Glad someone is talking sense, I know of various ways they can deploy G.fast and have talked about them but until they decide and productise the trials G.fast is just a trial.

There is fibre and their is fibre, i.e. it is not all created equally and by attempting to reuse what is there might make for longer term problems, i.e. you end up with a custom build. i.e. continue the confusion that TPON introduced years ago.

If people could live without phone and broadband for a few months, ripping out all the TPON kit and redoing the local network would be a better option, but given the need to maintain existing services things get more complex.

In reply to a post by schander:

Secondly work out if i ordered a second line it would come from the cabinet with fttp?

Information about the exchange/cabinets: SMBF, my cab 49T, other cab 44T.

These sorts of issues used to come up in the early days of ADSL with some people on the boundary between two telephone exchanges - one enabled and one not - wanting to be changed to ADSL enabled one (or have a new line fitted)

As someone has said there are no guarantees and most second lines are installed using the spare cables in existing telephone lines but if you're willing to take a gamble, you could try ordering a new line on the condition that it should only he installed if it comes from cab 44T in the order notes.

Thats what some tried to do then - order a new line on condition it came from the other exchange.

You would need to find a provider willing to let you order a new line on this basis, confirm (and reconfirm) that such a condition is properly stated in the order notes and that the engineer also knows about it on the day of the install.. - and if they are not going to do that than refuse/cancel the installation on the day..

Regards
Sunil