Gigabit Voucher Scheme - commitment

Hi

I�m looking at a Community Fibre Partnership application with some adjacent houses and using the Gigabit Voucher Scheme.

It�s not clear however what type of broadband contract you need to commit to on completion of the installation. The Gigabit Voucher T&C's indicate that you need to have a minimum of 30Mbps (I think it used to be 100Mbps) and to be double your existing speed, so for me the BT Superfast product at 80 Mbps would meet that requirement but when I go on to the CFP website the links are only to suppliers with expensive Gigabit contracts.

Has anyone got any direct experience of exactly what you need to commit to as I can�t see many of my neighbours wanting to pay £60 - 70 per month for broadband ?

Thanks

It will be more like £100 ish/month.

I wouldn't waste any more of your time on this, we (as a community) tried it over a year ago on a cabinet that was quoted as £7500 gap funding needed in an estate of about 60 houses that at best was getting 4Mb ADSL only and had been for years.
We didnt even get 50% interest which BT wanted before they would do anything.
I was beyond despair at the time, but the light at the end of the tunnel is we are expecting Openreach FTTP & Gigafast Cityfibre here imminently, all the ground work has been done for both, Im looking forward to my 1300+ Mbps of bandwidth to play with.

In reply to a post by mikegg:

when I go on to the CFP website the links are only to suppliers with expensive Gigabit contracts.

I'm not sure what page you mean, but I would expect that at least "BT" is one of those suppliers, and you can take 80/20 on FTTP from BT.

Aquiss offer 80/20 FTTP for £34 per month (actually less than that for the first 3 months)

See details in table on attached link for both GBVS and Rural GBVS

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

Thanks for the responses but I was hoping that someone who had actually used the GBVS could definitively say that an 80/20 contract was acceptable. I don't want to try to get people interested and then find I have used the incorrect information.

Thanks

In reply to a post by mikegg:

Thanks for the responses but I was hoping that someone who had actually used the GBVS could definitively say that an 80/20 contract was acceptable. I don't want to try to get people interested and then find I have used the incorrect information.

Thanks

What do the CFP team say as they are the ones who arrange the vouchers for you.

Edit: I should add that if you haven't filled in and returned the spreadsheet with all the properties you are hoping to include I would get that done ASAP as the price won't change that much if all the properties are all in close proximity.

Its worth noting if a neighbour on the same DP chooses not to contribute Openreach will still install FTTP infrastructure for their property and you won't be able to request a voucher for them.

Edited by deleted (Wed 04-Mar-20 23:11:56)

In reply to a post by dect:

What do the CFP team say as they are the ones who arrange the vouchers for you.

Very ambiguous and they wouldn't say if 80/20 would comply - just kept saying has to be Gigabit capable (which it would be) but wouldn't give a definitive answer which is why I have asked the question on here.

Thanks

In reply to a post by mikegg:

Very ambiguous and they wouldn't say if 80/20 would comply - just kept saying has to be Gigabit capable (which it would be) but wouldn't give a definitive answer which is why I have asked the question on here.

I would read it as either

a) If your current speed is GREATER than 15Mbps the FTTP speed needs to be double that, so if your current speed is 20Mbps then FTTP needs to be at least 40Mbps

b) If your current speed is LESS than 15Mbps then the FTTP speed needs to be 30Mbps

The standard GBVS requirement use to be 100Mbps which was a lot clearer

Hi,

Things are possibly moving forward and I am now getting several neighbours showing interest but they want to know exactly what they are committing to in going for the Gigabit Voucher.

Can I ask again if anyone has any direct experience of a standard fibre contract (say a BT Fibre 2 contract) complying with the Gigabit Voucher T's & C's [on the assumption that the existing line is less than 30 Mbps and the new speed is at least double the existing]

Thanks

Edited by mikegg (Fri 08-May-20 17:32:18)