I've been told many things that OpenReach would be doing via an ISP, only for the OR staff to turn up on the day:

1. not knowing that the activity promised was due to happen
2. not having the tools, skills or clearances to do said activity

So, good luck

Good news! OpenReach turned up yesterday morning - no appointment and I was still asleep when they rang the doorbell so my conversation with them was a bit wonky to say the least. They asked permission to drill into my walls and prune my trees. I told them it was all fine by me but pointed out that I thought permission from the council was needed to prune the trees. They told me they'd go away and talk to their boss. I didn't expect to see them back anytime soon but they reappeared this morning to put the new line through the tree without cutting it and I now have a shiny new (ok, dull grey new) "OpenReach Customer Service Point" on my wall and I guess the contractor will be back to connect that up to the inside.

Seems like I was worrying for nothing, but also seems like they can put a fibre line through a tree or two. Yay!

Fantastic

As I posted elsewhere on ThinkBroadband for Fibre Through The Trees (FTTT)
(click on the image) https://twitter.com/janeyellene/status/1348215575827...

Cheers!