Street cabinet in Spaldwick Cambridgeshire
Street cabinet in Spaldwick (prior to fibre broadband installation work). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Entry for Spaldwick Scarecrow competition (July 2013)
Spaldwick Scarecrow competition entry (July 2013) There has been active campaigning in Spaldwick for fibre broadband, with one of the highest registration totals in the county. For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Scarcrow entry for Spaldwick competition (July 2013)
New Spaldwick street cabinet?
Markings appeared for a new fibre cabinet in Spaldwick (12th August 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Two Openreach vans arrive (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Two Openreach vans arrive (Fri 8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
This is the cable covering that will protect the fibre-optic cable. The fibre-optic cable is blown down this at a later stage (Fri 8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
This wire is used to help pull the cable covering through the BT underground channels (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Armed with a poor map, the engineers struggled to find the underground chambers. With a better map, they managed to find the two chambers hidden by deep undergrowth (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
The BT Openreach engineers clear the area to give them access to the chambers (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
A special tool was used to open the covers (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Special rods are used, and pushed manually through the underground ducting (8 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
The engineers carefully guide the rods (9 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Success! The end of the rod appears at chamber next to the existing street cabinet (9 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
A new Openreach engineer arrives and parks his van off the A14 (10 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
He opens the chamber next to the A14. The cable (which will contain the thinner optic-fibre cable) is fed manually along the BT ducts (10 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
The cable (which will contain the thinner optic-fibre cable) is fed manually along the BT ducts (10 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
Once the cable is fed all the way from this A14 inspection chamber to the chamber near the street cabinet, the cable is cut from the big reel (10 November 2013). For more information, visit http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/cambridgeshire
