In reply to a post by flagrag28:

There was a little annoyance last night on our residents Zoom call and it took a lot of explaining on why Openreach are installing FTTP to the estate opposite fed from same aggregation node as part of a commercial rollout but they want us to pay 39k towards it

How did you explain that? Did you get info from OR to help?

Your position is interesting to me. I'm in a similar estate, modern (all less than 5 years old) and ducted. No commercial properties though. A few houses have FTTP and there are plans for another street. But not most. Bizarre. So I guess the cost for us would be much the same, perhaps a little less than you. If I was in your scheme I think you'd get £300 from me. £750? That's going to be a bit of a push.

So what happens when 50 houses cough up £750 each. Do the other 50 odd who don't pay still get the chance to order FTTP?

In reply to a post by dect:

I often hear "why them and not us" but its a commercial decision by Openreach so what can you say or do.

Vote Labour.

We will establish British Broadband, with two arms: British Digital Infrastructure (BDI) and the British Broadband Service (BBS). We will bring the broadband-relevant parts of BT into public ownership, with a jobs guarantee for all workers in existing broadband infrastructure and retail broadband work.

Oh, sorry, that ship has been sunk.

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In reply to a post by Woolwich:

I think you'd get £300 from me. £750? That's going to be a bit of a push.

£750 is still a good price considering what other are still having to pay for FTTPoD, agree not everyone can afford it or is willing to pay that price for broadband but as you're here I would discount the latter.

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

So what happens when 50 houses cough up £750 each. Do the other 50 odd who don't pay still get the chance to order FTTP?

The answer is yes they do

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

Vote Labour.

We will establish British Broadband, with two arms: British Digital Infrastructure (BDI) and the British Broadband Service (BBS). We will bring the broadband-relevant parts of BT into public ownership, with a jobs guarantee for all workers in existing broadband infrastructure and retail broadband work.

Oh, sorry, that ship has been sunk.

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Its in my trash already

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

In reply to a post by dect:

I often hear "why them and not us" but its a commercial decision by Openreach so what can you say or do.

Vote Labour.

We will establish British Broadband, with two arms: British Digital Infrastructure (BDI) and the British Broadband Service (BBS). We will bring the broadband-relevant parts of BT into public ownership, with a jobs guarantee for all workers in existing broadband infrastructure and retail broadband work.

Oh, sorry, that ship has been sunk.

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Oh gosh! There's plenty of other outlets for that stuff, don't think its appropriate for here tbh.

Many a good friendship has been spoiled by politics

Thank You for others peoples input, Myself and another resident are putting together all the facts before doing the full presentation to the whole estate. Openreach are supposed to be providing some slides and information on benefits that FTTP will bring.

I have a feeling at least one resident will donate 5-10k as he is putting it through his business as he is working at home and has saved over 10k in train fares. Also we have a couple who both work for Sky sports and are doing remote tv production from home and they are using around 500 GB a day so they are keen for upgrade.

It was difficult to explain to some of the doubters about why others are getting in now for no cost but we are not and I know one person will now not pay anything on a matter of principle. I also expect others will say that they will wait until we fall into commercial plans but based upon what I have been told that will not be until 2022 possibly 2023

depends on your point of view

say 1000 people decice to do the same as without any validation that there is appetite- what do think might happen to your application and when do think you might get a response

or a 1000 people as an example asked your business to provided a quote just for fun of it you might take a different view

In reply to a post by Fastman3:

say 1000 people decice to do the same as without any validation that there is appetite

Who said anything about asking for a CFP quote without checking if there is any local appetite for it? please do not put words in my mouth.

I simply encouraged the poster to consider starting a CFP for their area rather than sitting there wondering what the outcome might be.

Edited by deleted (Fri 22-Jan-21 22:31:48)

All the best