Fttc has dslams in cabinets, fttp active gear is (almost always) in the exchange. Fttp and fttc are entirely seperate networks.
And the cablelinks are ordered by the CP after openreach marks a location as available. They have to maintain an equivalent environment for all CPs including bt wholesale and independents. Of particular annoyance is that gfast is also often yet another set of L2Ss that you have to order cablelinks to, so as a CP in an exchange you end up ordering a lot of overlap for simultaneous products in the same areas. On the plus side cablelinks are a one off cost so at least once you've got them you've got them! On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, at 10:17 AM, Paul Mansfield wrote: > Thanks. Is it unlikely that bt would provision a cabinet without the > necessary cablelinks to be able to provide both FTTC and FTTP? I would > imagine the fibres themselves are cheap enough to have a large number, and > they just splice on a termination as and when needed? > > On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 09:44 Simon Green, <[email protected]> wrote: >> __ >> Exchange end the fttp net is almost always on a different set of L2Ss to the >> fttc net, so you need additional cablelinks to receive it. But yes, after >> that each circuit is a vlan. >> >> On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, at 11:18 PM, Paul Mansfield wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, 14:54 Alex Threlfall, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Very interesting, I have a FTTC cabinet right outside my front fence, but >>>> FTTP is still a £1000+ option :( >>>> >>>> I'd be happy to dig the trench through my front lawn and present the fibre >>>> to the rear of the cabinet, but they won't entertain it! >>> >>> Is there some special difference between FTTC and FTTP cabinets? >>> Won't BT simply provide a tunnel or vlan or between the isp's unbundled >>> kit at the exchange and the cabinet fibre termination which then is the >>> link to the ONT/CPE? >>>>
