I guess the Op is in the Garway area served by Skenfrith exchange, handover exchange is probably Hereford, they seem to have problems with cablelinks there!

My local exchange is Skenfrith just over the border in Wales. The exchange is a small wooden hut in a field!

In reply to a post by BillGarway:

My local exchange is Skenfrith just over the border in Wales. The exchange is a small wooden hut in a field!

That building won't play a part in your FTTP service in any way.

I know it well. Here's a photo I took last year showing the fibre being prepared along the road: https://twitter.com/HmmmUK/status/781918799037628416

My Mum is on the Welsh side of the border and the BT status shows as "in the next month" for ordering.

Why do you say this? How do you think the FTTP connection will be made? Presumably to an exchange somewhere?

FTTP is not related to your telephone line as it is a fibre connection. This will go to an exchange but in rural areas this tends to be a larger headend exchange where there are connections ( the dreaded cablelinks) to the various ISP networks that connect to the internet. The fibres can travel for many miles to get to this exchange. My telephone exchange is Trumpet a small brick shed rather than a wooden one, but the FTTC cabinet I am connected to is linked to Hereford exchange.

As for getting your connection working there is not much you or your ISP can do until the various parts of BT get their act together and connect everything up. It is frustrating that the checker says you can order FTTP but it seems that it doesn't always give the full picture. My connection was delayed for over 3 months and for virtually all that time the checkers said FTTC was available.

In reply to a post by b4dger:

I know it well. Here's a photo I took last year showing the fibre being prepared along the road: https://twitter.com/HmmmUK/status/781918799037628416

My Mum is on the Welsh side of the border and the BT status shows as "in the next month" for ordering.

Nice picture. Those are the closest most of us will get to FTTP from Openreach for the foreseeable.