In reply to a post by candlerb:

Cerberus is expensive for 900M, so if I were you, I'd order 300/50: this is the sweet spot in their price list, only £15 per month more than 115/20. Then just live with this for a year, and switch provider later if you find you need more speed.

This sounds reasonable. I think the next move is to do a full FTTPoD survey and assess the damage to the wallet

The Openreach checker says you're in scope for FTTP, so my advice would be to just wait for them to get to you.

In my contact with Openreach they confirmed an FTTP project is in place to cover this area, however it could be 2 years or more. If it was 6 months or less than a year, I could maybe wait.

I assume there is no way to get visibility into these types of projects?

In reply to a post by thesimo:

In my contact with Openreach they confirmed an FTTP project is in place to cover this area, however it could be 2 years or more. If it was 6 months or less than a year, I could maybe wait.

I assume there is no way to get visibility into these types of projects?

If you go for a survey and you're already in scope they may not do the survey and may supply some context around the fact that you're already in scope.

If for a moment the FoD option was feasible (it may not be for the reasons given above for the native build out) you’re still potentially looking at a 12 month timescale to get FoD built.

It’s an (increasingly very) expensive niche service offering and takes time to get built. Believe me there is no priority to get your service built over any other jobs.

Openreach (in my view at least) appear to be disincentivising FoD via the £8K floor price for surveyed quotes most folk now see. Even for what are quite straightforward connections.

In reply to a post by dect:

In reply to a post by thesimo:

In my contact with Openreach they confirmed an FTTP project is in place to cover this area, however it could be 2 years or more. If it was 6 months or less than a year, I could maybe wait.

I assume there is no way to get visibility into these types of projects?

If you go for a survey and you're already in scope they may not do the survey and may supply some context around the fact that you're already in scope.

No, but I doubt it will be two years if you're already on the edge of FTTP commercial coverage. As others have said, FTTPoD could take over a year.

If you need more than ~30Mbps then you could load balance two FTTC services (just make sure at least one is on a short contract), or mix it with 4G if the signal is decent, to tide you over until FTTP arrives.

"Additionally, number 11 on this road can order BT full fibre 900 no problems."

Do you know the people that live at number 11? Are you in line of sight? Have you considered paying for them to get a connection and using a point-to-point wireless connection to get it to your house?

I have relatives 440m away on a nearby hill, who can get this speed, I did investigate using my unifi gear to get a ptp link wirelessly at 1Gb+ but I'd need to get on the roof to confirm if there is actually line of sight between the two. I think it was about £1400 for that gear + getting it up high somehow.

That would be a bargain compared to the cost of FTTPoD, plus you can have it up and running within a couple of weeks rather than typical 6-12 months. (My FTTPoD took nearly 18 months, FWIW).

Oh, and you get to keep or sell the equipment when you no longer need it.

In reply to a post by thesimo:

I have relatives 440m away on a nearby hill, who can get this speed, I did investigate using my unifi gear to get a ptp link wirelessly at 1Gb+ but I'd need to get on the roof to confirm if there is actually line of sight between the two. I think it was about £1400 for that gear + getting it up high somehow.

I’d recommend you use 60 GHz based gear at that distance and speed. I’ve used pre-paired MikroTik wire dishes at similar distance and they do work well, but they won’t tolerate (any) foliage in the way!