They still signing people up to it then?

http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/fibre-cornwall/ has some pole mounted stuff

http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/fibre-milton-keynes/

Being shown off in Milton Keynes

Well, I signed up to the trial in late March this year and would have been deployed until the saga with the excess construction charges forced me to try BT Retail instead. If the installation cost for the ducting is eventually picked up by Openreach then I would still like to stay with PlusNet and nothing that they have said to me suggests that this would not still be an option.

You can have the ONTE where you wish, up to 30m from the splice point, as you have noted, there ought to be a ready power supply nearby. A cable running the FVA voice wiring can be taken back to the existing NTE.

Thanks.
So, to try and get this straight in my head, it does not matter that much where they put the external CSP provided that it is within 30 metres of where I want the internal ONT?
I presume they would be happy to run an external cable round the outside of the house to the point where the cable would enter the house as long it is within a maximum of 30 metres?
I am guessing it would be better to be present when they fit the CSP so that could be best positioned regards to where the ONT will be? Seeing they do not inform you when that first visit is going to take place that could be awkward.

Edited by Jax2 (Fri 27-Jun-14 23:03:58)

We (Merula) offer and have several FTTP and FTTPoD customers

Depending on your situation and how the fibre is routed in your neighbourhood, it is sometimes possible to have the CSP fitted internally. This is what I will be opting for when I find the time and energy to install some conduit through my loft and down to the proposed location for my CSP.

The reason this will be possible in my case is that in my street FTTP is delivered overhead via poles. How your existing phoneline reaches your house will almost certainly be the method by which your FTTP is provided (i.e. overhead or ducted).

In reply to a post by Jax2:

I presume they would be happy to run an external cable round the outside of the house to the point where the cable would enter the house as long it is within a maximum of 30 metres?

Yes that is exactly what the Openreach engineer did when I had my FTTP installation.

There's a list of ISPs on superfastcornwall. It's not totally complete (e.g. doesn't list zen/entanet) but at least gives a few more options.

With superfastcornwall and an increasing number of bduk projects using FTTP and there being relatively few options for ISP, it would be nice if the TBB ISP search added an option to search for providers who support FTTP (and maybe also FTTPoD though that is a lot more of a niche product).

Zen and Entanet are listed in the Business suppliers, just below the Consumer list .