I hope that OR/CP's allow for several orders to be co-ordinated together. For example my neighbour and I who both have FTTC are interested in FTTP on Demand. It would be as easy for OR to lay fibre to both properties at the same time (shared driveway), in theory meaning one survey and halving the cost of the duct work which must be the major portion of the installation cost.

If orders could be progressed like this where groups of properties could club together to cut costs this could prove to be a popular product.

It won't be one fixed fee, the distance from cabinet will be a factor in what I believe to be a variable price.

If there's an existing FTTC connection, will it be the distance to the nearest cabinet or that to the cab you're already connected to? If they've got to dig up the road anyway there'll presumably be no reason to not use the nearest one?

Do you know that for sure Andrew? I was wondering how they'd do it.

One option would be to price per home (variable) but that would surely be difficult and costly itself, subject to survey?

The other option would be a fixed fee but quite high to ensure the tricky installs are covered overall, by that I mean overall across all of the installs they'd still have the total cost covered.

I mean once fibre is set on a pole most of the hard work is done and the install costs for the rest of the people on that pole are lower (to BT I mean)

In reality though I doubt it will work like that anyway as demand will be very low to start with

My guess is that they will have say 3 price bands.Band A shortlines, Band B Average lines and Band C Long lines doing much more than that it becomes very costly

Yeah that would make sense

In reply to a post by zag164:

I hope that OR/CP's allow for several orders to be co-ordinated together. For example my neighbour and I who both have FTTC are interested in FTTP on Demand. It would be as easy for OR to lay fibre to both properties at the same time (shared driveway), in theory meaning one survey and halving the cost of the duct work which must be the major portion of the installation cost.

Ditto for multiple orders into a block of flats.

In reality, can you imagine them being that flexible? Doubt it.

Im guessing it will be similar to the network rearrangement service openreach offer. That is £150 for the first hour and £100 every hour after. They also require a serveyor to come out and assess the route. This charge will be passed on to the CP then the CP will have the choice of passing it on fully, absorbing it completely or letting the customer pay it off monthly.
I plan to get it as soon as it becomes available in my area. Im a few hundred metres from the cab and im fed by pole.

In reply to a post by GMAN98:

I mean once fibre is set on a pole most of the hard work is done and the install costs for the rest of the people on that pole are lower (to BT I mean)

That's if the premises are pole-fed.

Something like that is what I expect.

But yes to previous question, everything I have been told is that it is not a fixed single price.

I would have thought that was obvious