so it starts

Had a letter from Vodafone yesterday, saying good news you can upgrade to full fibre or something like. i have never used Vodafone for broadband, i did for mobile many years ago, but it was addressed to the occupier.
I have not had any letter from any broadband provider apart from Zzoomm in the last few weeks, far too many to be honest from Zzoomm, So is this what I am going to get now leaflets and letters from different providers saying that I can get full fibre?

I've had numerous flyers for Hey!Broadband...after having the service installed.

If City Fibre have just installed optical cabling in your neighbourhood then you should expect to receive offers from other ISPs who use them.

When OpenReach FTTP came to our area we didn't have any flyers to tell us it was available - I only knew as I happened to go on the BT website to check package availability.

CityFibre and VodaFone may be more keen to try and make a recovery on their investment - the "good" news is there are fewer suppliers on CityFibre and so you aren't likely to get that many different ones through the letterbox, but no idea how aggressive CityFibre ISPs are at marketing.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

If City Fibre have just installed optical cabling in your neighbourhood then you should expect to receive offers from other ISPs who use them.

Not city fibre, we have Openreach fibre and Zzoomm. Zzoomm have been the one for flyers, I must be having one every couple of days, they also had someone call round, but I was at work.
Just seems to be wasting paper, I have enough from the T.V licensing, had another yesterday as well

In reply to a post by ian72:

CityFibre and VodaFone may be more keen to try and make a recovery on their investment

They certainly are. When CityFibre cabling was installed here recently we got a number of offers - even a couple of Vodaphone people going from house to house. I guess it makes sense for them to target advertising at such areas, particularly when BT full fibre isn't available.

Just waiting for my BT contract to run our before I switch.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

Had a letter from Vodafone yesterday, saying good news you can upgrade to full fibre or something like.

Totally normal for some to be sent out (e.g. Vodafone, Sky) after Openreach FTTP infrastructure gone live in a new area. Like all others crud that comes through the door you have a choice, either read or bin (or alternatively post about it on a forum).

In reply to a post by ian72:

When OpenReach FTTP came to our area we didn't have any flyers to tell us it was available - I only knew as I happened to go on the BT website to check package availability.

CityFibre and VodaFone may be more keen to try and make a recovery on their investment - the "good" news is there are fewer suppliers on CityFibre and so you aren't likely to get that many different ones through the letterbox, but no idea how aggressive CityFibre ISPs are at marketing.

Vodafone will be over Openreach FTTP here as we don't have city fibre, so no investment here, it will be openreach that have done the investment, and Zzoomm for their network
We will see how many we get in the next few weeks and from whom, I am surprised I have got nothing from my own broadband provider yet.

Vodafone seems very random, it is not really a provider most people would link with broadband, not that I would ever have a service from them again.

Ian

That has changed now, we had flyers from Sky before the CBTs went up (Rest of the area was complete) and have had ones from BT, Sky (again) Vodaphone and a couple of smaller players since the availability went live. All generic to the occupier deliver to all via postal service.

If the flyer was posted to you, there's little you can do about it (except be glad that Vodafone wasted some money on the postage).

If the flyer was delivered by Royal Mail as part of an unaddressed "door to door" drop, it's possible to opt out. You have to renew it every two years.
https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/deta...
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/D2D-Op...

If it was delivered by some other company, you're stuck. There's the "Your Choice" opt-out scheme: how it works is you register with the DMA and then they forward your personal details to all the local spamming companies in your area. That doesn't sound like a great option to me.

Solution: keep recycling bin next to front door; place directly from doormat into bin; move on with your life.