Um... Two Months?
(sorry)
All I know is that on Feb. 1 Craig said "very likely" at the "
end of March", while ED said production would take 4 weeks once they're ordered.
I doubt they've been ordered yet, or will be for some time yet, probably at least not until Batch 1 is all sent out.
As for 3rd-party cables, there's a thread about that
here. Seems to be closer to being shipped than the official ones, from what I can tell.