Sturry Telephone Exchange

This is the telephone exchange NDSTU, Sturry, Kent (near Canterbury) which serves about 3,120 residential lines and 155 non-residential lines. More info on this exchange is available at Sam knows.

Outside the exchange

The engineers working here clearly know a thing or two about hot beverages

Two engineers, eleven cups? 2e11c?

The front door has an interesting assortment of signage, as usual

Primary method of 
entry! Notices Site Barcodes Access number

Interesting, they've disconnected the electronic access system and replaced it with "area suited locks" ... hmm.

So, they've disconnected these, then? (so why are the lights still on?)

OBASS pad Initial access pad

The exchange has a microwave link to the Canterbury exchange.

Microwave tower Microwave amp

There is a window with a nice view of the comms racks.

Racks in the exchange Racks in the exchange

Oh, and BT - YHM ;)

Clearly a BT engineer got royally pissed off with The Cult and ditched this tape


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