Ah, OK, I think... I'm not up on the technology, but does that mean if we have VDSL2 (aka FTTC ?) then FTTP will just arrive one day ?
EE have sent me info on their Fibre Max products, but from what I've read recently the G.Fast stuff is being overtaken by FTTP, which is what I started looking for. G.Fast isn't available here anyway. I guess I'm not likely to get FTTP anytime soon either.

FTTP will probably arrive one day, but think of years away

You could probably pay to get FTTPod (on demand) but this is very expensive, just take a look at some of the threads on here.

In reply to a post by TMCR:

does that mean if we have VDSL2 (aka FTTC ?) then FTTP will just arrive one day ?

Areas which already have FTTC are likely to be at the back of the queue for FTTP.

Government target is for FTTP to arrive everywhere by 2033 - don't hold your breath.

I'm not up on the technology, but does that mean if we have VDSL2 (aka FTTC ?) then FTTP will just arrive one day ?

It might, it might not. Even the 2033 100% FTTP does not guarantee EE offering you FTTP, since it may be another operator such as Virgin Media.

In short it is a prediction game, where so far your town has not shown up in any of the Fibre First or G.fast announcements. But there are a lot more announcements to reach the 3 million and 6 million premises respectively.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

Government target is for FTTP to arrive everywhere by 2033 - don't hold your breath.

Drat, no - I have COPD

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

...it may be another operator such as Virgin Media

I kicked VM last year after 20+ years a customer, terrible customer service and upload speeds that were poor to say i had 200Mbps download speed at one point,
But, I may end up going back to them as VDSL2 has not performed as well as predicted.

I'm guessing the first wave of Openreach 'Fibre First' areas (major cities) will be where we will start to see overlap of FTTC and FTTP en-masse. I imagine Openreach will prioritize those on EO lines in major city centres who will jump staright from ADSL2+ to FTTP before moving on to other areas in the same cities which already have FTTC. Time will tell!

Edited by deleted (Thu 16-Aug-18 16:57:22)

The link works but the information supplied is not up to date. It still shows the exchange I am connected to as Market A although it was recently reclassified as Market B.

Unlike https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/availability

Edited by Michael_Chare (Thu 16-Aug-18 17:55:21)

Does anyone know how Openreach are selecting areas to build FTTP ?

I would have thought it would have been interesting data if they put an 'FTTP Interest' form on their site, and that way they would have some data on people most likely to buy the product as soon as it becomes available.

So far they haven't done that so I'm wondering how are they forming their opinion of where to build?

If you knew then their competitors will pay a lot to get the formula.

As for FTTP interest, after the debacle around more registrations that people in areas back when doing the same for ADSL roll-out, interest without a firm commitment to buy are viewed as not worth much.