So we've had our CFP quote back and I've discussed it with Openreach.

It looks like you guys were correct and i'm told by Openreach the 'node' the HMP line has come from is probably an ethernet leased line and wouldn't have the capacity to support our premises.

They would go from a node on the opposite end of the road 2km away. Unfortunately the quote is £52k for 25 premises which I think is highly unlikely that our community will be able to pay for.

I assume if I were to order FTTPoD it would still come from the same place as the CFP scheme and not the nearby node 400m away? I would have to order a leased line which again for a single premise would be very expensive.

That node doesn't benefit you for anything - it is not usable for FTTPoD or similar and leased lines don't get discounts because there is a "node" nearby. It isn't to do with capacity - it is a different technology.

FTTPoD to an aggregation node 2km away is going to be very expensive - might even be more expensive than the quote you've been given for the community installation.

Edited by ian72 (Fri 06-Jul-18 15:42:38)

FTTPoD if available yes would be same location and at 2km people would be warning of high end costs i.e. £39k upwards

A leased line will in the short term be cheaper than FoD, but after a few years the two cross over, i.e. leased line has a lower setup cost but higher ongoing costs in comparison to FTTPoD. The higher ongoing costs is linked to the committed nature of the speeds you will get i.e. shared with less people in the core network area.

Rather than saying everyone needs to contribute £2k, why don't see how much each person is willing to contribute, some may well be able to afford more and willing to pay more to get better broadband.

If you wanted to keep the amounts anonymous you could always start a crowd fund.

Yes absolutely, we said all along we would see if we could raise the amount rather than demand each resident paid x amount.

The costs have worked out quite a bit higher than we anticipated however.