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FTTP rolling out in my road in April 2019 caught me by surprise having resigned myself to slow FTTC as Openreach were still saying there were no plans to build in my area even up to when the build started.

FTTP on our end of village caught everyone out, including OR, it was denied by OR and BDUK, that any FTTP was coming our way, it was only when I sent a photo of the fibre being installed that any of them would accept it was there.

If it was a bduk build then some in OR may have not known about it. I assume you were in that part of the villiage and if you have fttp now, enjoy 😊

I think my road was part of some sort of retro-build scheme because several areas that had new builds from 2014 seemed to get FTTP around the same time. I guess with everything being ducted, it makes for a straightforward build.

It created 'islands' of FTTP for quite a while where the 'new-builds' had FTTP but none of the surrounds roads did although the Covid lockdown probably played a large part in the delays.

Out of all the people, i knew your answer would be the most interesting because you wanting to stay on fttc. Of course we were all like why and not to bring that argument back up, its interesting how you got to that stance.

so thank you for sharing.

It took approx. 2 yrs between Swish saying they would install, pre-ordering and installing. I had BT 80/20 which worked fine and was at least 100% stable for me. I was keen to move away from an asymmetric PPPoE connection though and the difference in price between BT and Swish 900 was a few £ only.

I have no real critical use for a 1gbit line but it does make home cloud/VPNs and booting live Linux over the 'net easier

Fibre is currently being installed in our village, funded by the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, and there are Openreach people everywhere you look - I counted 10 vans in the village at one point. It is suggested that we should be up and running by the end of May, though looking at the amount of work involved I wouldn't be surprised to see that overrun a bit. We're fortunate to have it, though, so we can wait a little longer.

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Fibre is currently being installed in our village, funded by the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, and there are Openreach people everywhere you look - I counted 10 vans in the village at one point. It is suggested that we should be up and running by the end of May, though looking at the amount of work involved I wouldn't be surprised to see that overrun a bit. We're fortunate to have it, though, so we can wait a little longer.

Similarly, Netomnia are all over my town at the moment (from https://mastdatabase.co.uk/maps/streetworks/) fixing Openreach ducts, which lets me hope that they won't be *too* long in getting us commissioned.

That said, I'm still solidly expecting "end of the year" as a realistic guess.

waiting until at least 2026 and likely longer...

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waiting until at least 2026 and likely longer...

Me too, soon we'll have maps showing which areas do NOT have FTTP.

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waiting until at least 2026 and likely longer...

Same here, Openreach say they'll connect me by end of 2025 but I'm not holding my breath, as over 2 years ago Swish said the same thing, but refuse to connect me despite having no problem with other houses in my street.

Has OR done any part of your street? Also are you overhead or ducted or Direct burried in the ground (DiG)?

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waiting until at least 2026 and likely longer...

Same here, Openreach say they'll connect me by end of 2025 but I'm not holding my breath, as over 2 years ago Swish said the same thing, but refuse to connect me despite having no problem with other houses in my street.

40% of UK properties already have Openreach FTTP available.

85% of UK properties are expected to have it available by December 2026.

That is: another 45% will be built by then.

So if you don't have it now, the chances are 45/60 = 75% that you'll have it by December 2026.