I requested an initial quote from Cerberus on 2 July and had my estimated build quote back exactly a week later for £4900 +VAT.

The number of "premises passed" is 2, one of which is my place. I am not sure how OpenReach work this out, as there are several small holdings along the private road where our main BT copper lines are strung via pole.

They have given me the address of the other premises passed and it is our immediate neighbour. TBH not sure I'm going to bother with the hassle of trying to get my neighbour on board. Given this scale of cost and they are retired and not running a business, I'm 99.9% sure I know what their answer will be in any event. I'm hoping the voucher scheme will cover £3k of whatever the final price is, as we trade from this address under a limited company.

So on this basis I've now instructed Cerberus to proceed with the survey to get the finalised price, and have now been allocated a CO number.

We are at least 0.6 miles from a recently installed FTTC cabinet, but I have no idea if the fibre Ag Node is near this or further away.

Because we are in the sticks, our exchange has been graded as Market A, so not only is there the higher FTTPoD
charge in the first 12 months, there is also a surcharge applied! Can anyone confirm if this surcharge ceases after the initial 12 months?

I'll give an update, hopefully in a few weeks, when the final build cost comes back.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

The number of "premises passed" is 2, one of which is my place. I am not sure how OpenReach work this out, as there are several small holdings along the private road where our main BT copper lines are strung via pole.

"Properties passed" doesn't mean the number of properties that the fibre passes. It means the number of properties which will be served from a distribution point; it therefore depends on how they design the access network.

Regarding the market A surcharge: I don't know the answer, but I'm sure Cerberus will tell you. Out of interest, how much is the surcharge?

Why do many people actually go through the FTTPoD install cost when you have FTTC ? Surely that couple grand is not worth it when you could get FTTC speeds with no install cost.

In reply to a post by Sammm_:

Why do many people actually go through the FTTPoD install cost when you have FTTC ?

Depends on distance to cabinet. My current FTTC gives about 30M down and 4M up. It's the slow upstream speed that's the killer for me.

It�s an all round �better� product, better latency, a more robust delivery method, is clearly more future proofed, no cross talk, no HR, no internal wiring to naff it up, etc, etc.

Most general home-users who mostly use their internet to check emails, general web-browsing etc. wouldn't cough up the cost, but a lot who do go for it run their businesses from home and require all the benefits that FTTP brings over FTTC. To them, FTTPoD is worth it's weight in gold.

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Why do many people actually go through the FTTPoD install cost when you have FTTC ? Surely that couple grand is not worth it when you could get FTTC speeds with no install cost.

Why do people pay £12,000 to £15,000 for a new car that loses a third of its value the second you drive it off the forecourt when you can buy a good second hand car for a £1000 from any dealer in your region and get good enough performance.

If you do not see value in something it does not mean others do not.

I want the low latency and incredible speeds as I live in a household that everyone streams netflix simultaniously.

The number of "premises passed" is 2, one of which is my place. I am not sure how OpenReach work this out, as there are several small holdings along the private road where our main BT copper lines are strung via pole.

They only count premises that share the same copper DP.
It's not literally the number of premises the fibre passes. This would be in the hundreds for some people.
So if there's a row of telegraph poles serving different houses nearby then only those on your pole (if that's where the DP is) would be counted.
Well that's exactly how it works on any order I've seen the details of.

Because we are in the sticks, our exchange has been graded as Market A, so not only is there the higher FTTPoD
charge in the first 12 months, there is also a surcharge applied! Can anyone confirm if this surcharge ceases after the initial 12 months?

Makes no sense.
The fibre doesn't come from the local exchange for most. It usually comes from a larger parent/head-end exchange.

I'm sure Plusnet stopped the scam of charging higher prices to FTTC customers on Market A exchanges despite the fact their fibre comes from a Market B exchange.

Was it Cerberus who advised you of this surcharge?

Does anyone else know any details of this? It's the 1st I've heard of it.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Was it Cerberus who advised you of this surcharge?

Does anyone else know any details of this? It's the 1st I've heard of it.

I'm on a Market A exchange and Cerberus told me the same (i.e. that Market A exchanges incur a surcharge).

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

In a Community Fibre Partnership, Openreach will partially fund the build hence why its only offered in areas where no kind of superfast broadband exists.

I think the funding from BT has eligibility requirements yes, but one can already have FTTC of over 30mbps and still form a CFP if desired. I'm doing so currently with some neighbouring residents, all of us are on FTTC getting around 40-45 mbps down speeds on average. Just going through the initial 'modelling' stage with OR presently...