In reply to a post by Rastus:

And he did say in his post timed at 09:09:09 today in this thread that he was going ...

In reply to a post by adslmax:

ok I am on my break, won't be coming back to this forum until after xmas holiday.

... yet he's still here posting away!

ho ho ho merry xmas !

Enjoy your hol max . We luvs ya really .

I wouldn't be surprised if he's sent so many letters up the chimney to Santa asking for the same things multiple times that there's a major litter problem where he lives, possibly even a traffic hazard!

In reply to a post by WelshWArrior:

Hmm wish I had your confidence. My exchange already has fibre in it for the Secondary School I work in but I was talking to an Opebreach Engineer who was doing work in our POP room yesterday who has heard nothing about Fibre for us

You almost certainly can get the same fibre product as the school has. However, the school are most likely using a business product - these are available pretty much everywhere and provide a dedicated bandwidth line. But, the costs are way above what most people are willing to pay for home use. Of course, you could have done this 10 years or more ago if you had the money - you don't need to wait for the FTTC/FTTH products if you have enough cash.

Yeah I think I'll wait until Openreach enable my exchange (assuming they do at some point!!). Don't think the wife would agree to the extra expenditure even if I could afford it lol

Indeed, for a laugh I got a quote to get fibre to my house... worked out at about £700/month plus £3000 installation costs for 10Mbps symmetrical. Didn't even date reading the prices for higher bandwidth.
I'll be patient and wait for FTTC