We're on a rural ADSL line currently and I noticed at the start of the year that FTTP was to roll out soon. The Openreach checker now says..
"The cabinet that serves your premises is live, but your speeds aren't as fast as we'd like them to be. Your area has been reviewed and there is a plan to do further work to increase speeds via FTTP technology."
We have noticed some work on the poles on the road with loops of cable hanging on them. The pole at the end of our lane was having work done this week by Tyfer Networks - possibly subcontractor for Openreach here.
My question is about the actual mechanics of the install. Our house is down a fairly long lane. Our phone cable comes to us underground all the way after it leaves the pole and appears in the master socket in the hall (there was some rope sticking out of the wall before we moved in that I assume they used to pull the cable in with). There is a small BT manhole about 1/3 of the way down the lane.
I'm not just clear how this would work with regard to installing the CSP. Will the engineer use the existing ducting down the lane and break out of this somewhere near the house? Do they run a totally new duct? Would they bring the new fibre cable straight into the hall - no CSP so I assume not an option.
I'm also a bit worried as a contractor working on the lane broke the plastic pipe just outside the gates. I recall seeing the 2 broken ends of a grey plastic pipe with the water main and phone cables dangling in between. They claim to have repaired it but I can't be 100% sure. Can I rely on the 'everything up to the house is an Openreach problem' and hope it just gets fixed?
Sorry for all the questions and many thanks for any info / answers / opinions.



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