I'd suspect it would blow round there, that's a fair radius.

I notice (smallprint at the bottom of that PDF) that the company who makes those are based in Martlesham Heath business park. That is probably a very good location for someone who makes things which BT/OR are going to be using in fairly large quantities, isn't it? I know I'm essentially pointing out the obvious, but I did laugh when I saw their location.

Hello @chriswillb

We are part of the "connecting cambridgeshire" FTTP rollout (PE28 0TL) and seem to be in the same "readiness" position as you. Fibre manifolds are in place on the new (and shared utility) poles (but without fibre drop cables ready to join to each property), the underground chambers (for the distribution points?) are complete etc... We are being told by "Connecting Cambridgeshire" that we should be able to order FTTP from end of May-16 as all the external works have now completed and they are expected to conclude the current commissioning/testing period soon.

However, we were at the same place last Oct-2015, and "new issues" arose just as the last weeks of the deadline came close. For us, the openreach website states "Exploring options" and the FTTP sales team is giving contradictory information. The BT adsl checker is not giving any indication of FTTP either. It is very hard to get definitive status as we cannot speak directly to OpenReach (who are probably the only ones who know the true status).

Is the FTTP sales team able to confirm availability to order in June for you?

That seems rather resemblant of my experience; here's my timeline of events:

On the Connecting Devon and Somerset website, my exchange status moved from "Under Evaluation" to "Coming Soon" about 2 years ago having been the former for about a year.

Last summer (August), Openreach started the FTTP deployment with new equipment appearing over time up until about December. At this point the expected completion date on the Connecting Devon and Somerset website was "by January 2016".

January 2016 came and went with no news so I decided to email CDS. They said some issues cropped up and now expect to finish by March.

Again, this came and went with no news apart from the CDS website date changing to Novemeber 2016. So, I emailed and again, they said some new issues came up and Openreach now hope to finish by the end of June. It was at this point they also gave me the "85% completed" figure and said the Novemeber date on the website was a conservative estimate.

So now I guess I just have to wait till the end of June. I assume June will come and go with no news again, but I really hope it doesn't.

I really wouldn't trust the Openreach website as it seems to only work with FTTC and it gives a different result depending on whether I enter my Address or Phone number - For my address it thinks I'm on an exchange only line to the wrong exchange and with my phone number it just says exploring solutions.

I haven't tried to contact the FTTP sales team yet but apparently, about 2 months ago, BT were about asking neighbours if they'd be interested in faster broadband.

Edited by deleted (Fri 27-May-16 19:46:44)

Frankly i feel like we need a support group for the delayed and disappointed! Its nearly 3 yrs since OR came around and surveyed my property for FTTP. Then they decided to go to FTTC then we had a yrs of delays and missed deadlines - Connecting Devon and S and OR/BT sites seem to chop and change what they thought was happening with neither seeming to say the same thing at the same time - and now we're back to them telling me my areas is having FTTP again!

Happy times :-/

Edited by deleted (Mon 04-Jul-16 14:04:58)

Yeah it's extremely frustrating. Was scheduled for completion last month but: "Cost restraints on the build of some structures have impacted the speed with which delivery is happening as reviews are in place to assess their viability.".

If this keeps happening I'm writing to my MP; you can't just mothball a publicly funded project like this.

well at least you know something! I was scheduled for completion this Jan gone (and before that the previous June and Jan) - I have little faith that the present Dec 2016 will happen.

I'm stuck with

"Your area is currently in our plans to be upgraded with Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), however we follow a different design and build process for FTTP so you won't see updates at each stage. When you are able to place orders you will see the Accepting Orders message. In some instances our FTTP plans change. If this happens you will move though the journey stages normally.
If you'd like to know when you can order fibre, register your details."

Edited by deleted (Mon 04-Jul-16 14:40:32)

I've been emailing CDS regarding updates, that's where I got the info. Interestingly the Openreach website has recently changed from "In Scope" to the same message you're getting.

Perhaps I'll try CDS again - last time i didn't even get a reply! (worst bit is I can see properties with fibre from my door)

Edited by deleted (Mon 04-Jul-16 14:49:26)

Try them on Twitter also @DCCSCCBroadband - I will say though I am surprised you didn't hear anything, I contacted them and had a reply, but also I knew someone else who did and they also had a reply.