It is one of the Sky quirks

A totally illogical quirk!

Possibly they were unable to train their call centre staff to handle two lines at the same property ??










*this being the basis for their excuse for not using the Openreach FTTP product.

In reply to a post by MHC:

A totally illogical quirk!

You tell'em"!

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Possibly they were unable to train their call centre staff to handle two lines at the same property ??

*this being the basis for their excuse for not using the Openreach FTTP product.

Now there's a (not completely related) thought. If they started providing FTTP they would lose some of their pressure on Ofcom to retain ADSL2+ at relevant exchanges.

They are just about to start doing Openreach based FTTP as I hear it.

Seeing a few people in Fibre only areas, so a wider launch is on the way

Sorry if this a stupid question. Would FTTP be okay over longer lines? Is it an option I can take if they start offering it?

FTTP is fibre optics all the way and therefore no distance issues in terms of speed i.e. no metal to slow down the broadband data

In reply to a post by joshuafab:

Sorry if this a stupid question. Would FTTP be okay over longer lines? Is it an option I can take if they start offering it?

As Andrew says. You sync at the speed you sign up to.Throughput can vary however from what FTTP users on these forums say.

FTTP is where most of us will end up in 10-20 years, unless 5G mobile replaces fixed-connection broadband!

Don't forget there is a big difference between FTTP and FTTPoD (FTTP on Demand). Many people get confused by that if they see FTTPoD on the BT Wholesale checker for their line or Address.

FTTP is "native" supply and it you see that then you can normally get it. Straight from your chosen ISP's ordering service.

FTTPoD is the same technology as native FTTP, but is special order for people who have FTTC showing on their cabinet but either too far from it so it is no better than ADSL2+ or so far away that they can't even have FTTC. Or of course, they just want the higher speeds it can give.

For FTTPoD you have to have a free survey done, (arranged by your chosen provider), by someone in Openreach looking on a map at where you are and where the nearest FTTP connection point is to you, and you get a preliminary quote from that.

You can then have a detailed survey done that you have to pay for. I forget the exact figure, just under £300 I think. From that you get what I think is a fixed price quote and it's make up your mind time. It may be higher or lower than the map-based quote by well over a thousand pounds.

Currenly, due to overload, Openreach have suspended taking orders for the map-based (usually called desktop) survey.

You will find some current threads and lots of older ones about both FTTP and FTTPoD in the Fibre Broadband forum on this site.