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BT OpenReach vans - why in Dublin?

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  • 05-04-2009 8:43pm
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    JDxtra
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    Has anybody else seen all BT OpenReach vans around Dublin over the last few weeks? I must have seen at least 10 so far in different locations – and all with UK registrations.

    Probably wishful thinking, but are they doing local loop unbundling for BT Ireland?


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    Praetorian
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    I saw some too. Odd. A couple of guys were definitely doing something with underground cables!


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    lucernarian
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    I saw some of them about a couple of weeks ago. They were replacing a cabinet in Dublin city. It seems eircom are using grey boxes for cabinets instead of the usual green or older blue-grey cabinets. The two lads who were working on it were from Wales.

    There was no fibre going in but the cabinets are capable of handling fibre equipment installations at a later date.


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    Cabaal
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    Perhaps Eircom are outsourcing work to BT Openreach in the UK, stands to reason the engineers have the experiebce already so cheaper then training exisiting eircom eng's or hiring lads when you only need a small amount of work done.


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    crawler
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    Cabaal wrote: »
    Perhaps Eircom are outsourcing work to BT Openreach in the UK, stands to reason the engineers have the experiebce already so cheaper then training exisiting eircom eng's or hiring lads when you only need a small amount of work done.

    Correct - that is exactly what is happening. In Fairness the Openreach guys and gals really know their stuff.

    Mostly doing repairs/upgrades AFAIK, and are not just in Dublin.

    Glad to see eircom validating the merits functional separation too :D (couldn't resist sorry)


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    crawler wrote: »
    Correct - that is exactly what is happening. In Fairness the Openreach guys and gals really know their stuff.

    They do alright, least from my experience


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