Well lucky i was off work this morning. Had a knock at the door, 2 Openreach engineers who know my name and what was going on ready to install the CSP and ONT.

They ran a cable from the CSP around the side of my house to where I wanted the ONT without issue.

All went fine, the ONT is powered up. the PON light is flashing which they said should go solid in a day or 2 once the ONT is registered.

https://ibb.co/7n2ttB7

So in 6/7 weeks Openreach has done the field survey, built the network AND installed into my house. This has got to be some sort of record. Can not fault all the engineers I have spoken too, they all really great and very experienced/negligible.

Its my understanding the other 69 houses within the estate which missed out should be able to order any day once the network is released from commissioning.

Edited by deleted (Wed 15-Sep-21 14:08:58)

What a result, shows persistence pays off!!

I thought Openreach engineers registered the ONT when they did the installation, maybe it's different with FTPPoD. Is it working yet?

Mine definitely was. It was up and running whilst the engineer was on the phone. Ditto the replacement (ONT not engineer 🤣)

Update, all went live this morning and showing on the wholesale checker.

Placed my order with BT at 8am this morning. Engineer visit had to be scheduled for next Friday.

Had a phone call from the person at OR who i have been dealing with at 9:30 this morning saying they have remotely activated my service and cancelled the engineer visit PON light gone solid now.

Smart Hub 2 should arrive in a couple days but unless there is issues wont use it and just connect my mesh Deco's to the ONT.

Will give it a go once i am home from work. 25Mb to 1Gb build in 7 weeks D

Edited by deleted (Fri 17-Sep-21 09:49:46)

Certainly impressive. Glad the install went well. May I ask, was it an overhead or underground feed?

In reply to a post by Realalemadrid:

I thought Openreach engineers registered the ONT when they did the installation, maybe it's different with FTPPoD. Is it working yet?

What’s slightly confusing (given this is an FTTPoD thread) is that LordVaders connection turned out not to be FTTPoD in the end (after much leg work by him) but an ordinary commercial rollout / expansion. Hence why these latter stages are somewhat different.

Yes looking back through the thread I had forgotten that LordVader never had to go ahead with the FTTPoD order, which I am sure caused great delight and relief.

Agreed, mine was also registered and live before the engineer finished for the day, at least I believe I was his final job.

Completely underground feed.

1Gb BT fibre started working Friday, all working as expected

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