The sweeper program is picking up addresses within areas that were provided with FTTP but some small groups of properties were excluded, they may have been excluded because the costs involved for a relatively small number of addresses was prohibitively expensive, so they were omitted from the build.
….this program doesn’t require the PON area ( passive optical network ) to be re surveyed, or re-planned , just the missing addresses can be picked up as and when budget becomes available, being in the sweeper system doesn’t automatically mean FTTP is imminent.
With 1960’s housing, the ‘house lead in’ was provided by directly buried armoured cable ( DIG , direct in ground) not ducted , and substantial civils work is now required ( new ducts and jointboxes ) to get them FTTP ready , poles are a lot cheaper but not usually a viable alternative as they generate too many complaints , DIG areas can be overlooked completely , or only partially built , because of the costs involved , it’s sometimes the case that one side of a road, still DIG but has a spine duct and joint boxes , so the costs significantly reduced for these properties, so they get FTTP , (because they are within the budget available) but the other side of the road has no duct or joint boxes at all , so no FTTP provided , because they would exceed the available budget, it may seem unfair but that’s how it is .
FWIW , some Alt Nets that use Openreach PIA ( physical infrastructure access ) use exactly the same approach, do the cheaper to hit addresses, and leave out the expensive ones ,
As stated , show the return for your address , that will make things a little clearer .
