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Permalink Reply by Shane on September 21, 2015 at 8:12

Good to hear that Fibre optic is coming. Does anyone have any idea when?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Brian Hickman on September 21, 2015 at 15:31

Ask steven.bage@cityoflondon.gov.uk

City of London Infrastructure Officer

I would be interested to know if it is fibre to the: cabinet, basement or  flat?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Luckham on September 24, 2015 at 16:26

I believe it is a similar setup to Middlesex St... fibre to the cabinet in the basement.  3 new Distribution Point's have been installed (Bayer, Gt Arthur and somewhere in Crescent/ Hatfield).  These are effectively the "cabinets".  These will serve the whole of the Estate, so not quite "the basement" as there isn't one each for each individual block.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Brian Hickman on September 24, 2015 at 16:41

I believe the reason they call it Fibre to the Basement (rather than Fibre to the Cabinet) is to highlight that the electrical power is derived from the locality (rather than the exchange). I made this assumption on the grounds that I read there was some concern at the new source of electricity and that we were out for a few days, when it 'blew' broadband on MSE.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Brian Hickman on September 25, 2015 at 8:18

I forgot to mention two things:

1 Cabinets cover more than one house, building, block or business

2 FTTB is FTT Building or Basement

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