adamgilbride
Casual Member
Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting on here. This site has been a wealth of info for me sporadically over the years, so thank you to everyone who contributes and makes it the mine of information it is!
I'm interested in some expert opinions, and I have added some photos which will hopefully help with my question.
My house is one of about four that is fed from a telegraph pole, which in turn appears to take a feed from another pole on the neighbouring street. 'My' telegraph pole was replaced in early December (the previous one had leaned to one side rather a lot for a number of years!) and has a single black Openreach box on top. The pole on the neighbouring street seems to have a full complement of FTTP equipment mounted on it (CBT boxes I think, from having looked elsewhere on this forum). Both my address and addresses on the neighbouring street (that are fed directly from the pole with the FTTP equipment on it), have a status of 'Build planned for December 2023' on the Openreach checker.
So my question is... from the pictures, does it look like anything else needs to happen to my telegraph pole before FTTP gets enabled? Best case appears to be that there is a fibre connection from the pole on the neighbouring street, and that everything 'just' needs to be switched on and tested before orders are opened. Sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm no expert. Very interested to hear everyone's thoughts on here, though because I've been struggling with a 30Mb connection for years!
The photo with the house in the background shows the pole that feeds my house. Thee photo with the blue sky is the pole on the neighbouring street. I've drawn arrows in red to show the cable that connects the two poles.
Thank you very much in advance and Happy New Year!
Adam
This is my first time posting on here. This site has been a wealth of info for me sporadically over the years, so thank you to everyone who contributes and makes it the mine of information it is!
I'm interested in some expert opinions, and I have added some photos which will hopefully help with my question.
My house is one of about four that is fed from a telegraph pole, which in turn appears to take a feed from another pole on the neighbouring street. 'My' telegraph pole was replaced in early December (the previous one had leaned to one side rather a lot for a number of years!) and has a single black Openreach box on top. The pole on the neighbouring street seems to have a full complement of FTTP equipment mounted on it (CBT boxes I think, from having looked elsewhere on this forum). Both my address and addresses on the neighbouring street (that are fed directly from the pole with the FTTP equipment on it), have a status of 'Build planned for December 2023' on the Openreach checker.
So my question is... from the pictures, does it look like anything else needs to happen to my telegraph pole before FTTP gets enabled? Best case appears to be that there is a fibre connection from the pole on the neighbouring street, and that everything 'just' needs to be switched on and tested before orders are opened. Sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm no expert. Very interested to hear everyone's thoughts on here, though because I've been struggling with a 30Mb connection for years!
The photo with the house in the background shows the pole that feeds my house. Thee photo with the blue sky is the pole on the neighbouring street. I've drawn arrows in red to show the cable that connects the two poles.
Thank you very much in advance and Happy New Year!
Adam























