But financially prudent given the number of estates where talk of higher premise figures never materialised, or demand was lower than expected...

Understanding all the variables is the difficult part and you don't know if on a new build whether it will be 'hate the Internet' or embrace the Internet people buying it.

Have you had a quote from OR as to how much it would cost?

I'd expect with the fibre and power already beign closeby, it wouldn't be anywhere near the "average" £24.... of which you'd only need to co fund half?

More a short-sighted developer for not having made the appropriate arrangements but instead leaving it for others.

The pcp was installed about 7 years ago so fttc not really a big thing.

The houses have sold well, so obviously not as much of an issue for most, or perhaps an oversight for buyers. If people voted with their feet I've no doubt the developer would have had little choice but to co fund a cab with OR.

We bought late into the development so knew FTTC was on the way. If there was no prospect of anything, we would have looked elsewhere.

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Yeah I'm not blaming anyone specifically, just an unfortunate result of the circumstances.

Just so happens the estate is mostly young familes with kids, most of which desire higher bandwidth than 1.5meg.

My post above still standa though, if people refused to buy because of the internet speeds, there likely wouldn't be the issue there is.

I haven't yet, I just want to see what sort of support there is. Unfortunately those on the Phase 1 part of the estate seem quite happy with the 20-35 Mbps the currently get.

I suppose the cheaper option would be to find out how much it would cost to bring a cable from a chamber outside the estate. Essentially reinstating the temporary cable that provided phone and internet to the sales and site offices that Openreach physically removed back in February. Some of the Phase 2 properties, including mine, were accidentally connected to this cable and got around 32 Mbps. Much better than the 10-15 Mbps we get now.

The DSL checker still reflects the original impacted range of 20-35 Mbps.

When I was buying the house, I asked about the Internet and was told the Internet speed was 'good'. Apart from the house, location and amenities tend to be the main things buyers look out for and things such as the Internet tend to be overlooked. You just expect that it will be in place quickly. What I didn't do was follow this up, or checked the speeds. Having known the timings or the speeds I would be getting, it would have made me consider elsewhere, given that I need to work from home. In that regard, I hold the developer accountable, in the same way they pushed Leaseholds (another topic for another forum!).

Bellway sales in surpise "telling the customer what they want to hear shocker"!

Indeed, it's caveat emptor. Luckily I moved here in November and knew the braodband improvement was impending.

I also bought the freehold, as I didn't want to be caught up in that mess.

Take up rates can be very variable even in low apeed areas. Openreach being cautious with there investment

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