Hi,
I am currently coming to the end of my existing FTTC Broadband contract . Talking to an Openreach engineer yesterday, there are good indications that FTTP may soon be available in my area. No surprise there, as recently BT showed little interest in installing fibre cables in and around our village up until now - there is a competitor who has already laid Fibre cable at the top of our street using BT duct-share agreements and is ready to supply FTTP Broadband now. As far as I know, the only missing piece of the jigsaw , is a few feet of duct which connects the BT main duct to the ductwork serving our street. The existing connection is via buried armoured cable. (an old Post Office Telephones installation who were clearly unaware of the trouble they were storing up for the far future.). The competitor is currently unable to supply fibre to us because of this. Openreach guys were surveying the street with a view to feasibility and costings for laying the extra piece of pipe. (amazing what a bit of competition will do...) Since I probably will renew my contract with BT and FTTP is likely to be available during its lifetime, will I be able to upgrade to FTTP within the existing contract or have to close one and start another?
Cheers
PT
