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check with Fibrehop, and the email does not match up with the cityfibre checker, being investigated

CityFibre Cabinet Details
RFS StatusNOT_RFS_1
RFS ReasonCity Selected / In Planning
RFS DescriptionIn an area that is currently being or will be planned.
Cabinet AreaNOR-2-PN362-SN1#
 
If the CityFibre checker says available. It may only be available with certain providers. I had that issue. For over a year and a half the only provider was TalkTalk nobody else.
 
If the CityFibre checker says available. It may only be available with certain providers. I had that issue. For over a year and a half the only provider was TalkTalk nobody else.
bidb.uk gives a triangle warning, which is ironic when fibrehop is part of triangle networks.
 
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This happened when CF became available where I live - at first, there was just Vodafone available, then Vodafone and a few others, and now the whole range of CF ISPs seems to be ready to order. Fibrehop showed as available for me when I checked my postcode.

I don't know if Vodafone, TalkTalk or whoever pay CF a bit extra for exclusivity for a couple of months in a new area (to grab the early adopters) or whether there's a technical reason.
 
The response from CityFibre and basically I'm ready to rock, but the FEX (Fibre Exchange) isn’t connected CityFibre core network yet.
 
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The response from CityFibre and basically I'm ready to rock, but the FEX (Fibre Exchange) isn’t connected CityFibre core network yet.
So your only options are whomever has connected directly to the FEX: you're not on the national network so any providers using that product aren't available to you.
 
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The response from CityFibre and basically I'm ready to rock, but the FEX (Fibre Exchange) isn’t connected CityFibre core network yet.
This is annoyingly common. Their results represent the premise but nothing upstream, so an “RFS” property may not really be
 
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This is annoyingly common. Their results represent the premise but nothing upstream, so an “RFS” property may not really be
What weirder is the number 1 apartment in my block can't have city fibre but I can.

The communications all come into my area and filter out.
 
finally installed in the communal stairwell, the fibre has had to be ran crazily around every door frame, up all the stairwell and looks problematic as I'm the last connection out of five properties, the fibre runs around the entrance of the communal stairwell and I can just imagine it being damaged, the trunking looks okay but,
 
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