In reply to a post by adslmax:

..., I can have Virgin Media Fibre Optic Ultra Fast Broadband stand alone ...

So is that a 'true' fibre service as in FTTP, or the 'Virgin-speak' version which uses co-axial cable for the final leg of your connection?

Still on co-axial cable to my house from cable cabinet

So whenever faster FTTP products are released by BT, on past performance, you would say your 'Virgin Media Fibre Optic Ultra Fast Broadband' wasn't fast enough (at some stage co-ax won't be able to keep up with pure fibre speeds), so eventually you would be looking at FTTP again.

Why not miss the Virgin stage out completely and jump at the Cerberus offer, go on, you know you want to!

I have decided to go for it and take Cerberus offer and let Openreach to do survey to my property from the distance band and if it was remain at £2,400 activation fee and installation fee with 36 x £105 a month then I will be happy to have FTTP Pro 2 for 330/30 for true fibre all the way from the exchange to my property. What about DLM?

If the distance band are end up in F which it cost more than £5k then forget it and cancel the order.

Will let cerberus know first thing in the morning but why it take 90 days to get installation?

Band B (I hope it will be) activation, installation and survey £2400 (inc VAT)
FTTP Pro 2 with speed of 330/30 (3 years contract) 36 x £105 (inc VAT)
Total cost overall after 36 months £6180 inc VAT

Would leave me with £13.8k left in account.

Do I need the phone line?

Edited by adslmax (Mon 07-Aug-17 19:29:13)

1) There's no DLM on FTTP so you can switch on/off the ONT as often as you like

2) I think 90 days installation is just a ballpark figure, it may be more or less than this depending on the complexity of your install. Remember its a bespoke install and takes time for each build stage to complete. If it helps my install took nearly 4 months. See my thread here for more details.

3) At present FTTPoD is a data only service and your existing copper line will remain untouched. You could cease your copper line and take out a VOIP service over FTTPoD if required.

Really hope you get it at the quoted price, good luck!

Edited by deleted (Mon 07-Aug-17 19:40:37)

That's great to hear that. But I do hope that cerbusus FTTP will be reliable and the fibre speed will be spot on just like your too with fluidone. But it will be Guaranteed 12Mbps throughput (not sure why is this for FTTP?)

Edited by adslmax (Mon 07-Aug-17 20:03:39)

Can I ask openreach survey to put FTTP cable in the back garden not the front garden if they come to do the survey?

Edited by adslmax (Mon 07-Aug-17 20:10:09)

Yeah Openreach should be able to accommodate your request wrt entry point of cabling provided it doesn't mean a huge amount of extra work.

Re: min throughput on FTTP, if you don't get the full 310/30 speeds at all times then I'm sure Cerberus will investigate further.

Forget to add:

I know FTTC is up to speed (eg: up to 80Meg / up to 20Meg) but does FTTP is the same up to speed eg: up to 330Meg / up to 30Meg?

Is your FTTP always on 330/30 spot on 24/7 ?

Edited by adslmax (Mon 07-Aug-17 20:35:32)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

I have decided to go for it and take Cerberus offer...


Band B (I hope it will be) activation, installation and survey £2400 (inc VAT)
FTTP Pro 2 with speed of 330/30 (3 years contract) 36 x £105 (inc VAT)
Total cost overall after 36 months £6180 inc VAT ...

Good luck with the survey, and I too hope you're Band B !

Maybe the £6180 would look slightly more acceptable if you subtracted whatever 3 years worth of your expected costs for your VDSL plus line rental etc. which you would otherwise be paying anyway.