Great video chaps. Found it very helpful. Not everyone would take the time to put this together. Thanks!
@Chris180Z7 жыл бұрын
He's at the wrong cab! :)
@johngellard11874 жыл бұрын
something wrong should look like a birds nest....
@dav01kar2 жыл бұрын
I was an external eng for more than 24years, all I had was my 9083 meter, 301c, oscillator and amplifier and butt phone, all interventions were done using these instruments, no fancy app, how times change. Oh and a set of cab prints for my exchange area.
@derek-press2 жыл бұрын
I've still got my old butt in the garage..don't tell my line manager
@jaynowhere5 ай бұрын
No Avo 8? :) Father was a jointer in Lambeth in the 70s.
@lukather17 ай бұрын
The sarcasm is brilliant!!
@train49054 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video.very well presented sir.well done.
@richardmattocks7 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff! I love vids like this!
@saifullahkhan34657 жыл бұрын
Hi Tony, Thank you for uploading this quick video. Please could you list all test adaptors with their pictures or could you give a link where I could find the test adaptors details and their use in day to day task. Thanks
@markjordan8996 жыл бұрын
a future manager in the making!!!!!
@ChinkyFam5 жыл бұрын
@@MrJoelDavies the money is usually the dominating factor buddy..and the benefits, like more leave pension etc..
@gavva20104 жыл бұрын
Go Him.
@gordslater4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he thanked him every f-ing time he asked a very good question
@christinevaliente30947 жыл бұрын
wonder if you can also have a video around the problems you encounter for installation. like faulty tie pairs...
@k1ngd0mh34rts7 жыл бұрын
Christine Valiente we could do! Didn't expect to get so many views on this haha
@ChinkyFam6 жыл бұрын
just call ogea helpdesk they'll be sure to help you out swiftly.......
@bennleighton40845 жыл бұрын
Definately at the wrong cab😂😂😂
@aminaheywood3988 Жыл бұрын
I have 2 yrs of openreach am a BOC123 Arnold supervisor.
@classicminiworkshop5 жыл бұрын
Actually found that quite interesting. Thank you
@MauriatOttolink6 жыл бұрын
That as very good question...Well rehearsed.
@seath463 жыл бұрын
wow, how interesting! thanks for uploading :)
@k1ngd0mh34rts3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@k1ngd0mh34rts7 жыл бұрын
wow, over 10k views aye, wasnt expecting that
@deejmiles16126 жыл бұрын
tony margo hi I have a video interview to complete online soon could you give me any advice?
@IrnBrummmmmmm05 жыл бұрын
@@deejmiles1612 hi How was your video interview ? Any tips?
@joeblack25343 жыл бұрын
Can you do another ?
@MrDickBills5 жыл бұрын
E is maybe green, and D is maybe blue. Then an engineer that does not know that, because he was only employed last week, comes to connect it. Working with an engineer that found he had the wrong number on an equipment number in the exchange, I asked if he had checked to see if there were two equipment numbers. There were. Everything is numbered and logged. Just not always right.
@huwthomas68895 жыл бұрын
Seems a good job
@Cashpots7 жыл бұрын
This wasn't scripted at all, was it? No, of course not! Whenever I as an engineer a question he pretends to not know the answer - gosh and this one even does whatever the customer wants.
@Keepingthefaith725 жыл бұрын
If your doing everything by the book , He should be wearing a hard hat & there should be a gas tester on view ... As your supposed to do a gas test before opening the cab doors fully .... Bullshit I know ..
@Tika117586 жыл бұрын
Loved this JDSU . Very sad when got replaced.
@ChinkyFam5 жыл бұрын
im still using a hawk a retired engineer gave me ;) still in great nick as well!!
@phililpb4 жыл бұрын
SA9083
@undavybe3 жыл бұрын
@@phililpb and the 301c
@thePeterpumpkin683 жыл бұрын
@@phililpb every time.
@harryjohnson6153 жыл бұрын
@@phililpb No TDR on a 9083
@Freespeach03 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this useful video
@undavybe3 жыл бұрын
Iphones...... I remember the days of lugging around the toughbook cf-27 and some random knobs going "cut the blue wire" while at the cab. Nothing worse than trying find a pair, bare hands in the nest of wires and some bastard pair getting a ringing. Zaaaaaap!
@eddiejones.redvees8 ай бұрын
If you put a 1024 the door may get fixed before everything goes to full fibre i am sill walk and drive past poles I D 25y ago and I have been retired from 5y years ago after 40y we did not now have all the sophisticated tools for fault finding we I used to help out when they used to build up but dose it work in the real world my best friend was my phone butt for look for the ring tone also the worst fault to find was a nose line high resistance most of the time you would swoop piers if available
@sen59084 жыл бұрын
I can’t watch this my broadband is down
@aligatorpolo20233 жыл бұрын
wow cheers guys keep up the good work
@mikeycraig21696 ай бұрын
He’s blocked the path forcing pedestrians onto the road
@JFrizey5 жыл бұрын
I'm looking at applying for engineer roles after 12yrs in the motor trade, Whats the general thoughts? Avoid like the plague or try it? I've heard mix reviews some say it's great and others tell me to avoid it
@thePeterpumpkin683 жыл бұрын
There are better, less stressful ways to earn money.
@thePeterpumpkin683 жыл бұрын
BTW, did you join or did you swerve? If so, how is it?
@JFrizey3 жыл бұрын
@@thePeterpumpkin68 I'm still in the motor trade for the time being, thankfully the management got to grips with wage vs experience balance, however I know a few mechanics who left their job at car supermarkets to join openreach, they seem to be enjoying it (for now)
@puss1rat0906 жыл бұрын
a future manager in the making!!
@itfc887 жыл бұрын
Embassing how behind we are
@warrenhumpage85627 жыл бұрын
is it just me or is there not enough foot path space between that gate guard that fencing and should they not have a information board on it?
@Bob252-z4x7 жыл бұрын
Warren Humpage 1m to the verb is all that is required. And why need an I for board while he's there. Just ask
@warrenhumpage85627 жыл бұрын
there's less than 1m between the guard and the rail and one of my colleague got a 5 point defect for not displaying info board
@warrenhumpage85627 жыл бұрын
your completely right, that's just the point I was trying to get across. Forgot to mention the one that gets me the most which is the hard hat.
@Bob252-z4x7 жыл бұрын
Warren Humpage hard hat???
@warrenhumpage85627 жыл бұрын
Ye, meant to wear hard hat at PCP and UG. really bugs hows it any different than walking down the street
@bobbyfranklin592410 ай бұрын
What are the hours like? I’ve got an opportunity to train but not sure based on my current job being very relaxed. The main reason is house I’ve got a very good shit time 8hour days. What are the days like for you?
@Pieh03 жыл бұрын
This is why I'll never have any form of DSL. Think about it, all those broadband signals being shoved through 20 year old copper being treated like a standard phone signal. No thanks, i'll stick with my cable modem, which at least uses shielded coax to the head end, which in my case, is about 20 meters away. After that, it's fibre all the way.
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
At VM on all new broadband and phone installs the phone line is VOIP. We are also actively moving customers away from the unreliable copper network and migrating them over to VOIP if they have broadband which most do. One less potential phone related trouble call at each address.
@Pieh03 жыл бұрын
@@KZbinSupportTeams And that's the way it should be done. Although I'd rather they just go FTTH everything and scrap copper so we can just go onto the net directly, but maybe that's something to do in the next 10 years.
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
@@Pieh0 In our region we have more FTTH on the network now than HFC.
Iv just started on copper repair Iv come from civils where the money was good I earned 56k last year is it possible to reach that amount on copper repair
@smifffee8 жыл бұрын
You've guarded the cab off and not left 1m clearance
@wwsxa398 жыл бұрын
Tut tut. Blocking the highway.
@satyris4105 жыл бұрын
Ah, I see, that's a good point smifffee
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
who has time to use guards??????
@trollobite16292 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are aware that in shit loads of places there isn't even a meter between a closed cab and the kerb?
@stageboxtv5309 Жыл бұрын
Distrubution side where is fuse plugin ?
@theevant15284 жыл бұрын
A H.... I S E E
@colinwiseman6 жыл бұрын
How long does it take to flip a customer from TalkTalk to BT?
@retr0nus4 жыл бұрын
I'd say 30 days.
@alphamegansw6 жыл бұрын
which model JDSU is that?
@MrDickBills4 жыл бұрын
How do you know your E side from your D side. Good question, green should be E, but might be blue.
@k1ngd0mh34rts4 жыл бұрын
E side is green and d side is blue :)
@MrDickBills4 жыл бұрын
@@k1ngd0mh34rts That is how it should be, but in the real world, try it both ways, and while you are at it, try going 10, 50, 100 either way. I am not criticizing, but take everything with a pinch of salt until you have confirmed everything yourself.
@Friel7443 жыл бұрын
@@MrDickBills wherever your fast tone from the house is coming out is your D side. Your CPI tone is your E side.
@Mazwell964 жыл бұрын
a1024, also known as, slap em on and blame a contractor stickers.
@johnnychapman56233 жыл бұрын
From a health and safety perspective, it looks like he has blocked the walkway, how would a person pushing a pram get safely past???
@siedliko3 жыл бұрын
Then they go on the road and die. Are you for real ?
@ddpxl3 жыл бұрын
@@siedliko lmao
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
@@siedliko it's because of him we have ridiculous health and safety bullshit to deal with
@ghezoi2 жыл бұрын
H&S mangers, reps etc are the cause of this great country getting pussified!!!
@sonyp1802 жыл бұрын
What happens if I connect my terrible phoneline to a neon transformer?
@brianleeper57372 жыл бұрын
In the USA, where they always install surge/overvoltage protection at the point where the phoneline enters the customer's building AND at the exchange/CO, it'll just make that protection do it's job and short out your neon transformer. In the UK, probably the same thing. Presumably the UK installs protection in the same location.
@samiulislam04147 жыл бұрын
really interesting
@michaelturner44575 жыл бұрын
A1024 is now an app? Do you still have to leave the A1024 tags as well?
@kentonian4 жыл бұрын
Yes and they still don’t get done and written off after 5 years 😂. To be fair joint remakes are getting done a lot more.
@michaelgyan71742 жыл бұрын
Am interested in working for you will you need to drive?.
@stageboxtv5309 Жыл бұрын
M also line men
@iTheNem3sis3 жыл бұрын
I've been given an offer to join as an Openreach Trainee Engineer. What do you like about the job and dislike. I'm personally a bit put off by some of the hours and how you're required to work anywhere in the country when requested.
@jawaadahmed6843 жыл бұрын
They try keep you in the area for work you only go out of area when another area is struggling or behind or your area hasn't got enough work, not that often
@iTheNem3sis3 жыл бұрын
@@jawaadahmed684 oh ok. What does the training comprise of. I'm assuming you need to study and attend tests.? Are you a trained fully qualified engineer? Tell me how it's like as a newbie?
@jawaadahmed6843 жыл бұрын
@@iTheNem3sis 1 week in yarnfield health and safety stuff getting your clothing and equipment plus picking up your van then you'll be at your local training school for the rest of the training period about 6 weeks I joined just before the lock down now fully qualified, there's enough help with the company to support you
@iTheNem3sis3 жыл бұрын
@@jawaadahmed684 what are your hours like. Routine etcetera. I thought Yarnfield was for 6 weeks phew. When you go to Yarnfireld. How is it like? Where do you stay for a week?
@jawaadahmed6843 жыл бұрын
@@iTheNem3sis yarnfield isn't the best place but you can get though it easy, 8 till 16:10 first year is Monday to Friday then you can choose what rota you want to be on
@QuantumBraced3 жыл бұрын
Where is the DSLAM?
@Teddy_Bass7 жыл бұрын
I bet you can listen into calls from there
@Chris347207 жыл бұрын
its possible with a tone tracer but also against the law
@hectorandem29443 жыл бұрын
Nothing a bit of encrypted VoIP can't fix. 🐸☕
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
of course you can they are all direct feeds to the customer's master socket but why would anyone want to!?!
@Teddy_Bass3 жыл бұрын
@@KZbinSupportTeams Some people like gossip, it would be a good source of this by listening to peoples phone calls
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
@@Teddy_Bass nobody's got time for that in this trade mate. At least not at the company i work for. You don't get all day to sit at a cab listening to phone calls. When you start a job there is a countdown timer to get the fault fixed and time is extremely tight. You are looking to save time as much as possible, not waste it so it doesn't have a snowball effect on all other service calls in your day and push you out late. In my opinion it's a pretty sad thing to do anyway. I couldn't care less what other people are talking about on the phone.
@rishikeshbiswas47883 жыл бұрын
No dial tone Need a lift and shift
@Salim_Habib Жыл бұрын
... lets be honest now, how are u really like at work? Without the cameras around
@CONEKZ5 жыл бұрын
Ahh I see
@MrSnookerballs3 жыл бұрын
impossible without the machine, i worked without one for years. talking shit.
@harryjohnson6153 жыл бұрын
Depends on what you're doing
@XANF23 жыл бұрын
What do you do when it's raining?
@Friel7443 жыл бұрын
Get wet.
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
@@Friel744 and curse a lot
@phililpb3 жыл бұрын
And get shocks
@Nosnx19875 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for my start day 🙂
@gavva20104 жыл бұрын
lol, with this comment being a year old, I bet you're eating those words, by now.
@elcoconasin11364 жыл бұрын
How is it pls thinking to join
@Nosnx19874 жыл бұрын
gavva2010 not really, I enjoy it, i guess I’m where should I be doing what should I do so happy days 👍
@Nosnx19874 жыл бұрын
Elcoco nasin if you like challenge and don’t like routine you will love it 😉👍
@elcoconasin11364 жыл бұрын
Nosnx1987 whats is the assessment centre like. What should i be expecting?
@davidca965 жыл бұрын
It can double as a moe dem eh?
@getsuga-2b273 жыл бұрын
What is the name of your job role?
@Friel7443 жыл бұрын
He's an Openreach Field Engineer
@ivoruren30863 жыл бұрын
Bwahaha yet openreach engineers STILL don't know how to test a line properly, relying on their sopposed test devices. Give them an SA9083 and they are buggered yet a 9083 is still the best way to find faults on lines. I've lost count of the number of times that I have had to "help" openreach engineers on basic easy faults. The company is a shambles.
@thePeterpumpkin683 жыл бұрын
The Clock is king.
@ivoruren30863 жыл бұрын
@@thePeterpumpkin68 that's why openreach engineers bugger off and run when a fault gets tricky! Because their managers (Who have absolutely no idea) are chasing them for 4 plus faults a day, amatuers now a days
@trollobite16292 жыл бұрын
You can't compare a 9083 with a JDSU because they are different beasts doing different things. The 9083 is for testing the integrity of the pairs, connectors etc with the skill being able to interpret the analogue dial. The JDSU is a TDR looking for impedance mismatches with the skill being able to interpret what the reflection from the event means. On a day to day basis doing Telco I would pick up the 9083 but there are weird faults that a 9083 simply can't find and you need a TDR but these are much rarer occurrences.
@ivoruren30862 жыл бұрын
@@trollobite1629 try finding an earth fault with a JDSU, I've been on sites where openreach say "Line testing good!" Yet there's noise on the line or earth hum etc. each to their own but I'd put my fauls finding skills up against ANY new openreach engineer and just by using an SA9083. I seem to spend lots of my days clearing up after openreach
@trollobite16292 жыл бұрын
@@ivoruren3086 Got back and read what I posted. I made it clear that a 9083 is for finding leaky pairs and is the goto choice if any decent engineer for *standard* faults. If Openreach _engineers_are using the JDSU for pairs leaking to earth then they ought to be shot 😃 because TDRs are best for the distance to an open or a short circuit or an impedance mismatch. Out of curiosity, the next time I find a leak to earth on my 9083 I'm going to wack my TDR on it to see if it can find it 😃 If it makes you feel better it's not just Openreach with skill shortages on the 9083 it seems it's across the industry. I work with guys who, for the last 20 plus years only use their butt phones for mo noise tickets and swear by their technique but in truth, they do that because they don't know how to use the 9083 😐
@Qland224 жыл бұрын
When was this made? 1998? ESide/Dside? Bring the Fiber straight to the home or better still just use 4/5g/LTE
@Th3Acc0mplice4 жыл бұрын
Qland22 Wow you sure are ignorant
@TryNotToLaugh-US4 жыл бұрын
Who is this at 0:45?. I’ll try to find better videos and post on my channel 😘
@enigma77912 жыл бұрын
Rather ironically...Tony has now left Openreach. Wonder why lol
@Tiddler7547 жыл бұрын
gate guards are not compulsory for cabs
@ChinkyFam6 жыл бұрын
let's be real the bloke never wears gloves goggles and gates for a cab only... that's if he wants to become manager....
@Standing8six5 жыл бұрын
Wrong
@Standing8six5 жыл бұрын
A clear 1 meter clearance between the guards n the railings audit fail!
@bobwishart87803 жыл бұрын
What a rubbish company, letter to say Fibre is at my house, also their website says Fibre is at my house. But I have no network for seven weeks.
@rajreaganbrunsbruns71674 жыл бұрын
Hello sir ji can you please please please please help me
@TryNotToLaugh-US4 жыл бұрын
First😂😀.
@paulofernandes22193 жыл бұрын
It's all bull . I'm waiting 2 months on open research to do exactly what you just said. In the last 2 months I have had 6 ground operatives and still waiting to solve my problem because this ignorantes don't know how to do their job properly.
@derek-press4 жыл бұрын
it is NOT distribution side it is Directory side bloody youth of today
@WillyJunior4 жыл бұрын
True but who was responsible for raising the youth of today? YOUR generation, buddy.
@derek-press4 жыл бұрын
@@WillyJunior we used to be called "youths in training" it was a gpo joke .
@MatthewWilliamsFly7 жыл бұрын
Can Tony tell us why BT throttle peoples broadband and lie to say its a fault inside the persons house, when infact its just BT at the exchange turning the speed down. Come on Tony lets hear the reason for that one.
@green75ish7 жыл бұрын
openreach goons
@markhodgson23484 жыл бұрын
TDR 303b
@gordslater4 жыл бұрын
I like the 301C cuz you can eat your fish and chips off it - its nice and flat. Battery clips are weak on it though so you have to wedge cardboard in to stop the C-cells coming loose.
@RahulKumar-vr4cm6 жыл бұрын
Wiproite.
@mrsociable12888 жыл бұрын
thick NTVOPS technicians?
@ChinkyFam6 жыл бұрын
NOTV* and no, usually manager wannabe's in that division ;)
@johngellard11874 жыл бұрын
What the video cant show is the smell of urine,animal or human as the other use for theses cabinets is a public toilet......................
@YouTubeSupportTeams3 жыл бұрын
or dog shit/piss sitting right in front of the cab doors to greet you
@blackcountryhammer36543 ай бұрын
Full of shit..network is a miss..OMG I’m happy I’m out of this crap
@thomasmurphy80876 жыл бұрын
Wow. It's obvious this guy hasn't done a street works course. A few thousand worth of fines there.
@nov30198920085 жыл бұрын
Fines for doing his job? Bullshit
@EverythingEVEo5 жыл бұрын
what would he be fined for
@jonburrows76954 жыл бұрын
Stop talking and get to your next job....Nah I’ll have a brew instead.
@rodfryatt42664 жыл бұрын
Doesn't impress me one little bit. Even with their wonder test gear a succession of "engineers" have been trying to cure my noisy line for over a year now and I'm getting sick of it!
@harryjohnson6153 жыл бұрын
Have you changed your phone 😁
@clyth416 жыл бұрын
Some of the worst acting I've ever seen... And costs 129 quid as well.. Goons
@lonestar27796 жыл бұрын
Colin Everton ETID I dont think they are acting for an Oscar...
@Lewster-ip1nt4 жыл бұрын
Scipted, Would be a different story on a Shelf Cab lol. Fake as Fek.