiting cabinet 4 to be wired up.
Cabinet 2 - Letterwalton/Pony Park/Tyree/North Benderloch IS NOW LIVE and ACCEPTING ORDERS!
Cabinet 3 - South Shian opp. Shenavallie junction - is apparently now LIVE, but not yet accepting orders. ETA Aug 2017
Cabinet 4 - (opposite Ardbhatan), towards South Shian is not yet connected for fibre and power, but new BT poles and overhead lines have been installed this week. ETA Jan 2017
Cabinet 5 - (Barcaldine, near junction with Glen Salcah) - not yet connected for fibre and power. ETA November 2017
BT availability checker shows cabinet 4 as still being connected. Cabinet 3 (Shenavallie) is activated but not yet accepting orders; presumably awaiting cabinet 4 to be wired up.
| Fibre Cabinet | Fibre Status | Phase | Properties Passed | Vendor | Approx Post Code |
| Cabinet P1 | FTTC Available from 18th December 2015 | Phase BDUK HIE 12a | 149 | Huawei | PA37 1PY |
| Cabinet P2 | FTTC being Activated, live due by August 2017 | Phase BDUK HIE 16a | Huawei | PA37 1RY | |
| Cabinet P3 | FTTC being Activated, live due by August 2017 | Phase BDUK HIE 16a | Huawei | PA37 1QU | |
| Cabinet P4 | FTTC being Connected, live due by January 2017 | Phase BDUK HIE 16a | Huawei | PA37 1QR | |
| Cabinet P5 | FTTC being Connected, live due by November 2017 | Phase BDUK HIE 16a | Huawei | PA37 1SL |
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