Jabes, I'm in North West London.

For those asking Band E is expensive. Cerberus add a premium to the Openreach price. My estimated install cost is £4200 ex VAT for band E. That's about £350 more than the Openreach price charged to them.

This maybe a silly question but do you not have to be around for the Survey to show BT exactly where you want the fibre to enter your house?

I'm worried I will have to dig a trench in my drive way to get the cable to the side of my house where I want the fibre to enter.

I was told my survey would be approximately 2 weeks after placing my order but I am expecting it to be 3 or 4 weeks. I guess it depends on availability of engineers in the area.

In reply to a post by mumba:

For those asking Band E is expensive. Cerberus add a premium to the Openreach price. My estimated install cost is £4200 ex VAT for band E. That's about £350 more than the Openreach price charged to them.

Chances are that "premium" partially covers the significant BT Wholesale bandwidth charges. I was charged £3700 (ex vat) for a band D installation by Fluidone, yet Openreach charge £3200 for a band d install, which includes the £750 connection fee.

Edited by deleted (Sat 09-Sep-17 20:48:19)

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

couple of thoughts on the adrian aaisp video.

at 20mins interesting comments on the sin349 rubbish.

He also mentions earlier in the video about a ethernet FTTC type wholesale service from TT which he says is very well priced, I wonder if thats what they using for their wholesale TT now, because if BTw and TTB were very similar priced he would be able to offer the same packages on both but the 1TB package is TTB only.

AA no longer do EoFTTC it was £150 a month + about £500 install but it was unlimited

Have Cerberus been keeping you up-to-date with the order progress? How has their communication been so far?

Hi Bill,

Yes Cerberus has been in touch, however I was out of the country (Honduras) and so they called and left voice messages and followed up via email. Currently still waiting on Openreach to provide a survey date, they seem to be busy but should have a date soon.

Thank you!

I can add to this. Cerberus have been excellent at keeping me informed of my order's progress.

Cerberus are still waiting for BT to schedule a survey date. It's been nearly 2 weeks since my order was placed so I am not worried yet as most people have said 3 to 4 weeks is normal.

Could be month or could be year to wait!

I�m hoping to take the plunge into getting Cerberus FTTPoD and have a question,

Does anyone know if I�ll lose my current PSTN line when this service is installed?

I have a phone number I�d had for nearly 30 years and don�t want to lose it. I�ve heard reports on people losing their number when going with FTTP.

Got quoted band C by the way (£2750).

You shouldn�t lose your number the pstn will stay in place the fttpod will just be for the internet.