Overhead FTTP build complete on poles 2 Oct – no change on

Hi all,

Hoping someone can help me work out what stage our build is at.

Exchange: Cotgrave, Cabinet 2, postcode NG12 3BT (Cropwell Bishop)
Private/unadopted road, which previously had a wayleave query. That seems to have cleared, as the work has gone ahead.
On 2 October, Openreach hung fibre cable along the overhead pole route down our road and fitted CBTs to the poles, including the feed pole at the junction.
Openreach fibre checker: “We’ll be building in this area in the next year” (the same for all neighbours).
BT Wholesale checker: “FTTP is not available”, and the exchange is not in a current fibre priority programme.
one.network shows Openreach “Utility Asset Works” nearby at The Maltings, 11–13 Nov, ref BC320MWWH4C1T2D1, with a footway closure.

Questions:

With CBTs up, is the likely remaining step upstream jointing and acceptance testing, and could the Maltings works be that?
Roughly how long after jointing does the address usually change to Planned or Available on the Wholesale checker?
Is there anything I should chase specifically? Sky has raised a ticket, and I’ve emailed the Openreach wayleave team.

Thanks in advance.

It’s the proverbial “how long is a piece of string” unfortunately.

There is a very wide variety of folks experiences in this situation. It could all be completed and live next week. Or it could take a year or more, or worst case. Keep checking back from time to time. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

After waiting 5 years from the original build, my fibre PON was built over the summer and work was completed and passed testing on 21st September, email notification arrived from Openreach on 27th September, my ISP on the 28th September and this very website on the 29th September.

A near neighbour has already obtained service from another ISP but the BT Wholesale checker is sticking to its FTTP is not available status so at the minute I am waiting for this to change or will seek an alternate ISP with a Black Friday deal.

Our actual status changed from in scope, to no plans, to building now in a couple of weeks before work started.

Hopefully you see some changes much quicker - the speed and extent of the work was actually very impressive from the 3rd party contractors just a shame the back end systems are not so joined up.