In reply to a post by max360:

This means, the area would now have the option of FTTC and FTTP?

Those pictures are for the installation of a DSLAM, which is FTTC. As has been said, also supplying native FTTP would be unusual but has happened in the past.

How far is it from the PCP24 on Wyndhurst to the DSLAM marked at the junction of Glebe Farm Road and Bushbury Road? They don't like to go above 80 metres cable run, with a maximum of 100 metres.

They put the DLSAM one metre away from the PCP. I'm about 110 meters away from the PCP.


I'm still getting the following message from the openreach checker:

Your area is currently in our plans to be upgraded with Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), however we follow a different design and build process for FTTP so you won�t see updates at each stage. Once the engineering work is completed there is a commissioning period of up to eight weeks before an order can be placed. When you are able to place an order you will see the Accepting Orders message.�

When I asked the openrech survey guy, he had the map of the area and was stating that my house would be getting OH feed and the couple of houses down the road would be getting the UG feed.

The Stechford (CMSTE) does not have any G.fast pods on any of the cabinets.

FTTP is part of the fibre first scheme and not part of the community partnership

The community partnership manager stated, just before the survey of FTTP.

Openreach and the local authority are still currently reviewing the area and haven�ft made a firm decision and so we will continue as agreed in the contract.

Edited by max360 (Wed 18-Jul-18 20:20:14)

This is all very odd. It makes no sense for OR to provide your FTTC cabinet to an area that is also getting native FTTP. Is your current copper line overhead or underground?

I ask because if your current line is underground, an overhead supply would only be FTTP. FTTC comes through the existing phone line.

Note that FTTP does not have cabinets and is not connected to a PCP.

My line is overhead (OH).

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

This is all very odd. It makes no sense for OR to provide your FTTC cabinet to an area that is also getting native FTTP. Is your current copper line overhead or underground?

It would depend on if everyone in that area can order FTTP.

In my area they installed FTTC for those in my area that cannot order FTTP, so now several neighbours and myself (on our phone pole) have a choice of FTTP or FTTC, where as everyone else only have FTTC.

They originally installed FTTP back in 2011 - 2012 (but didn't flick the switch) and then end of last year (I think) they installed FTTC even though the FTTP hardware is in place now that is odd.

Paul

Today Openreach contractors installed the CBT on the pole for FTTP.

Image at: https://preview.ibb.co/hfXj2z/cbt_fttp.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/fk9dvK/cbt_fttp2.jpg

In the past couple of weeks, the work has been on going around my local area, lifting manhole covers and installing the CBT on the poles and pulling new cables...

Edited by max360 (Fri 31-Aug-18 19:57:25)

In reply to a post by max360:

Today Openreach contractors installed the CBT on the pole for FTTP.

Image at: https://preview.ibb.co/hfXj2z/cbt_fttp.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/fk9dvK/cbt_fttp2.jpg

In the past couple of weeks, the work has been on going around my local area, lifting manhole covers and installing the CBT on the poles and pulling new cables...

Nice, so not long now then

Paul

So skim re-reading this, am I right that they've:

- installed a VDSL2 DSLAM that you've part paid-for through the community fibre partnership scheme, but it's not yet live

- proceeded to install FTTP that would serve your property and the others covered by the partnership, but it's also still work in progress/not yet live?

If so, I'd ask for your money back!!

Yes that's right. I contacted the CEO office for the past 4 years, all they said was there no foreseeable plans to install FTTC in the area.
Hence the reason, I choose to fund the cabinet upgrade in partnership with Openreach.

Just after the installation of the cabinet (not yet live, pending fibre), they started installing FTTP (part of the fibre first program). The FTTP they installed covers number of other cabinet (FTTC) areas, it's not cabinet specific.

The FTTP is not live yet, the work is still ongoing in the area.

Edited by max360 (Sat 01-Sep-18 13:28:09)

I'm now connected to the FTTC service at 80Mb down and 20Mb up. I went with PlusNet. FTTP work is still ongoing in the area.

Speed test. http://www.speedtest.net/result/i/2889457999.png