This does not shock me, OR decided to fibre up remote farms and country lanes then decided nah we dont need to do the massive village bang in the middle of both ends. So they served 5 houses instead of a whole village and your talking 0.25 of a mile either end. I contact OR and asked they said they will finish the rest by 2026. So when they are doing stuff like that is any wonder people cba with the hype.

Lucky you to have FTTP soon next September 2022 but I bet it will pushed back dates if there are blocked duct etc.

Edited by adslmax (Wed 29-Dec-21 17:46:13)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Lucky you to have FTTP soon next September 2022 but I bet it will pushed back dates if there are blocked duct etc.

As i was saying, John henry group have been roping ducts to my estate and finished a month ago now.

There were no blocked ducts a month ago on the route they will take as other fibre has been pulled past towards rural Cambridgeshire villages. The last openreach guys said to me, it's not a case of blocked ducts in my area, it's more a case of congested ones, after looking down I saw why he said it, he then continued to say, that they could just about get the microduct in but it's a squeeze as there's lots of copper.
I'm not that concerned of in the local estate either, particularly since someone had copper re pull and it was done in a day.

I can only hope that there are no issues, but anything is possible, I know my OR ducting is clear as the Virgin Media guy decided to pull on my OR line then couldn't get it back in so cut it at duct level so I am effectively now only connected to one network until OR decide to either join two cables together or pull a line. Its not a concern yet however when I leave VM it will be a big problem for a few days.

Edited by RR_The_IT_Guy (Wed 29-Dec-21 18:15:24)

In reply to a post by mintminty59:

OR decided to fibre up remote farms and country lanes

Highly likely to be the most needy for better broadband in the area.

In reply to a post by pluralist:

That sounds like you checked the 5G availability. Not the 4G .

We recently got 5G, which works on my phone as long as I'm on the mast side of the house. Downstream over 500Mbps, but upstream dreadful. Between 2 and 5.

4G is fine, as per my sig, which is why I suggested it.

I went back just in case after seeing your post, but nope, still not available even 4G, which is very strange, I can have their portable hotspot thing, this is the text below the "we can't give you what you ask for noticed "


In the meantime, why not try Mobile Broadband?
Stay Connected on the move with MiFi
and Unlimited data.

4G is fine here, in fact, the speed tests on my phone using 4G is better than the speed tests on my FTTC connection.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

My FTTC was banded twice in the last 7 years with Plusnet but once resetted by an engineer after a fault was fixed and other one was remote resetted by Plusnet requested to Openreach. Was banded twice at 74Meg instead of 80Meg.

oh no, a whole 5Mb/s, that must have been hard for you. I have no idea what you would do if you had to cope with my speed or with someone I know that is lucky if they get 5Mb/s

In reply to a post by pluralist:

We recently got 5G, which works on my phone as long as I'm on the mast side of the house. Downstream over 500Mbps, but upstream dreadful. Between 2 and 5.

This video might help explain what is going on there. https://youtu.be/KzDTZDnLXxY

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

4G is fine here, in fact, the speed tests on my phone using 4G is better than the speed tests on my FTTC connection.

Which network? I have 4G from all four networks in my flat (EE, Vodafone, Three and O2) but they are dramatically different in usability.

I get these speeds typically, but they all can vary up and down dramatically. Unlike my Virgin Media connection which is pretty much 200/20 all the time.

EE = 200 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
Three = 40 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload
Vodafone = 30 Mbps download, 5 Mbps upload
O2 = 3 Mbps download, 1 Mbps upload.

So always try all the networks using PAYG SIMs in exactly the location you need service. (Virtual networks don't count at this point, but may provide cheaper price plans).

There are two places in town where Three have deployed "poles of wonder" providing 5G coverage, one is outside Morrisons (??) and the other on a dual carriageway. Neither covering very many domestic homes.

normally I would agree, but they have above 40 Meg VDSL service here isnt to bad when you take other areas into account. They have missed out several villages along the way. I am on the Amman Valley exchange and you can see the big black spots on the maps surely it would have made sense to roll it out as they was passing (because obviously the main fibre has to pass through the area) it makes no sense. There is FTTP available 0.25 miles away and the fibre passes my front door, but my only alternative is cerbrys at a £15,000 install cost and £150 a month rental. or a potenential 5 year wait for openreach to install a split on a lampost.

Probably did either end to meet a local government contract or a privately funded one . It makes no difference to cost if they did the whole village now or next year, the main fibre is there now, it's the xtra splitters and CBTs that are required for the rest of the village and that will take time. The major constraint is and always will be manpower. All the time there are contracts to meet or more commercially desirable areas to cover then villages like yours will have to wait their turn for either OR or another altnet to arrive.