swt1963
Casual Member
I currently have a 40/10 SOGEA (FTTC with no voice) connection from IDnet. I am close to the cabinet, the cable is ducted underground and is relatively modern. The VDSL sync to the cabinet is rock solid and typically stays connected for weeks to months at a time.
Although FTTP is available from both Openreach and Trooli, there is no real reason for me to migrate to it as that would incur an install charge, a new 12 month contract (I’m on a 30 day contract currently), plus unsightly external fibre cabling to drill through the wall and site the ONT where there is power plus further internal works to provision an ethernet cable from the ONT to my router.
In the last couple of days, Openreach have run a nylon draw rope from the house end of the duct out to the pavement chamber. Is this a prelude to the complete removal of copper, and a forced migration to FTTC? I know that the analogue voice service and probably exchange based ADSL is being shut down by the end of 2025, but was under the impression that FTTC/VDSL would remain for the foreseeable future.
I have seen no announcement of full migration outside the trial areas, but is Openreach really planning to start pulling out VDSL cabinets anytime soon? It seems unusually proactive of OR to start the rod and rope process where no FTTC has been ordered! Is there a published list of exchanges and timescales? My exchange is PADDOCK WOOD.
If I am forced to migrate, then will I be charged for that migration and will I need to sign a new contract with a longer minimum term?
If anyone has any inside knowledge that they can share I’d be grateful.
Although FTTP is available from both Openreach and Trooli, there is no real reason for me to migrate to it as that would incur an install charge, a new 12 month contract (I’m on a 30 day contract currently), plus unsightly external fibre cabling to drill through the wall and site the ONT where there is power plus further internal works to provision an ethernet cable from the ONT to my router.
In the last couple of days, Openreach have run a nylon draw rope from the house end of the duct out to the pavement chamber. Is this a prelude to the complete removal of copper, and a forced migration to FTTC? I know that the analogue voice service and probably exchange based ADSL is being shut down by the end of 2025, but was under the impression that FTTC/VDSL would remain for the foreseeable future.
I have seen no announcement of full migration outside the trial areas, but is Openreach really planning to start pulling out VDSL cabinets anytime soon? It seems unusually proactive of OR to start the rod and rope process where no FTTC has been ordered! Is there a published list of exchanges and timescales? My exchange is PADDOCK WOOD.
If I am forced to migrate, then will I be charged for that migration and will I need to sign a new contract with a longer minimum term?
If anyone has any inside knowledge that they can share I’d be grateful.























