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Originally Posted by Shaun
Surely as the cable is already there all they need to do is re'pull the cables. It's not like they are starting from scratch the ducting and roadside cabinets are already there.
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Have you seen the state of the cabinets, I suggest you have a look inside when you next see an engineer working in one. Their network at cabinet level is typically a shambles that is both very old and went through a period of bad maintenance.
The cabinets would not be suitable for fibre management, and you always have to figure in x-amount of civils for collapsed ducts when considering pulling new cables. You must also remember that their network is completely different to ntl's, the customer drop can be considered as a pair of cables going all the way back to the local exchange. The length of the drop can be measured in miles and not 10's of meters in the typical ntl scenario.