Cabinetisation - can I get it?

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mkeeley

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#150371 20-Jul-2014 13:26

Currently, I'm on ADLS2+ in the Devonport area. (No UFB yet :( !) I get a quite good connection:

29.0dB seems to suggest about 2.0km away from the end-point, which is about the distance to the Devonport exchange, and so I'm assuming I'm connected directly to the exchange, no cabinet.
I'm on one of Slingshot's old plans: "The Big Thing 2", which I think at the time meant I was connected to some Slingshot equipment in the exchange.

There seems to be a green cabinet on the street 4 doors down from me called "DA/W" (the yellow stickers on the box) - is this really a cabinet? (Who would know?!)
Is it possible to connect via this cabinet and get better speeds, while I wait for UFB (July 2016 apparently)

Cheers,
Mike.

[Edit: made the table an image]

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#1092458 20-Jul-2014 13:26

Hello... Our robot found some keywords in your post, so here is an automated reply with some important things to note regarding broadband speeds.

If you are posting regarding DSL speeds please check that

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- Your ISP and plan

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- If you know your connection is to an exchange, cabinet or conklin

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A master splitter is required for VDSL2 and in most cases will improve speeds on DSL connections. Regular disconnections can be a monitored alarm or a set top box trying to connect. If there's an alarm connected to your line even if you don't have an alarm contract it may still try to connect so it's worth checking.

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#1092464 20-Jul-2014 13:35

Without knowing your exact address it's not possible to know.

There are plenty of photos of whisper cabinets online, you really need to either post a photo here on your cabinet or look at one of the photos. It could just be a cross connect cabinet if it's small.

mkeeley

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#1092466 20-Jul-2014 13:42

Le cabinet:

This is outside 41 Old Lake Road.

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#1092470 20-Jul-2014 13:50

That's a cross connect cabinet. It's purpose is for cross connecting larger feeder cables (often 200 or 400 pairs) to the local distribution cable that runs past your home.

mkeeley

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#1092472 20-Jul-2014 13:52

OK thanks. I guess I will just have to wait for UFB
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#1092565 20-Jul-2014 17:34

there are a couple of signs on lake road taking about chorus and UFB coming to your area soon. One is heading north on the corner of lake road and allenby ave. not sure if this will affect you or not

mkeeley

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#1092600 20-Jul-2014 18:48

Yeah, I know! But I think I am just outside this area (the next phase is between where I am and Devonport).

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#1092615 20-Jul-2014 19:24

You also got a master filter installed?

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mkeeley

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#1092617 20-Jul-2014 19:28

Yes. There's cat 5e from the connection where the line meets the house to the master splitter, and the phone jacks were rewired from there.