https://www.thinkbroadband.com/packages/fttp-broadband

Thanks I'll take a look.

Does that pole picture sugest that there is capacity for more connections or does it depend on further down the line also?

I'm thinking that I may have to agree with seller to do the install before completing the sale.

Is it safe to assume that once the stage 1 install is done , then all will be ok?

(presumably that is the box on the outside wall)

They might be more amenable to that than the stage 2 install inside the property.

Edited by deleted (Tue 27-Feb-18 19:34:54)

Stopping an order between stage 1 and stage 2 is not something I've seen done

The manifold (bottle) we have seen currently has zero live connections

I guess I could delay stage 2 for a week or so at least.

But does stage 1 completion mean its guaranteed to be ok?

You're over thinking things.
It says the service is available. If there was capacity issues it would not show available.
You've been advised from the pictures you provided that the necessary infrastructure is in place, and isn't over subscribed.

But does stage 1 completion mean its guaranteed to be ok?

I can't see any reason why it wouldn't. Stage 1 is getting the fibre to the CSP on your property. Any issues would show up at this stage.

Place your order and enjoy the benefits of FTTP.

I know it looks like I'm overthinking it, but when you realise that a house purchase depends on it, and that I've been in a bit of a pickle with BT before (not with FTTP, but leased line some years ago), I need to make as sure as possible.

Otherwise I'll have a lovely house...but unable to work there ( I work from home).

So when they do stage 1, are test's done on the fibre signal? Chances are stage 2would be done after purchase completion, hence the question.

And do they tend to run the fibre cable on the same route (i.e. from nearest telegraph pole to house, which is not the one with the fibre node) as the old copper one, or is that variable?

Do they tend to put the csp box at ground level (the current copper line enters near roof, and do the house owners need to be there to tell them where to put it? (I ask because I thought the BT representative said no one needs to be there for stage 1 install).

Whether tests are done or not is irrelevant since signal can travel many kilometres, worst case is a bad splice that needs re doing.

CSP is at ground level.

NOTE: Who is actually ordering?

I would do the order myself, once I hopefully get permission from the current owners that have moved out. I would delay stage 2 until completion of house purchase so wouldn't enter the premises or activate the service untl then. We are a matter of weeks(ish) away from exachnge/completion I would imagine.

I know it sounds as though I'm checking the obvious, but no one else in the immediate area (mountainous part of mid Wales) seems to be able to order it, I can't find anyone using it in a wider area, so I suspect I would be the first "testee".

I have witnessed one area a few miles away get fibre run to them, watch the DSL checkers say that fibre was available, only to see it drop back down to 2-3mb adsl, presumably (though I don't know for sure) after someone tried to get it installed (admittedly I don't know all the fact here and basing it on a chat with a local).

If it fails with this property, the adsl is running around 1mb and there is no 4g in the area, and very few free wifi, which would mean I'd basically have to work from a laptop in my car on 4g up a hill somewhere for the foreseeable future. Satellite broadband, for my partciular use would be problematic due to latency.

How does the BT engineer know where to put the CSP if there's no one present?

You or your representative will need to be present for both stages which makes it rather difficult to order before you have bought the place.

Really? When I tried to order (didn't proceed ) they (BT) said no one needs to be present for Stage 1?