Then you have almost certainly saved £1000s in FoD install costs. Just remain cautiously optimistic that you will be getting native FTTP instead

Interestingly enough the eSussex site now has changed to say �coming soon� under my address and that is is part of the new contract phase for superfast. Also the eSussex business site (yes I didn�t check it before) says:

Contract 3
January 2019 � March 2020. ESCC has now signed a third contract with BT, following an open procurement process (known as OJEU, Official Journal of the European Union) open to all telecoms suppliers. The £4.3m contract will deliver a further 7,220 superfast premises, with build starting in January 2019 and project completion provisionally scheduled for Q4 (end March 2020). The contract is unique in the whole of the UK in that our project requires the supplier to survey all premises in the county as yet unable to access superfast broadband up front (ie in advance of build). This means that, after surveys, we will absolutely know which premises will be reached and identify those that contract 3 will not cover. We will then be in a position to think about options for those not reached.
East Sussex is projected to have 99% superfast coverage by the end of contract 3.

So it does indeed look like despite some contrary emails from Openreach and eSussex themselves that what Cerberus said is correct although still no sign of Openreach work.

Last year gf spoke to a chap who was surveying our road for fibre, I questioned local council BDUK team who contacted openreach, neither had any info and I was told there where no plans in pipeline for FTTP. earlier this year the fibre was laid and is now available to order. I kept BDUK team informed of the progress with works etc with little if any acknowledgement back from them. When the job was finished I thought to contact the original BDUK team manager who had moved on, just to let her know as we had corresponded on superfast for my area for some years, after some investigation she found it was a BDUK project.
https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/f/4600807-ft...

So now the Esussex site says this:

Records show that this premises is not yet able to access Superfast Broadband services

East Sussex County Council has one of the highest levels of access to Superfast Broadband in the UK with over 95% of the county already able to access Superfast services and plans in place to reach over 99% of the county.

However, this still leaves us with 1% of the county (around 4,000 premises) still to reach. You are not currently in a deployment plan BUT this might change post survey. Almost 400 surveys have been produced and these are currently in the process of being validated and analysed which will inform both the final deployment plan and next steps. This website will be updated as soon as further information is available (please note that survey information will not be published as this is commercially confidential).

It remains the County Council's ambition to push Superfast Broadband coverage across the county to as close to 100% as possible.

In the meantime, you may be eligible for a subsidised basic broadband installation under one of the Government Schemes.

As we develop our plans for the final few it is useful for us keep a record of the demand for services. If you are happy for us to keep a record of your interest in Superfast Broadband, please let us know.

So it is now saying my address isn�t in the area for super fast even though a few weeks ago it said it was!

The council have again emailed me and said I am not in an area for superfast. I have asked Cerberus again but its Easter so we will see next week what they say.

But Honestly what a mess - how hard is it for them to know what is going on and have the correct information.

How does Openreach tell the ISP something different from the end user customer? How is it that the council are the ones who are paying for the install yet they change their site from saying coming soon to not happening?

Cerberus came back to me and said that the address and installation in my area is correct but they have delayed it due to issues with the highways agency? Whatever that means and now there is no date set. As a result they will allow me to proceed with the order:

�I have also been advised that Openreach have spoken with the East Sussex regional team, who have confirmed that your address is included in the SEP plan to deliver but it is currently on hold pending future decisions with the highway authority etc., and at present there are no dates for when or if the hold will be removed and the project progressed.�

I asked them to proceed with the survey as I already paid for it - but come on what is going on? I would say unless the install cost is very low I probably will not proceed but we will see what they price it at.

It seems likely that whatever access issue has delayed the FTTP rollout would do the same to your FTTPoD order. I would cancel it, get your money back and chill for a few months to see what happens.

Thanks for the tip - I will let them do the quote as I did pay for it. But I do agree with what you said and I am sure I will end up cancelling after I have an actual quote.

I originally asked for a quote back in November 2018; then I was told native FTTP was coming to my street with work due to be complete by end of April; then I was told that due to issues with the highway that they had indefinitely delayed native fibre in my area; Openreach then told Cerberus that they would do a quote.

I got that back today; needless to say I asked that they cancel the order as it came to £22,960 with VAT - the desktop quote was £9,500 and the hope was that the actual quote would come out below that not more than double.

A breakdown of the charges is below:

Labour
£5,686.00
Stores
£4,170.00
Contract Labour
£0.00
Civils
£9,800.00
Civils Stores
£0.00
Tree cutting
£0.00
BT Connection Charge
£495.00
-£250.00
Deductions
-£1,000.00
£18,901.00

The deductions are for the survey fee and for premises passed.

Can anyone break down these costs? My post code is BN207TW

Something caused eSussex to cancel/delay plans to cover your area.
Usually this is an unforseen increase in costs.

Now your quote has come in considerably higher than originally thought.
The fact Highways was mentioned is probably significant.

OpenReach prices are £112 and some change per meter to dig up the public highway. It doesn't take a long distance needing dug to send quotes through the roof.

Your quote is quite straightforward.

Labour = people, wages.
Stores = ducting, chambers, equipment
Civils = civil engineering (excavating chambers/trenches)

Thanks.

So the breakdown suggests that something may be blocked or require excavation which is why it is so expensive and probably also why my area was delayed?

It would seem (as suggested before) that the delay in native is the same reason as the cost increase in mine.... they were probably hoping I�d pay for the work then go ahead and cheaply install native lol.