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FTTC – that's about the size of it

Three photos – first one showing a “normal” street cabinet next to a FTTC cabinet. The latter is much larger to be able to take the DSLAM kit. Exciting stuff eh? Thanks to BT for the pics.

BT Openreach FTTC cabinet next to a normal street cabinet
FTTC cabinet next to a normal street cabinet

Second photo shows inside of a cabinet – no DSLAM in it yet.

Inside a BT Openreach FTTC cabinet
Inside a BT Openreach FTTC cabinet
Third  photo shows a cabinet with DSLAM kit in it. I will check the first two are right because they do look different.  FTTC cabs are definately bigger than normal ones.
BT Openreach FTTC cabinet with DSLAM kit inside
BT Openreach FTTC cabinet with DSLAM kit inside
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broadband Business

FTTC Broadband Cabinet – That’s About the Size of It

No question. Size matters when it comes to FTTC broadband cabinets.

Three photos – first one showing a “normal” street cabinet next to a FTTC cabinet. The latter is much larger to be able to take the DSLAM kit. Exciting stuff eh? Thanks to BT for the pics.  Edit much later – the bottom cab is definitely an FTTC broadband cabinet, however the other two are not (pics came from BT so error somewhere in the process). Thanks to reader Andrew Benham for pointing this out.  Thanks also to Andrew for the photos now inserted in this alternative and more recent post.

BT Openreach FTTC cabinet next to a normal street cabinet
FTTC broadband cabinet next to a normal street cabinet

Second photo shows inside of an FTTC broadband cabinet – no DSLAM in it yet.

Inside a BT Openreach FTTC cabinet
Inside a BT Openreach FTTC cabinet
Third  photo shows a cabinet with DSLAM kit in it. I will check the first two are right because they do look different.  FTTC cabinets are definitely bigger than normal ones.
BT Openreach FTTC cabinet with DSLAM kit inside
BT Openreach FTTC cabinet with DSLAM kit inside
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broadband End User internet

FTTC Broadband – What Exactly Is It?

FTTC local architecture
FTTC local architecture

Readers who are somewhat unclear on FTTC broadband soon won’t be. Read on.

FTTC broadband exchange rollout posts have attracted a huge amount of interest on this blog. More so in fact than any other subject I have posted on. There is clearly a demand out there for the faster speeds.

There isn’t that much info out there on what the proposition actually is so I am happy to remedy this. The following spiel has been pinched from the BT Wholesale FTTC Handbook (thanks to BT for letting me do this) .  This is normally only provided to ISPs who are reselling the technology/solution.

As is the nature of these things I have had to simplify the wording but if you see some complex technospeak it is probable left over from the original text. I’m afraid there is no getting away from the acronyms. The diags are BT (Wholesale & Openreach) originals.

FTTC Intro

Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) utilises BT’s 21st Century Network.  If an ISP already offers ADSL2+ services based on

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