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Cabinet number

50Twuncle
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edited 2 July 2014 at 2:13PM in Broadband & internet access
Is there some on-line utility that I can use to obtain the BT cabinet number that my home phone line is connected through ?

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  • aerostar
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    http://www.thinkbroadband.com/btavailability.html

    click BT wholesale availability and continue it should tell you the cabinet number if you are connected to a cabinet. Shows mine in my village.
  • 50Twuncle
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    aerostar wrote: »
    http://www.thinkbroadband.com/btavailability.html

    click BT wholesale availability and continue it should tell you the cabinet number if you are connected to a cabinet. Shows mine in my village.

    OK That works
    Can you please confirm whether - if Openreach are going to the bother of relocating (and replacing) a cabinet - there is any other reason than a fibre upgrade ?
    (Bear in mind that every other cabinet in the area has been upgraded in the last 18 months - leaving about 50 houses stuck in the 20th century !!)
    I am assuming that we will soon be connected !!
  • aerostar
    aerostar Posts: 1,738 Forumite
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    OK That works
    Can you please confirm whether - if Openreach are going to the bother of relocating (and replacing) a cabinet - there is any other reason than a fibre upgrade ?
    (Bear in mind that every other cabinet in the area has been upgraded in the last 18 months - leaving about 50 houses stuck in the 20th century !!)
    I am assuming that we will soon be connected !!



    All done on a cabinet by cabinet basis- locally not seen a standard cabinet re-located - but have seen Fiber cabinet on opposite side of the road instead of close by on same side of road.
  • brewerdave
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    @ 50Twuncle -See your other post:)
  • bubblegun
    bubblegun Posts: 210 Forumite
    edited 6 July 2014 at 12:08AM
    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Is there some on-line utility that I can use to obtain the BT cabinet number that my home phone line is connected through ?

    FYI, my cabinet has the number written on the side. Though I only know this for certain after confirming with an online checker.
  • 50Twuncle
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    It does look as if we are getting fibre - although BT deny this! !
    ( it is a fibre cabinet)
    The contractors dug up the pavement then walked away over a week ago - I am hoping that they will return in the near future to finish the job ?
  • Roland_Sausage
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    It does look as if we are getting fibre - although BT deny this! !
    ( it is a fibre cabinet)
    The contractors dug up the pavement then walked away over a week ago - I am hoping that they will return in the near future to finish the job ?

    It's possibly one of the BDUK funded cabinets. They generally won't show up on the BT checker until they are live.
  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,845 Forumite
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    Our fibre cabinet was installed and powered months ago -even seen them pulling cables to the new cab.-but absolutely no sign of fibre availability yet.
  • 50Twuncle
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    brewerdave wrote: »
    Our fibre cabinet was installed and powered months ago -even seen them pulling cables to the new cab.-but absolutely no sign of fibre availability yet.

    Thats BT for you - useless !!
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