In reply to a post by jpm:

That's how the majority of Switzerland has been done IIRC

It has always seemed like the most sensible solution to me.

Mostly I would guess due to a lot of contracts being 24 months minimum (although some at 12 or 18 months the market has moved more towards 2 years). As long as you budget to be able to buy out the contract then the expense is not necessarily that high but it could stop people from signing up in order to keep flexibility.

May be its just me then as there is no way I would stay on ADSL or FTTC if full fibre was available, even if I was "planning" on moving in the next year or so.

In reply to a post by MHC:

It has already been reviewed within BT and they are commited to removing as much as possible in a controlled way and timeframe. Yes, it is costly, but if copper prices stay the same (as they were a couple of years back) the net benefit to BT is enormous...What they want to avoid though, is swamping the market casuing scrap copper prices to plummet.

I can see E side being worthwhile in some areas, but D side? I will wait and watch....

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

There are a fair few houses in this street and not many poles to be honest,

No poles in the streets around here, all underground. Poles in the older street 2 over, but much older housing.

Plenty of aluminium out there too last time Britain was in difficult economic circumstance. Kind of like now.😭😭

Certainly some D-side will be easy - for example, I know of one location where something like 50 pair external 9mm is run overhead for 3km before being split.

Around here there are poles with defined max loading - max number of drops in any arc, and they have been taking out redundant copper drops to allow fibre to be added. It all goes back to the local depot (or should) for recycling.

In reply to a post by dect:

May be its just me then as there is no way I would stay on ADSL or FTTC if full fibre was available, even if I was "planning" on moving in the next year or so.

You’re not alone.

I read, a while ago, that having a FTTP connection added to the value of a house. I would assume that it's still a positive factor in many people's choices.

In reply to a post by ian72:

Mostly I would guess due to a lot of contracts being 24 months minimum (although some at 12 or 18 months the market has moved more towards 2 years). As long as you budget to be able to buy out the contract then the expense is not necessarily that high but it could stop people from signing up in order to keep flexibility.

That is the thing, if someone is considering moving, they may not want to go into a 24-month contract. I don't why we have gone backwards with contracts.