In reply to a post by Taras:

a wayleave doesn't mean you are contracted into buying that service, it should just mean you are allowing them to provision equipment on your land. Like a private road.

Please can you double check the documents.

That's unrelated to the wayleave.

Many Alt-Nets also want a commitment for a certain percentage (or even all) of some areas/streets or they won't make the financial investment to install.

They sometimes want that commitment in areas with no wayleave.

which is what i said..

a wayleave doesn't mean you are contracted into buying that service,

Thanks everyone for your contributions. I don't have a definitive answer to my original question but you've raised some interesting points to think about.

In reply to a post by whasiho:

Thanks everyone for your contributions. I don't have a definitive answer to my original question but you've raised some interesting points to think about.

To go back to your original question...

In reply to a post by whasiho:

Can anyone tell me what the future holds for FTTC broadband after the analogue switch off in Dec '25? I have been told that the quality, speed and reliability of the broadband will gradually deteriorate as the copper wires are old tech and won't be maintained. Is this true or scaremongering? Thanks

This is scaremongering. The Openreach copper wiring network that delivers FTTC is not going to just be abandoned to deteriorate and rot after Dec '25 if it is still in use.

If this is what the altnet who are offering to install FTTP have said, then they are indulging in scaremongering and are giving it the heavy sell. I'd be tempted to give them a wide berth.

Edited by binary (Tue 09-Jan-24 15:14:27)