In reply to a post by candlerb:

One possibility is that the existing footway boxes are being rebuilt.

You may be right especially if they are adding more duct capacity along the avenue for Openreach fttp and as Partial says another altnet is working in the surrounding area and may want to use PIA to get their fibre infrastructure in at some point.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

A couple of weeks after my FTTPoD went live, contractors came around (unannounced) and rebuilt my footway box. They did this without affecting any service, which was quite impressive.

Did they rebuild using brick or the quicker modular Stakka boxes type as I know they can be cut and fitted around existing cables.

What MrSaffron said was also my initial thinking,

You asked what a JF2 was, they are the small BT Joint Boxes you sometimes see along the pavement.

Use google to search for 'identifying_our_equipment_guide.pdf' as its a very helpful document on the Openreach website.

In reply to a post by dect:

Did they rebuild using brick or the quicker modular Stakka boxes type as I know they can be cut and fitted around existing cables.

Unfortunately I didn't take a photo or get to talk to the contractors. I believe they left a plywood frame in overnight, although I wouldn't have thought they were casting concrete.

Yep, 4 to be rebuilt and 7 new boxes.

I asked Lightning Fibre and they said they are not in the area and won’t be until end of 2021.

I suppose I just have to keep an eye open for Openreach vans and try the wholesale checker unless anyone else has another idea?

To be clear the guys filling in the road said it was fibre and that the area was blocked so they couldn’t put it through until they relayed the duct. I don’t know if that makes any difference (and I am not sure if I said that originally)

In reply to a post by Spinstorm:

I suppose I just have to keep an eye open for Openreach vans and try the wholesale checker unless anyone else has another idea?

Yep: one.network, OR checker, and BT wholesale checker. The latter is the one which will tell you when the service is ready to order.

In reply to a post by Spinstorm:

To be clear the guys filling in the road said it was fibre and that the area was blocked so they couldn’t put it through until they relayed the duct. I don’t know if that makes any difference (and I am not sure if I said that originally)

If a trench has to be dug for a new duct, then that could be expensive. The cost obviously depends on the length required, but if it's large it could put your area to the bottom of the pile for commercial install.

If a road closure is required for the dig, that would normally require a 3 month notice period - but it should show as planned on one.network.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

In reply to a post by Spinstorm:

I suppose I just have to keep an eye open for Openreach vans and try the wholesale checker unless anyone else has another idea?

Yep: one.network, OR checker, and BT wholesale checker. The latter is the one which will tell you when the service is ready to order.

In reply to a post by Spinstorm:

To be clear the guys filling in the road said it was fibre and that the area was blocked so they couldn’t put it through until they relayed the duct. I don’t know if that makes any difference (and I am not sure if I said that originally)

If a trench has to be dug for a new duct, then that could be expensive. The cost obviously depends on the length required, but if it's large it could put your area to the bottom of the pile for commercial install.

If a road closure is required for the dig, that would normally require a 3 month notice period - but it should show as planned on one.network.

To clarify what I meant was the work they have finished was the work they did.

The laying new ducting and the joint boxes which is now complete.

OK - well if it's done, it's now just a wait and see. Pulling the cables through the ducts probably won't show on one.network, unless it involves traffic control.

eSussex replied to me and said it was only infrastructure upgrade in that postal code which is that particular road.

I find it very hard to believe that an Openreach programme would only support 8 homes in that one road.

I take onboard what +witchunt has said and hope he is correct but then why do they have different information? It’s so unprofessional that they don’t know what is going on.

Whats the current broadband speed at your property?