edit: just the farm showing up FTTP, I can't match the results you get from your postcode

second edit: I'm checking the wrong post code

FTTP at Trekillick Farm. If that's Feb past you then that is what you see.

Edited by j0hn83 (Tue 20-Nov-18 22:49:47)

Yes, I guess that is what we're seeing as they are fed by the same cabinet which is surprising as I would have thought they would be closer to a cabinet in Bodmin...

If the fibre already passes us and we went for an FTTPoD install would they have to install fibre from the cabinet to us as well or "hook into" the existing fibre?

thanks

Did you see the second or third response which contains an image of a fibre connector block terminal (CBT). If you work your way down the poles from your house and see if you see any of these within around 300m should tell you if FTTP is being provided or not. A post with further images of fibre going into any connector blocks you find on the poles may also be useful if you're unsure.

[EDIT] Also wondering if you've looked at the Superfast Cornwall though it doesn't mention your postcode the neighbouring 5AX and 5AZ do seem to have just received an upgrade under the latest phase. It looks like 5AX is further down the lane from you, though if they've failed to provide the one extra CBT when passing your hamlet it does seem a bit bonkers... . I would give the Cornwall team a call or email to see what they say.

Edited by deleted (Wed 21-Nov-18 00:29:15)

I'm so sorry, i took Andrew's postcode from his post and not yours, jaffakke...

Edited by Taras (Wed 21-Nov-18 00:00:23)

So I summise that the fibre feeds Stephen Gelly farm with FTTP which appears to be down the lane from you (??), and is provided by Connecting Cornwall.

Assuming they haven't/won't connect your hamlet, you may at least find FTTPoD is relatively cheap if it only requires a CBT to a nearby fibre junction... assuming they built the "trunk" with spare capacity.

@taras, no problem!

@olicuk - it is very odd, as you say 5AX is currently able to order FTTP so the fibre running past our house is powering their connection. There are more properties in closer proximity to us (5 of us) so it does seem odd that we can't order it..

What's even more interesting is that our neighbour has a different postcode and they too are able to order FTTP, so something is very odd!

I've emailed Superfast Cornwall for more information..

Farm = business so as the EU money targets business broadband probably why they've got it and not the other parts

Talking to the Cornwall team specifically is the best way forward

The theory is that the spare capacity is there, but the way the accounting is done, the farm connection will have only seen BT paid a proportion of the cost of getting the fibre to them, so any FoD orders would still be expected to pay their proportion even if using jump off points on the way.

@MrSaffron; Thanks, but it does beg the question why PL30 5JX which is literally next door can order FTTP and they are also residential. I feel something is up with the postcode mappings..

If you use Google Maps the two postcodes are further apart oddly than if you use ONS latest dataset

If the premises are as clustered together as the satellite imagery suggests then yes would expect you to have had a spot on the manifold.

This may just be a checker issue, and in that case pictures showing how close the existing manifold is, and counting number of premises within 100-150m versus number of ports it has - easy to count ports with the CBT as you can see the connector covers given a zoom lens.

Talk to the Cornwall team and if that fails I can try and talk to the London end and make the case but would need something like the satellite image of the little hamlet marked up with where the manifold is, and which is your property to illustrate the point.

Yes I've just looked that up Cornwall's GIS and what look to be all of the "true" properties on 5JX have Ultrafast as you say; and assuming you are right next door as the postcode 5AY implies, it would be silly if you weren't meant to have been enabled. As Andrew says, annotate the map, ideally take some photos too, and send it to the Cornwall Broadband team and see how you get on. If you can map out every DP and junction even better. If you look into the data returned to your browser on the Openreach Home and Business checker after selecting your address, you can also see which copper DP you and your neighbours are on. Worst case you'll have your own (copper) DP and the other properties will be on one or two others... and Openreach may then continue to say you can't have FTTP as there's no fibre DP matching your copper one! I hope they wouldn't do such daft things but....