Perhaps the thinking is that if flat A takes a service, a single drop cable can be taken from underground CBT to the front of the building and installed as it would be in a single dwelling.

If other flats want service then would Openreach want to install a CBT on the wall of the building? I presume a wayleave would be sought in this case.

No, because this new CBT would still need to be linked all the way back to the splitter node. e.g. an 8-port CBT needs a cable carrying 8 fibre strands.

In reply to a post by ft247:

If other flats want service then would Openreach want to install a CBT on the wall of the building? I presume a wayleave would be sought in this case.

But other flats can't order so not sure how above would work. The building is also UG and partly DIG so this needs to be resolved even for the flat that can order FTTP

But that information is out of date anyway, given that it still says it's an SDU. I suspect at FTTP planning time they were unaware that it had been converted into an MDU.

A friend has the same issue, he lives in a large building which is 4 flats, A can get FTTP via OH - rest B, C and D show no FTTP,. I've told him if one can get it they all can, but he's happy on Virgin for now.

Edited by BuckleZ (Fri 21-Jan-22 16:30:44)

In reply to a post by candlerb:

But that information is out of date anyway, given that it still says it's an SDU. I suspect at FTTP planning time they were unaware that it had been converted into an MDU.

True

I'm not sure how helpful this info is but a Openreach engineer was on site sometime in November pulling cable for a fibre install. (I can only assume 12A has ordered FTTP with it being available to only them). Knowing the issues I have getting FTTP I took the opportunity to speak to him, asking what would be involved if I was to get FTTP and if there was anything stopping me. He said it would be very straightforward.

For the installation he was working on he pulled the fibre cable through the main phone line ducting which goes from the pavement to the main building entrance. He then left a spool of this for another engineer to come back and complete the works. He said it would be easy to do the same to my flat and final connection would be simple due to being ground floor very close to where the ducting comes out the ground.

Finally for information I live in Scotland and have absolute ownership of my property, no leasehold, should this make a difference with wayleaves etc.

In reply to a post by mafd:

I'm not sure how helpful this info is but a Openreach engineer was on site sometime in November pulling cable for a fibre install. (I can only assume 12A has ordered FTTP with it being available to only them).

Check 12A on the address checker. It should say "ONT exists with active service" if FTTP is live.

All, thanks for your help.

After emailing Openreach CEO I have received a call from Openreach customer service. The person was an ex engineer and was equally perplexed about this issue. They have emailed the local fibre manager for the area with a plan to get an engineer on the ground and confirm what’s what. Hopefully this will be a big step forward.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

No, because this new CBT would still need to be linked all the way back to the splitter node. e.g. an 8-port CBT needs a cable carrying 8 fibre strands.

Of course - but in some areas I have seen this method in use on MDUs made from subdivided large houses. I'm not suggesting they'd be connected to the same place.

I wonder what the threshold is between 'several UG drop cables through duct from CBT in footway chamber' and 'CBT pulled all the way to MDU wall'.