On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 06:49:09PM +0000, Chris Wilkie wrote: > Hi All > > Is anyone experienced with ordering EAD circuits from Openreach and able to > advise, please? I’ve tried asking OR directly but they don’t seem to know, > or at least I’ve found myself banging my head on a brick wall before I was > able to speak to someone with any clue. > > We’ve ordered a circuit which is going to incur significant ECC’s, I’m > expecting in the order of £10k (on top of the £2.8k-ish allowance) > > I need to order a second circuit out of the same site to a different > destination. Obviously once the first one is connected the construction of > the route to the site will be complete and it will just be a case of splicing > up a new core (there is fibre present at the other end already). > > OR give an allowance towards construction costs when a circuit is ordered. > When the second circuit is ordered the majority of this will be wasted > because all the work will have already been done. > > Is there some way of combining the two orders such that I can make use of the > allowance on both circuits against the overall ECC? > > To be clear, both circuits are ’normal’ EAD (not ‘local access' or ‘long > reach’) and both share a common A end. It’s almost as if I should order this > as a resilient circuit somehow, although I’m not too concerned if the two > circuits share any physical route. > > I have CP status with OR so I’m working directly with EMP. > > Any pearls of wisdom gratefully received! > > Thanks, Chris
Openreach can ensure EADs are diverse by having them classified/ordered as RO2 (I believe that stands for Resiliant Order 2 or similar). Working for BT (but based in Ireland) I should probably know a bit more about this but it's important to ensure that your order is modified (the existing EAD order that is) from STANDARD EAD to RO2 EAD. Hoping this helps. --- - MickoD
