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Ultrafast Fibre availability

NorthernNico — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:12:25 GMT

Hello,

I've recently seen cabling being put down on my road and have noticed these cables attached to the telegraph poles.

I have attached a photo for reference.

I am led to believe that this cabling is for FTTP. Can someone please clarify if this is correct?

If so does anyone know how long it takes for the service to roughly go live once the cabling has been done.

Cheers

Re: Ultrafast Fibre availability

jac_95 — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:28:19 GMT

It's hard to tell from here. Trying to work out what those big blocks are, could be CBT on some big backplate. Could also be a AltNet.

For Openreach's Full Fibre Network you can check: https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/ultrafast-full-fibre-broadband

In terms of timescale it varies, could be a month or several or a year.

Re: Ultrafast Fibre availability

Keith_Beddoe — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:55:39 GMT

@NorthernNico

Only Openreach would know the answer.

Re: Ultrafast Fibre availability

someuser08 — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:04:11 GMT

Looks exactly like what used to be on my street just recently. It is FTTP and the next phase is to mount CBTs up high on the pole (took a few days where I am). Then about a week later the checker was updated to says FTTP is available (although BT still doesn't allow me to order), but that will depend on backhaul connectivity being ready or not. Where I am they literally deploying to 20+ streets almost at the same time...

Re: Ultrafast Fibre availability

Starwire — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 05:55:01 GMT

Yeah, that looks like a 12 Port CBT for FTTP.

No way to tell if it’s Openreaches or an Alt Nets as most now use CBT’s as it’s an easier and cheaper method to deploy FTTP as opposed to BFT, Blown Fibre Tubing.