Is the physical routing of FTTPoD fixed in stone ?

Is the physical routing of FTTPoD for a given location fixed in stone ? Or could further rollout of fibre mean the route they�d use to connect FTTP to a property could change ?

I had a desktop quote of £28,900 based on being 1,000-1,499m from the aggregation node. Thanks to SuperFastEssex, some properties 300m in the opposite direction from me from where I assume my aggregation node is are in the process of being connected to FTTP.

Does this mean that in theory, in the future, a FTTPoD install could be cheaper for me ? Or are they always going to pull the fibre from my previously designated aggregation node ?

Or is this the sort of thing that they work out when they do the full survey ?

I suspect that there is no existing OR infrastructure along that 300m stretch. We are supplied from a cabinet in one direction, by poles, we are at the end of the line. And the properties getting FTTP are at the far end of the lines from another cabinet.

It isn't set in stone.

They changed to the route of mine between survey/order and delivery. The surveyor planned a route direct to exchange, or an AgNode at the exchange, when the fibre engineers arrived they altered the route (new job package) to head away from town to a nearby Ag Node. It cut roughly a mile off the route they had to pull, the first mile was the same. We know the route to town was clear as it had been recently been pulled for something else so it wouldn't have saved much cost but the new route was a shorter route and therefore easier.

Now are you asking if they will likely stick to your same route then probably yes. They will have no wayleaves or ducts in place for the 300m gap if what you say is correct. It is possible they could duct that and it wouldn't be an excessive cost depending on what is in that gap. Is it road verge or private land?

But it would likely be an option discussed at survey time.

The 300m gap is all rural road verge with no properties to pass, but one minor side road to cross.

Are the other properties 300m away who are getting FTTP on the same exchange (just different PCP's for copper services)?

Yes, we are all on the same exchange.

Then it is a £250+VAT question!

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

Yes, we are all on the same exchange.

There is a possibility that those properties now getting FTTP could be served by the same aggregation node as your FTTC cabinet (assuming your FTTC enabled) but they just have a splitter nearer to their properties. Worth waiting for those properties to be active and then pay for a survey and explain to the surveyor about those properties to see if that makes a difference. For interest what exchange?