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There are 4 more properties not visibly connected to any pole, presumably via an underground connection somewhere.

At the time, I was given a discount based on 7 properties passed. When the first set of Openreach installers came along, they said they planned to fibre-up the whole street as a result of my order, although as there are only 12 ports for 20 houses some folks will miss out!

Would be interesting to see what properties (and how many of them) are now showing as FTTP enabled in your road, those that are fed underground may now be enabled by a hidden CBT in a footway box.

There is a BT manhole cover outside the three new houses not shown on my diagram and you could well be right - they all show as having 1000/220 FTTPoD available.

There are only a couple of houses along my road which still show 330/30 FTTPoD, including one unlucky property halfway along and a couple of names which don't seem to exist any more - I'm guessing they still show up on the Post Office address list.

Anyway, of the 20 houses on my road, all but 2 are showing as 1000/220. Either it's a case of first come first served, or there is indeed a hidden CBT further up the road.

Incidentally none are yet showing FTTP as available, just FTTPoD. The change is that most are now showing 1000/220 rather than 330/30.

In reply to a post by Retron:

Incidentally none are yet showing FTTP as available, just FTTPoD. The change is that most are now showing 1000/220 rather than 330/30.

Considering BT Wholesale don't sell anything above 330/30 on FTTPoD at present, I wouldn't read too much into FTTPoD 1000/220 visbility on the DSL checker, ie its likely to be an error. Once FTTPoD changes to WBC FTTP - 330/50 or above - that is the time for your neighbours to get excited

Edited by deleted (Wed 22-May-19 18:13:34)

I think I'll go for the full quote and see what happens. I really don't need FTTP but I do kinda want it. I'd like to be a trend setter in the village too.
Edit to say, site survey ordered - wish me luck!

Edited by Deft (Wed 22-May-19 18:54:23)

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Yes, that will be 19 properties passed @ £50.

Thanks for the info, so its gone from 5 properties (including mine) that are newer builds with underground cable at the end of the road fed from the same manhole cover, to 19 properties, which must include 14 that are overhead pole fed then. This might explain the pre-planning notice for 3 new telegraph poles.

So great that I get an additional discount for more properties passed, but then is my build cost including the additional cost for those 14 extra properties? It's a shame we don't get a better breakdown of the costs as I can't shake the feeling I'm paying for those extra poles and labour to erect them as otherwise why discount me for the extra work?

Running out of bandwidth at peak periods on the FTTC connections so I decided to get desktop quote for FTTPoD. I did have a quote under the old system at a different premises but this is the first time under new system.

Ag node estimated to be at 800 - 999m away.
Estimated Build Cost: £27,000.00 ex VAT

I had hoped the ag node would be closer but at these sort of prices I guess I�ll be sticking with FTTC!

Just got my desktop quote from cerberus after nearly 8 weeks waiting, and the quote from open reach isn't IMO at all credible @ Estimated Build Cost: £27,800.00 ex VAT and says that Number of premises passed for FTTP: 14
Openreach estimate that the distance to the fibre aggregation node serving your premises is 600 - 799m. The distance to the aggregation node ,
Which does not compute , and i can using google maps use the distance measuring tool and regardless of direction it is no where near 600mtrs on 14 properties passed in any direction

Edited by tommy45 (Thu 23-May-19 12:50:59)

Wow!

That is astonishing.

Got my desktop quote back from open reach

Estimated Build Cost: £9,000.00 ex VAT

Number of premises passed for FTTP: 3

Openreach estimate that the distance to the fibre aggregation node serving your premises is 0 - 199m. The distance to the aggregation node will have an effect on the installation price.

Do you know exactly where the agg node is then? Also, the 14 properties could be some on the way to the agg node and some beyond it (ie your house might be towards the middle of a group of properties that would be served by your local distribution point). Are you saying that aren't 14 properties relatively near you that might be served if they put a distribution point in that could also serve you? The distribution point won't necessarily be close to your house - just depends on where Openreach think would be most efficient to server the locality.

In reply to a post by tommy45:

Just got my desktop quote from cerberus after nearly 8 weeks waiting, and the quote from open reach isn't IMO at all credible @ Estimated Build Cost: £27,800.00 ex VAT and says that Number of premises passed for FTTP: 14
Openreach estimate that the distance to the fibre aggregation node serving your premises is 600 - 799m. The distance to the aggregation node ,
Which does not compute , and i can using google maps use the distance measuring tool and regardless of direction it is no where near 600mtrs on 14 properties passed in any direction

How do you know where your aggregation node is located? The properties passed means how many neighbours would be served from the same CBT installed for your FTTP service not how many properties are between you and the agg node.