Fastershire FTTH

Fastershire are bringing FTTH to my estate this year with a 'pot' at the boundary of every house. BT serves the estate through ducts, There are BT inspection pits throughout. How will Fastershire do this. Will they:

1. Dig up the roads and paths to lay fiber?

2. Use BTs ducts to the inspection pits, then dig to the property boundaries?

3. Use BTs ducts to the inspection pit, then BTs conduit to get the fiber into the house where their copper enters?

4. Something else?

I'm surprised we're getting FTTH as we allready have FTTC. Only 30meg max though. I thought Fastershier only went to rural areas not served by Openreach.

In reply to a post by mick4545:

Fastershire are bringing FTTH to my estate this year with a 'pot' at the boundary of every house. BT serves the estate through ducts, There are BT inspection pits throughout. How will Fastershire do this. Will they:

If it is supplied by Gigaclear then when Gigaclear installed their network where I live:

1. Dig up the roads and paths to lay fiber?

Yes

2. Use BTs ducts to the inspection pits, then dig to the property boundaries?

No

3. Use BTs ducts to the inspection pit, then BTs conduit to get the fiber into the house where their copper enters?

No

4. Something else?

I'm surprised we're getting FTTH as we allready have FTTC. Only 30meg max though. I thought Fastershier only went to rural areas not served by Openreach.

Possibly something to do with the way the Fastershire contract has been specified.

It is Gigaclear. Thats going to be a hell of a disruption. I know they dig up the main road but I was not expecting the whole estate to be so afected.

That�s what happens ... and if you�re unlucky, their contractors, who will be paid per metre for what they dig, will horse through the existing infrastructure ....

Yep.

It'll look a bit like this:

https://lightwater.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/2-vir... https://lightwater.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/virgi...

With lateral cuts coming off the main cut in each footpath.

It's no fun but only has to be done once. Hope you weren't too attached to your pristine pavements!

If you wish to use the service, try to ensure that the pot gets put in a sensible place on your property boundary so that it is easy to run a cable to where you want to have your router.

... as in Lightwater in Surrey ?

Would they do that or would they stick rigidly to the plan they have. I will be using the service. but the pot could be in an awkward position necessitating a run through a block paved drive and parking area.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

Yep.

It'll look a bit like this:

https://lightwater.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/2-vir... https://lightwater.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/virgi...

With lateral cuts coming off the main cut in each footpath.

It's no fun but only has to be done once. Hope you weren't too attached to your pristine pavements!

That doesn't look too bad. If they just cut in the pavement and not the road. They will have to shift a lot of cars from the pavements around here first though.

My pot was put where I wanted it. It is best to speak to the project engineer. If doing what you want won't cost much more they will quite possibly do what you want.

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

My pot was put where I wanted it. It is best to speak to the project engineer. If doing what you want won't cost much more they will quite possibly do what you want.

That's good to know.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

... as in Lightwater in Surrey ?

Yep. Those pictures are from an FTTP build there - it was a convenient picture of narrow trenching with lateral cuts.

In reply to a post by mick4545:

That doesn't look too bad. If they just cut in the pavement and not the road. They will have to shift a lot of cars from the pavements around here first though.

They'll have to cross roads somewhat too, obviously, but where possible will use the pavement. It costs a fair bit more to go through the carriageway.

Regarding placement of pots / Toby boxes: they will go as close to your property as possible while still being on public land. If you're on a private road or have private driveway they'll build the Toby at your property boundary or the road boundary unless you have agreed and signed a wayleave agreement, however that is at the discretion of whomever is managing the project.

Ah, OK. Just down the road from here then.

It looked kinda familiar, like maybe when Virgin recently deployed round that way .

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Ah, OK. Just down the road from here then.

It looked kinda familiar, like maybe when Virgin recently deployed round that way .

Yes indeed. Cityfibre are in for some fun finding room in pavements when there's underground Openreach plant and VM's fibre within 50cm of the surface.

I am sure Openreach would quite like to use NT however Ofcom would string them up for not giving OLOs passive infrastructure to access.

I am sure Openreach would quite like to use NT however Ofcom would string them up for not giving OLOs passive infrastructure to access.

Completely agree.