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Can I get fibre from my local box?

Zahiribrahim — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:09:01 GMT

Just moved into a property and trying to get fibre broadband as my wife and I work from home. I’ve tried to check what broadband I can get, yet all suppliers say only up to 15mb.

Now when I complete the broadband checker, it says I can get fibre. Am I reading this right from the image below?

If I get my phone line updated, will that give me fibre?

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

jac_95 — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:18:40 GMT

Fibre to the cabinet infrastructure is there in your area which also serves the property however it looks like the cabinet is full and therefore they have put a waiting list in place.

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

imjolly — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:21:53 GMT

updating phone like won't change the fact that you street cab is full and there is a waiting list for FTTC connection.. you need to keep checking the dslchecker and as soon as you see 'available' then place an order with your selected ISP

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

Zahiribrahim — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:07:42 GMT

Thanks for this. I assume this is what the “waiting list” is for?

Would there be actual waiting list with properties on there? How would I get on that waiting list?

or is it just a case of waiting for someone to move out of their home and cancelling their fibre before a slot is free?

Thanks for confirming.

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:11:09 GMT

No actual list, will be down to whoever sees the availability first. So as @imjolly said, you need to keep checking for a slot & get an order in straight away.

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

Zahiribrahim — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:31:09 GMT

Thanks for confirming. I assume there’s no email alert when this happens?

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

imjolly — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:56:43 GMT

just checking dslchecker daily

Re: Can I get fibre from my local box?

Starwire — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:18:33 GMT

I ‘USED’ to work as a CSE for Openreach for over 20 years.

No ‘Waiting List’ ever existed, not in Openreach anyway. Maybe the CP had a Waiting List but I fail to see how it would work as they’d have to coordinate it with the list of every other CP out there.

**Disclaimer for the Moderators** Note I said, ‘USED’ to work as in past tense as in I don’t anymore so there’s really no need to spam me with messages.