Emailed connencting shropshire they replied with this:

"Cabinet 7 in the Tenbury Wells exchange area is planned to be upgraded by Connecting Shropshire with Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), which gives access to download/upload speeds of up to 300/30mbps.

We�re expecting the build to be complete by this time next year. Thereafter, it takes around 8 weeks to commission, longer than for Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) as we�re taking fibre to many distribution points, not just to one place (the cabinet).

Realistically, it�s looking like the end of 2016 before fibre broadband will be available in the area. Please also be aware that, at this stage, we cannot be 100% certain that all the premises served by cabinet 7 will have access to fibre broadband."

I was just wondering the max length for a fttp install from pole to house, im about 140m from the nearest manifold, will this be too long for a fiber cable to the house?

140m from the DP to the home (especially if its just you) is long, and may trigger excess construction charges.

ok, how much we talking here £500 or £5,000?

Hard to pluck a number on this, as things vary a lot depending on the work involved, and you can often lower it by doing some of the work yourself e.g. if new ducting was needed and its your land if you dig it in at the depth Openreach state that reduces the bill a lot.

So will pick a £1,500 to £2,000 figure, but they may never bother, experience of people with long drops and FTTH is very limited and if its 8 premises or so affected they may actually create a new DP for the fibre manifold.

Isn't this normally subject to survey so you have an idea of what is going to be involved upfront?

Correct, there will be nothing paid out before you've been asked to approve anything that is higher than the standard install fee.

Ok thanks for the info guys, ill keep my eyes open for any more developments.

In reply to a post by richowen:

I was just wondering the max length for a fttp install from pole to house, im about 140m from the nearest manifold, will this be too long for a fiber cable to the house?

Is the nearest manifold the one shown in the picture you've linked to in your OP?

Assuming your copper line is overhead, can you trace it back to that pole or does it eventually trace back to another one with a manifold on it?

The one you pictured doesn't seem to have (m)any copper feeds to premises from it so it looks like it may be an 'intermediate' (my description) pole as far as FTTP is concerned, i.e. the manifold could feed FTTP off to other poles if the houses it serves are few and spread out.

The reason I suggest this is because where I live there is a lot of overhead FTTP (mine included) and I've seen a few instances of a manifold not being attached to the final pole in a FTTP run, and that's in a town not a rural location.