ISPs paying for FTTC cabinet

Does anyone know of any ISPs that have paid Openreach to put in a FTTC cabinet to provide broadband for a business (or residential properties)?

I'm thinking of a scenario where the cost of a leased line (initial install / monthly payments) is higher than that of paying Openreach to put in a FTTC cabinet, and the business doesn't need more than what FTTC can provide. Especially if there are multiple businesses that would be served by the FTTC cabinet.

Anyone know if this has happened in the past?

Edited by deleted (Fri 01-May-15 14:25:40)

Can't imagine any ISP paying for FTTC cabinet to be installed, only to see other providers taking customers from it, unless it was SLU and the cabinet owned and operated by the provider. E.g Rutland.
There have been a number of cabinets privately funded by community groups though

Edited by deleted (Fri 01-May-15 13:16:09)

Yes, Rutland Telecom and Call Flow did this at one time - I believe. Rutland are now owned by Gigaclear which will confuse the issue.

There are numerous cases of small businesses or community groups funding a cabinet as an alternate.

Edited by MHC (Fri 01-May-15 13:18:43)

NOTE: This was for their own sub-llu cabinet not an Openreach one

An ISP would be mad to pay potentially tens of thousands so that they could sell one, or even a few, £40 a month FTTC connections especially given they'd have no exclusivity over the cabinet so no guarantee even of customers.

Thanks Ribble / MHC and MrSaffron, all useful info.

Do you know of any other ISPs who have installed their own sub-llu FTTC cabinets?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6852-warwicknet-d...

WarwickNet and seem to be active in the area
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6852-warwicknet-d...

no incentive ofr a ISP to fund cabs -- community / business parck can do though and have and done so