Blue Draw Ropes but Not for FTTP?

Does anyone know if Openreach use blue draw ropes for purposes other than delivering FTTP?

There is a duct coming out of the footpath about 30m from my house. The cable running from this duct (terminating at a nearby DP mounted on a wall) has a short blue rope looped around it at the base. The blue rope has been there since before I moved in a year ago and it's pretty grotty.

I've been expecting OR to make FTTP available at my address for the last 6 months. I haven't seen any civils being done on my part of the street; it occurred to me that perhaps the work was completed a while back but the PON hasn't gone live yet. Most of the nearby properties can get FTTP now and I know where their CBTs are. I'm wondering if 'mine' is in the footway box that feeds the roped duct.

Any thoughts welcome. Many thanks!

I think blue polypropylene draw rope is the universal standard for pulling just about *any* cabling by just about anyone through ducts isn't it...? 😂

I wouldn't know! There are lots of ducts around here that don't have any visible draw rope; I thought maybe the blue colour had become a de-facto standard for pulling fibre. A bit like how pavement markings can be coloured for specific utilities.

Anyway, thanks for the reply. Helpful to learn it's probably generic.

Unfortunately in your case it couldn't be any more generic and there is certainly no NJUG colour coding scheme for draw ropes as there is for underground service ducts, pipes etc.

Have you looked at what the Openreach and BT Wholesale checkers report for your property in relation to FTTP?

They use them for anything. There's a blue rope in my duct along with the copper cable, it's been there since the house was built 30 years ago.

What sort of property is this, could it be a wayleave issue?

Yes, the Openreach checker has me in scope for FTTP. The BTW checker shows ADSL only.

I have contacted the OR Fibre Enquiries team a few times. This time last year, Openreach expected FTTP to be available by October 2021. Then last summer they told me I had been descoped entirely, then in November they told me it should be available from February 2022.

Lots of properties nearby went live in the second half of last year but I haven't seen any activity since.

I feel like I'm in limbo at the moment (not an uncommon situation, I know). Just knowing one way or the other would be helpful because I'll stick a 4G antenna on my roof if FTTP isn't coming.

If you’re happy to put up your street and postcode, some kind souls here may be able to shed some light on the matter.

It's a house accessed by a short public footpath that branches off the main street. The existing copper line is ducted all the way from my house, under the footpath and back to the street. Many properties on the street are served by wall-mounted CBTs (my house isn't the only exception - I'm part of a small cluster without FTTP at the moment).

I don't think there would be a wayleave issue if the fibre takes the same route as my existing copper line. However, if OR want to run the fibre up the footpath along the adjacent property's exterior wall then I imagine they would need permission for that? Or maybe it's a matter of getting permission to install another CBT on someone's wall.