Sky saying FTTP will arrive soon?

Last few days we have had what looks like a fibre Openreach van installing equipment in the ducting. The online checker says we should have building of the lines occur next year.

Is it possible that Openreach are ahead of schedule? looking forward to getting away from my current Gfast 2up/18down.

Look on the houses around your area (closer streets are make it more likely you will get it soon) for one of these

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-...

Openreach dates are very vague but its more likely you will get it soon if you see openreach or mjquinn working in your area.

In reply to a post by IainW96:

Last few days we have had what looks like a fibre Openreach van installing equipment in the ducting. The online checker says we should have building of the lines occur next year.

Is it possible that Openreach are ahead of schedule? looking forward to getting away from my current Gfast 2up/18down.

WHERE DID SKY SAY FTTP WILL BE ARRIVING SOON SKY DONT INSTALL FTTP

What does the openreach site say for your address?

Does this site show any works by openreach? https://bidb.uk/

Sky will use openreach to provide a connection but I wouldn’t trust anyone from sky saying FTTP is imminent. In most locations sky offer services a few weeks/months after other providers.

In reply to a post by IainW96:

Last few days we have had what looks like a fibre Openreach van installing equipment in the ducting. The online checker says we should have building of the lines occur next year.

Is it possible that Openreach are ahead of schedule? looking forward to getting away from my current Gfast 2up/18down.

There's not really a public schedule, what they say publicly is more a "we aim to do it BY this date". It can happen any time before that. Particularly as that goal is for the whole coverage area, so naturally some streets can end up being done years before others.

Also the local fibre install doesn't necessarily mean the bit leading back to the exchange has been done yet. It can be weeks or years between the fibre being laid on the street and it actually being available for service, although they obviously try to get it live ASAP to get a return on their investment sooner.

Edited by alexatkin (Tue 04-Jun-24 13:28:46)

In reply to a post by IainW96:

Last few days we have had what looks like a fibre Openreach van installing equipment in the ducting. The online checker says we should have building of the lines occur next year.

Is it possible that Openreach are ahead of schedule? looking forward to getting away from my current Gfast 2up/18down.

G.Fast at 18/2?
G.Fast has a 100Mb/s minimum to order last time I checked.

As for Sky's FTTP availability, they don't have a clue and are reliant on Openeeach so I would go with what their online checker says.

Edit: nvm just noticed this thread is from February.

Edited by j0hn83 (Sat 08-Jun-24 19:02:15)