In reply to a post by adslmax:

That was openreach pricing I refer to. Nothing to do with Cerberus.

First year annual rental £1188.00 ex vat
then 2 years of £118.80 monthly charge inc vat

so both of it are 3 years total

A precursory look indicates you're looking at £300 + VAT a month = £360. 360 x 12 x 3 = £12,960 in ongoing fees.

If you're a band F install you're looking at £4,375 distance based and £750 fixed = £5,125 plus the VAT = £6,150

Total cost for the three years £19,110.

I would imagine the operator would be fine taking all of the cash up front were you to fail the credit check.

You can get a company registered with Companies House for a few pounds.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

A precursory look indicates you're looking at £300 + VAT a month = £360. 360 x 12 x 3 = £12,960 in ongoing fees.

If you're a band F install you're looking at £4,375 distance based and £750 fixed = £5,125 plus the VAT = £6,150

Total cost for the three years £19,110.

I would imagine the operator would be fine taking all of the cash up front were you to fail the credit check.

You can get a company registered with Companies House for a few pounds.

£19,110?? can't be right?? Have you got the maths right?? Or are you having a joke with me??

Edited by adslmax (Wed 09-Aug-17 00:20:43)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by adslmax:

That was openreach pricing I refer to. Nothing to do with Cerberus.

First year annual rental £1188.00 ex vat
then 2 years of £118.80 monthly charge inc vat

so both of it are 3 years total

A precursory look indicates you're looking at £300 + VAT a month = £360. 360 x 12 x 3 = £12,960 in ongoing fees.

If you're a band F install you're looking at £4,375 distance based and £750 fixed = £5,125 plus the VAT = £6,150

Total cost for the three years £19,110.

I would imagine the operator would be fine taking all of the cash up front were you to fail the credit check.

You can get a company registered with Companies House for a few pounds.

£19,110?? can't be right?? Have you got the maths right?? Or are you having a joke with me??

In order: Correct, it is, yes I have, and no I'm not.

There was a good reason why I said I thought you were mad to be buying it elsewhere. It is a business service, your connection will be treated like a leased line by the provider, you will have excellent support, this all comes at a cost that is rolled into the monthly charge. The rest of it is Openreach's charges.

If the pricing £19,110 are correct (I better ask my work boss for a pay rise!) He think I am mad to have it FTTPoD (business at my home) is a waste of money of no profit myself, I told him, it my life, my money. He reckon I need to puchased a lovely housewife for £19k that kind of money for my lifetime to be with my future wife.

So back to FoD availability on that note.

FWIW, after reading this thread I contacted Cerberus and got the same £87.50 Monthly quote, so sent a request to order and then got an e-mail saying BT had doubled the price and it would be around £150 per Month.

Whilst I'm prepared to pay for an un-subsidised installation, I'm not then prepared to pay double the rental it would cost for native FTTP on a subsidised installation.

In reply to a post by lincsat:

FWIW, after reading this thread I contacted Cerberus and got the same £87.50 Monthly quote, so sent a request to order and then got an e-mail saying BT had doubled the price and it would be around £150 per Month.

This sounds like sharp practice. Yet more evidence that Cerebus should be avoided.

Cerberus are not to be trusted. I just know it, BT will reject £87.50 monthly charge for FTTPoD.

I also received a quote from Cerberus of £150 ex VAT per month for FTTPOD which is double their FTTP pricing.

Openreach charge £99 so that means they are marking it up £50 whereas fluidone seem to mark it up £200 a month.

I also think it's crazy that the monthly rental is so much more than FTTP but isn't it actually Openreach that is the one to blame and not Cerberus?

If anything fluidone seem to the be the ones really screwing the end user.

Am I understanding the situation correctly?

The reason for the higher monthly cost from Openreach is because the full cost of the provision is likely still not recouped from the "installation" cost.