[weesteev]

SID is still actively deployed in network builds where SID is the primary network type, we arent abolishing it.

You can easily split a coax tap port using a standard coax splitter in the pit, as long as the signal levels are OK then it shouldn't be an issue. What should happen though is that the oversubscribed tap block is reported to networks and upgraded but that didn't always happen in the past leaving you with issues like this. You will probably find either a Range 4 cabinet (single door) is built to accomodate the new tap bank or a larger chamber is put in place to accomodate the ports. If its SID architecture then the slotboxes wont be large enough for bigger tap banks as well as Telco bombs.

And its called a bomb as the enclosure (Hellerman) looks like the end of a Bomb, its just a black plastic cover that protects the D Sides phone connections in the pit.

HTH