After seeing BT Openreach vans and engineers around the cabinet, the connecting website shows Cabinet 25 has moved into the Connect phase.
We’re connecting power to the new fibre cabinet and joining the new fibre lines to the existing copper network.
Now there is a caveat that…
You can’t order a fibre service today but typically it’ll be available to your premises within the next four months.
However the process is moving faster than it says on the website, it’s one of the reasons I am blogging about it, so I can see if we are on target or slower than the website says. The build phase (which should be a “month” was just a week!
Now the building work is done, BT Openreach need to connect the cabinets and connect power to the new cabinet.
For a Fibre to the Cabinet connection this stage is about connecting the power and fibre cables to the cabinet in your area. The existing and new cabinets are now connected to each other by underground copper cables. The physical build is now completed and there shouldn’t need to be any further works in your area.
After this has happened then BT Openreach can activate the cabinet, inform service providers and then I can place an order.