Fibre cables become water detectives in UK trial

#WaterInfrastructure #Openreach #UKWater #Innovation #AusNews #AIGenerated

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-13-fibre-cables-become-water-detectives-in-uk-trial-87abcda9

I made up a folder for all my #telecoms tech info (for two #PBX I built, general #SIP #VOIP and #ATA configurations and other useful stuff as much is easier to read in paper form than on the screen!)

I thought the "Trunks" cartoon from @alex was a good choice for the cover, along with the "ELEPHANT EXCHONGE" lettering from a Telephone Exchange in SE England (after #Openreach engineers moved the individual letters around) 😁

There's other stuff in the folder than the Ofcom and ITU documents, about internal configs but I can't share it for cybersecurity reasons (I will put the sanitised info on my blog at some point to help others setting up VOIP systems)

#stationery #crafts

One (1) #telephone number successfully ported to #VOIP, one more left to go (there's 2 pairs for main and aux line, provisioned on same number but those will go to 3 channel #SIP trunk)

For some reason #Openreach have left battery on the pair (I would have thought they would want to recover capacity on the line card and it would just go dis, as there are still going to be a handful of customers remaining on #PSTN circuits.

I thought a lot of "analogue" trunks these days were literally just a SIP ATA connected to the copper pair at the Telephone Exchange (or from a street cabinet) but it looks like Openreach really are getting the last out of the old #SystemX kit!

There is no dialtone or even NU tone, just some noise..

#Telecoms #Telephony

Openreach's Full Fibre Promises Contradicted by 'Uneconomical' Declarations

Openreach says full fibre broadband is uneconomical for some homes, even after saying it's possible. This stops people from getting faster internet.

#Openreach, #FullFibre, #Broadband, #UKInternet, #DigitalDivide

https://newsletter.tf/openreach-uneconomical-homes-uk/

Some people are told they can't get full fibre internet by Openreach, even when it seemed possible. The company says it costs too much for these homes. This means people cannot get faster internet speeds.

#Openreach, #FullFibre, #Broadband, #UKInternet, #DigitalDivide

https://newsletter.tf/openreach-uneconomical-homes-uk/

ARGH! Work that was promised done before the 30th of Dec 2025, then scheduled for 21st Jan and pushed to the 16-18th of Feb has been postponed because the "safe prints" have expired (with no explanation as to what that actually means). Currently no new date available.

One has to ask when they expired and why nobody decided to check them before today?

#OpenReach

Very useful #TestNumbers (for #UK #IE #USA #CA and #MX ) for testing all kinds of #telephones (from your #mobilephone to #VOIP and even any remaining #landlines) - they provide the same level of tests that #Openreach and other telcos have access to, you can check if #DTMF is working well and that #codecs or poor #network conditions aren't mangling the audio..

https://thetestcall.blogspot.com/