Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

might eba headend but cant be sure cant see it closely nor am i aware of a headend in that area

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Its listed as NTL at the entrance to the industrial estate.

http://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=Bromb...6,,2,9.22&z=19

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Yeah used to have NTL on it. There are some vans parked outside it actually if you look on Street View.

I was told in another thread there isn't a headend there and the headend for most of the north west is Baguley in Manchester. Could this building be a hubsite instead and if so, what's the difference?

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Its the switch site for the wirral. I go there every other week to do various surveys.

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Back when I was knee-high to a grasshopper, we lived in Wythenshawe. I went to Wythenshaw college. At the end of the road where the college was (its now been demolished), was a Tesco's store, "Tescos Baguely". Right behind that, was a big building, that had more satellite dishes than I had acne, with NTL signs everywhere.

Would I be right in assuming that was the NTL (now virgin) headend?

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

That building on Southmoor Rd is still bristling with dishes and is the Baguley Headend.

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Am I right in thinking there's one in Birkenhead too?

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Yes but its a hub site not a switch, Bromborough has the exchange in it, Birkenhead is just a hub site that feeds it.

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

I'm familiar with BT exchanges due to my work. What's the difference between these and Virgin's? I'm assuming the VM copper telephone lines get converted to fibre in a street cabinet prior to reaching somewhere like Bromborough? Whereas with BT, it is in the exchange itself where it switches to fibre.

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

You have hit the nail on the head and its the same with the broadband.

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

I might be wrong, but if you follow your link you can see one in the car park!!

Cheers

Grim

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

:LOL:

Re: Whats is this Virgin Media Building For? - Papworth, Cambridgeshire
 

Yeah, I realised that and did say it in a later post :)