You still don’t even know under what arrangement this neighbour has had this work done , you don’t know under what scheme ( FTTPod , native, CFP ) the existing FTTP equipment was installed ( but not yet ready for service )
This is correct, hence my enquiries.
and it’s all somewhat moot in your case , as it seems you are a standard install once the network is RFS ( ready for service ) , you seem unduly concerned about your neighbours arrangements.
As per my latest comment, I'm now asking on behalf of another neighbour who is about the same distance away from the CBT but other direction. He was asking what my understanding was about OR carrying out the work to get fiber from the CBT to his house. Or if he'd have to do that work himself. From what you're saying, sounds like he'd have to do the work himself and even then, that'll only be installing ducting and not the cables themselves. But knowing my luck, OR will probably give him FTTP and I'll still be staring at the CBT from my window wishing and hoping! 🙂
FTTPod or is part of a Community Funded Project
I doubt this will be the case for any of the residents who've been notified that fibre is coming to the area, as we're talking about less than 5 residents, none of whom are commercial, and they are spaced hundreds of yards apart.
then any work they have done independently may be of no use whatsoever to Openreach when they eventually start to take orders on this apparently ‘native’ WBC FTTP network that Openreach have provided and are probably still constructing
This is what is so confusing about the whole thing, whether they have done this work themselves, or OR are indeed installing a fibre comms cable on their private side, surely its way too early in the process for them to get/do this. Like you say, if OR are only just installing the CBT now, it could be a long time before it's even publicly available and its certainly not showing in any of the websites suggested here that FTTP is available or even pending for these postcodes.
Only answers I can see to this are that the CBT is being activated way sooner than OR are letting on and the residents have been advised it'll be available in a matter of weeks/months so if they want FTTP, they need to start installing fibre on their private side ASAP.
Or OR are doing all this work for them but means connectivity might not be available for some time.
Or the resident in question is jumping the gun and just assuming fibre will be available from that telephone pole/CBT at some point because OR have told them 'its coming to your area', and they are privately installing cabling their side to be ready for it.
The latter being a rather expensive gamble and probably less likely scenario. Given the resident in question is not tech savvy, I'm honestly wondering if OR are doing all for this for them and that CBT will be activated way sooner than I'm being told. They will have fiber within a couple of months and I'm waiting until 2024 because there arent enough ports on the CBT for my house!
