Well he was busy working on it at the time, all I know from Cerberus today is that the results were being reviewed this morning (of testing). I've not had another update yet, so I'd assume that he did fix it but beyond that I don't know.

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In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

I would sign up for the 120/month, but they could sign up for a 'standard' tariff of their choosing from a provider of their choosing

Yes - including various cashback deals out there.

Further to this, i spoke to someone at Cerebus today and they said this was not possible.

If i went it alone, any neighbours could not jump onto my connection and use standard FTTP.

Anyone that wanted FTTPoD in the future would have to go through the same process as i am now with the survey etc.


Also, has anyone had any luck with the vouchers?

Did you know what values you were awarded?

Edited by Alucidnation (Wed 20-Mar-19 08:24:20)

In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

In reply to a post by candlerb:

In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

I would sign up for the 120/month, but they could sign up for a 'standard' tariff of their choosing from a provider of their choosing

Yes - including various cashback deals out there.

Further to this, i spoke to someone at Cerebus today and they said this was not possible.

If i went it alone, any neighbours could not jump onto my connection and use standard FTTP.

Anyone that wanted FTTPoD in the future would have to go through the same process as i am now with the survey etc.


Also, has anyone had any luck with the vouchers?

Did you know what values you were awarded?

No-one can "jump" onto your FTTPoD connection, maybe Cerberus thought you meant sharing your connection with others? Under the current FTTPoD scheme, others on the same the fibre distribution point (DP) should be able to order 'native' FTTP independently once the property which orders FTTPoD is live. However I'm not sure if Openreach give any guarantees beforehand wrt which properties will be getting 'native' FTTP as a result of the FTTPoD order.

If you have a number of neighbours who would like FTTP as well why not consider a Community Fibre Partnership. BT make a contribution towards the installation and once installed you pay native prices.

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In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

In reply to a post by candlerb:

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Yes - including various cashback deals out there.

Further to this, i spoke to someone at Cerebus today and they said this was not possible.

If i went it alone, any neighbours could not jump onto my connection and use standard FTTP.

Anyone that wanted FTTPoD in the future would have to go through the same process as i am now with the survey etc.


Also, has anyone had any luck with the vouchers?

Did you know what values you were awarded?

No-one can "jump" onto your FTTPoD connection, maybe Cerberus thought you meant sharing your connection with others? Under the current FTTPoD scheme, others on the same the fibre distribution point (DP) should be able to order 'native' FTTP independently once the property which orders FTTPoD is live. However I'm not sure if Openreach give any guarantees beforehand wrt which properties will be getting 'native' FTTP as a result of the FTTPoD order.

Ah yes you could be right. I may not have explained it clearly when i spoke to them.

I'll call again today and confirm.

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If you have a number of neighbours who would like FTTP as well why not consider a Community Fibre Partnership. BT make a contribution towards the installation and once installed you pay native prices.

Ah, i didn't know that.

Although, it may not be enough.

We only have 4 premises passed, one of those is a rental and not interested, and one is an older couple who 'may' be interested.

So, confirmed orders are myself and my immediate neighbour and that may not be enough for them

Also, they told me that i had to get committed parties to agree to the service, as once the survey has been done, and actual quote given, any one pulling out after that would cancel the whole process, meaning i would have to start again?

I'm confused.

Edited by Alucidnation (Wed 20-Mar-19 09:08:58)

Hi

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Ah yes you could be right. I may not have explained it clearly when i spoke to them.

I'll call again today and confirm.

This is also the reason why BT give a discount for number of properties passed is because you enable more people to order a FTTP product. Once you've gone live, those properties passed should be updated to have native FTTP available to them. Note the total properties passed includes your own property.

As others have said nothing is guaranteed if they are not part of the FTTP on Demand contract as there may be a technical reason BT decide not to allow those other properties to become 'native FTTP' after your install.

So you if you go the route of the neighbours informally paying towards the cost, you will also need to be prepared to pay that back should the neighbour(s) find they are not enabled for FTTP after you've gone live.

Regards

Phil

To be clear, Openreach. Not �BT�. Bear in mind that most people still think of BT as meaning BT the company many pay their line and broadband rental to .

This matters particularly when talking about FTTPoD and FTTP, due to the small number of CPs offering either.

Ok got it thanks.

I guess if we decided (and could) go with a community program with OR, i am assuming it could work out cheaper than Cerebus, as OR contribute to the installation costs, as well as using the voucher scheme?

Don't forget that if you are going the community route that would be a new survey based on the people interested. So it could include more people than just the ones passed by a single FTTPoD survey.

See https://communityfibre.openreach.co.uk/ for details

Edited by deleted (Wed 20-Mar-19 12:30:16)