Just be because Openreach have no choice to allow others to use their ducts, poles, joint boxes etc. via PIA ( physical infrastructure access ) doesn’t mean these other companies are compelled to use them , if they want to construct a new network ( overhead, underground or a mixture of both ) they are at liberty to do so.
OR do receive small payments from other company’s using PIA , it’s much much cheaper to leech off OR than build new , but in this case it could be the company don’t use PIA , or some existing OR poles are being used and some new Voneus poles are also necessary , there are rules about cable distance between poles, height over roads , separation between telecommunications cables and overhead power etc , they cannot demand OR add new poles just so they can use them , so these poles may be to fill in gaps and keep to the rules around safety etc. in the overhead network.
It may also be , that they know if they put their own new poles up in strategic places , that when OR come along , because OR cannot use Voneus poles , OR may not be able to easily upgrade the area for OR FTTP themselves , so Voneus doing this could make it more likely the area will be avoided by other providers, locking in those that want FTTP to Voneus
Voneus building a network in its self doesn’t stop OR or anyone else constructing FTTP , but it could make it much more expensive and difficult, that may well put off other company’s, leaving you with a choice of Voneus , or sticking what you already have.
