But I believe duct and pole sharing IS on the way isn�t it ?

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I'm assuming the pole is owned by UK Power, rather than Openreach, so putting in a new one "just in case" wouldn't have been an option.

OpenReach often install their wiring on other utilities poles, such as power poles. There will be thousands of examples of this across the country.

It's not the same the other way round.
OpenReach usually don't allow other utilities to share their poles.

There's maybe exceptions to this in specific areas or under certain circumstances but if you see a pole with both power/telecoms then it's almost always the power companies pole.

Yes. Around here, when poles with power at the top start to "die", UKPN literally chainsaw off the shared pole above the OR stuff and leave that for OR to deal with it (if indeed it needs dealing with), erect a new power pole beside the old one, and put their electricity on that. It sounds bizarre but I'll take a picture of a nearby one tomorrow if I remember.

In our area, SSE have been installing new poles alongside the perfectly serviceable existing shared poles and moved their cables across.

Initial Estimate: £10,900.00 + VAT
Confirmed Build Charge: £13,458.00 + VAT

£750 deduction for premises passed, despite the surveyor telling me it was 68 properties passed.
With the voucher works out at £10958 + VAT

Must admit am somewhat on the fence with this, was happy to pay £6-7k, but at this price point might as well get a 100/100 Mb Leased line at £250+VAT a month

Hi

Seems to be a few surveys coming in over the original estimate recently. Did they give a break down of the costings?

A leased line seems better value in the short term, with the leased line starting to become more expensive after around 5 years, but you may find you have native FTTP installed by then, of course you can't know for sure which makes it a hard decision.

Do you have any neighbours that would contribute informally to the costs?

Regards

Phil

Please excuse the thread hijack, but how does one get a leased line if only normal FTTC is available?

Edit: Just found it is available to my house.

If one went with a leased line for a year, does this mean I would have FTTP available and could leave after contract and go onto a standard FTTP package?

Edited by Alucidnation (Tue 21-May-19 13:35:49)

You order it from a provider of your choice who will arrange the delivery with their comms provider, might be BT, might be someone else. Lease lines are not linked to FTTC/FTTP

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Please excuse the thread hijack, but how does one get a leased line if only normal FTTC is available?

Pop in your address at linebroker.co.uk for rough leased line quotes - don't take them as fixed because they are just guide prices, you will need to speak to them for accurate quotes. But as a rule of thumb, the more urban you are, the cheaper the leased line costs.

Is 12 port the norm?

They fitted a 4 port for my FTTPoD build, a bit silly on their part but I'm very happy

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They fitted a 4 port for my FTTPoD build, a bit silly on their part but I'm very happy

I would think the chosen CBT is sized (e.g. 4, 8, 12) to the number of properties that can be served by a pole. No point putting a 12 port on a pole if only 3 properties can be served by it.