On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 13:21, Aled Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi BT GEA customers. > > Has anyone managed to order a GEA Cablelink with external presentation i.e. > not to an Access Locate rack inside the exchange but to a footway box outside? > > This is clearly shown as an option (top blue line) on the diagram on page 8 > of SIN498. > > My Openreach "Customer Establishment Delivery Manager" won't let me order it > however - they claim I must have Access Locate in the exchange to order GEA > Cablelinks. > > It's not clear if (having got Access Locate) they would then let me order > some external links per the diagram and why such a restriction exists. > > Any help appreciated.
Hi Aled, Where are you ordering the external variant cable-link to/from? I presume you're requesting that one end is a handover chamber outside, where are you requesting the other end be? They are a mixture of an internal variant 3 (from your rack to an internal cable chamber) plus pulling in a fibre from an external handover chamber which is spiced onto the internal variable 3 cable-link, so one end should be an Access Locate rack. Is the problem you have that you have an older pre-Access Locate rack? Cheers, James.
