I have also found that I am quite the artist. Here is a map of what annoys me a lot but I know that nothing in terms of cabinets can be done.

https://imgur.com/a/hkr5UQx

Edited by deleted (Mon 19-Nov-18 22:21:39)

In reply to a post by martynp1:

I have also found that I am quite the artist. Here is a map of what annoys me a lot but I know that nothing in terms of cabinets can be done.

https://imgur.com/a/GYhvn6R

Your map means diddly squat because it doesn't show the location of your nearest aggregation node, which are U/G chambers to which FTTP lines and FTTC cabinets connect to. Maps/locations of agg nodes are NOT available to the public. As every FTTPoD build is bespoke (unique), you're better off waiting for the desktop survey quote for FTTPoD to get a rough idea of costs and then proceeding to the full survey if you're serious about ordering. Otherwise you are just speculating, unless you can get hold of Mystic Meg.

Edited by deleted (Mon 19-Nov-18 22:28:58)

I know it just makes me laugh seeing as how 30 seconds down the road they are fine but we have to travel to somewhere in the distance for our FTTC connection. I did speak with another chap just up the road and he is interested in FTTPoD as well so if this quote comes back and I pay for the survey would he have to take a survey too ?

Cabinet 8 certainly looks more use to you than cabinet 2. The possibly fortunate thing for your FTTPoD quote is that you are perhaps nearer cabinet 8's aggregation point than the other one. They will normally quote from the nearest aggregation point to you, not necessarily your cabinet.

Fingers crossed.

Edit: If you are running a business it can be possible to obtain a £2,500 voucher/subsidy.

Don't get your hopes up high with the next bit. Others from that other thread know far more than I do. Wait for what they post about it.

I don't know whether the reduction of £700, plus £50 per premises passed, if there are any, (which IIRC you only know with the full survey results) applies to just business FTTPoD buyers, or also to individuals. So the 8-9 properties would probably get one fibre distribution point with eight ports, with you using one. So maybe a nice reduction will be available.

Edited due to incorrect info re the £700, see candlerb�s post.

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 20-Nov-18 10:00:24)

So looks like the old 330 Mbps down and 30 Mbps service and possibly someone has setup a virtual path wrong thus limiting download to around 200 Mbps

Thanks Roberto, I hope it is more use. However new overhead poles would have to be installed as I don't think any run in my direction from that location. Is this added into the cost if it were to come from that area?

As for a business we do have one with a website that is ran from home but it really is nothing big at all. I doubt this would get the £2,500 subsidy.

I appreciate the help thus far!

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I don't know whether the reduction of £700 per premises passed (which IIRC you only know with the full survey results) applies to just business FTTPoD buyers, or also to individuals. So the 8-9 properties would probably get one fibre distribution point with eight ports, with you using one. So maybe a nice reduction will be available.

Actually it's a single discount of £700 per Passive Optical Network (i.e. splitter), plus £50 per property passed. Those discounts will already be included in your post-survey quotation.

In reply to a post by martynp1:

However new overhead poles would have to be installed as I don't think any run in my direction from that location. Is this added into the cost if it were to come from that area?

How can you say new poles would have to be installed when you don't even know where the agg node is? How do you know there aren't any u/g ducts from the agg node heading towards your area? Openreach, where possible, will try to route the new fibre cabling along your existing copper route, whether thats A/G or U/G. So if your copper line comes on O/H poles to your home, theres a very good chance Openreach will use the same poles for fibre. Likewise if you're served by U/G copper. The question is, how much of the existing route Openreach will utilise, ie at which point would the fibre branch off to the agg node? Only Openreach can answer that. As for the costs involved wrt poles/ducts, again only Openreach can answer that. You're asking questions which no-one on these forums can answer...I would ask these questions to the Openreach Surveyor who does the survey, that's assuming you go ahead with the full survey.

Edited by deleted (Tue 20-Nov-18 08:36:29)

As far as we can tell:

* if the FTTPoD route requires new ducts or poles, you pay for them
* if the FTTPoD route re-uses existing ducts, but they are blocked, OpenReach will unblock them at their expense

We can't even be 100% sure of that: the final quotation doesn't give you an itemised cost breakdown, just a total price.

But there have been several reported cases where duct blockages were found after the final quotation was raised and the FTTPoD install charge paid. These cause delays, but charges are not passed on: that is, OpenReach stick to the quoted cost, even if it turns out to be more work than they were expecting.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

We can't even be 100% sure of that: the final quotation doesn't give you an itemised cost breakdown, just a total price.

Which is why the OP should be patient and wait for the desktop survey quote and potentially a proper survey. Ordering FTTPoD isn't like buying something from a shop, there are too many variables involved & every build is priced on a bespoke basis.