In reply to a post by candlerb:

If OR were to provide a dark fibre FTTH service instead, then the fibres would have to be spliced onto a different splitter for each service provider - or the splitters would have to be connectorised - and migrating customers would require field visits to repatch them.

No, the point to point fibres go back to an ODF and are patched to CPs as required. It's the CP's problem from there, but no need for splicing. CPs will have splitters on their side of the ODF if they want to use PON with splitters wired to the ports they lease on the ODF. They pay fees to collocate their equipment in the hubsite with the ODF and a block of ports on the ODF in advance then pay for each fibre tail as they are purchased.

Means the CP needs hardware near each ODF but works well.

No more of a field visit moving customers between than moving a copper customer between CPs in an exchange as has been done millions of times with LLU operators.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

FTTP rollout; what typically goes up the pole as the distribution point...

This is the fibre termination that many AltNets will use - the HellermannTyton AFN - looks very much like the one shown on the right of your photos, but a bit hard to make out all the detail. All the connectors (typically standard LC/APC) are inside the box.

Openreach on the other hand will install either a 4-port (sparse rural setting), 8-port or 12-port (urban settings) CBT (Corning or CommScope) with the proprietary hardened 'OptiTap' fibre connectors. Each drop is connectorised and screws into the CBT. They start customer connections from the bottom left port and work their way up in a zig-zag layout.

Yeah, sorry about the quality, the sun was shining in my face and I could not get around the other side. After one person coming out seeing what I was doing, I thought i better stop Also, I could not see the screen of the phone.

Anyway, I have sent a message to zzoomm on their faceache page and asked them if they are using poles in Hereford.

I know some people on here think I don't want fibre, but this is a good thing for the city, just a shame the rest of the city is a dump