So finally between Openreach, BTWholesale and Cerberus the magic incantations have been performed to activate our new FTTPoD line

I changed the routing in or Ubiquiti Edgerouter to route some traffic over the new link and it all sprung to life

Testing at 308/29 mbit/sec which will certainly do us for the moment.
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/15561840537...

Once our initial year is up I will see if we can move to 500/165 or 1000/220, not for download but or the better upload speed.

So the answer to my question "FTTPod install time?" = in our case "2 weeks short of a year".

Nice one!

At minimum, you will be able to move to 330/50 after 12 months. In principle you could even order a second FTTP service now, although bonding the two would probably be messy.

Congrats Mark. FTTPoD can be a fun time to test your patience and normal business logic. I'm waiting for BDUK fttp to arrive, and it seems there is conflicting information abound.

Yes, even going from 30 to 50 up would be an noticeable improvement.

The FTTPod line is actually slower than the Callflow microwave link we currently use which is normally ~60-80mbit/s in both directions. However the microwave link is both expensive and unreliable.

You could ask your FTTPoD provider if they'd be able to do an in-contract regrade, and how much it would cost.

Otherwise, you could just order a second 330/50 line from another provider now - and treat the 12 month rental on the 330/30 as a sunk cost (and/or use it as a backup service).

I believe that if you got a 1-port ONT then upon receiving the new order, Openreach will either swap it for a 4-port one, or pull another fibre to the DP for a second ONT.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

You could ask your FTTPoD provider if they'd be able to do an in-contract regrade, and how much it would cost.

Otherwise, you could just order a second 330/50 line from another provider now - and treat the 12 month rental on the 330/30 as a sunk cost (and/or use it as a backup service).

I believe that if you got a 1-port ONT then upon receiving the new order, Openreach will either swap it for a 4-port one, or pull another fibre to the DP for a second ONT.

Surely no pulling just blow a new fibre? The cables usually have some spare

If pre-connectorised, then I think a new one is required.

However if they pulled and spliced a traditional cable, then there are probably spare strands in it that they can splice onto.

Just to add that if they do ask whether an in-contract regrade is possible (which I doubt), I'd be curious to know too as I'd like to get 330/50 but I have a feeling I will need to pay off the remainder of the FTTPoD minimum term in full first.

I couldn't find it on the FTTPoD price list, but there's a line item on the Openreach FTTP price list:

Cancel/Amend/Modify - Regrading of existing upstream speed, both at point of sale and in-life - £5.82

In reply to a post by candlerb:

You could ask your FTTPoD provider if they'd be able to do an in-contract regrade, and how much it would cost.

Otherwise, you could just order a second 330/50 line from another provider now - and treat the 12 month rental on the 330/30 as a sunk cost (and/or use it as a backup service).

I believe that if you got a 1-port ONT then upon receiving the new order, Openreach will either swap it for a 4-port one, or pull another fibre to the DP for a second ONT.

I think I will give Cerberus time to recover after all the effort they have put it to get our FTTPoD install sorted before asking for any changes. A year of managing the install for no income must be hard for them to support long term. I am not sure that regrading to 330/50 is even possible during the first year.

Next problem is to find out how to get Openreach to update their database so the house next door can order FTTP. Their phone line is connected to a DP on the side of our building and the FTTP connectorised block is next the DP, so really no reason why they should not be able to order it. However both www.dslchecker.bt.com and https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-br... say they can only get FTTC. The bungalow that is also connects to the DP on our building does show up as able to get FTTP.

Even stranger .... if I check the house half way down our drive on https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/ADSLChecker.address shows something I have never seen before....

"FTTP on demand 1000/220 available"! I have only ever seen 330/30 for FTTPod.