cbdeakin
Regular Member
I could get FTTP on Demand in my area, according to the BT checker. I believe my home is either approx. 200m or approx 700m from the aggregation node, depending on if it is near my local cabinet, or near the telephone exchange. So, hopefully the civil engineering costs would be £10,000 or less, and hopefully this cost could be mostly covered with a few gigabit vouchers for businesses.
EDIT - Just found out that the aggregation node is very likely to be right next to the FTTC cabinet and PCP cabinet serving my property. Apparently, they are often deployed in "a 3-lid chamber near the PCP (phone) cabinet". I saw a three lid chamber next to PCP cabinet, which judging by the tarmac, looked like it was connecting something to both cabinets. Source:
But, the high monthly rental charges for FTTP on Demand are off-putting, I saw prices of £120 p/m on one provider's website and haven't found a cheaper one yet. Since you have to take out a 12 month contract, thats a total of £1,440 for the first year.
Openreaches rental charges for the 115mbps FTTP on demand teir are just £248.8 (including vat) for the first year, from September 2020. Link here:
www.ispreview.co.uk
The hardware costs for customers, including a Fibre modem ONT + optional router, wouldn't be much more than £150-£200 (correct me if im wrong).
So, all together, perhaps £540 would be roughly how much it would ideally cost, taking into account 20% profit for the ISP. Athough I havent considered extra costs like possible network upgrades etc.
Does anyone know if there are any FTTP on Demand providers that offer lower teir packages, for a lower monthly rental?
EDIT - Just found out that the aggregation node is very likely to be right next to the FTTC cabinet and PCP cabinet serving my property. Apparently, they are often deployed in "a 3-lid chamber near the PCP (phone) cabinet". I saw a three lid chamber next to PCP cabinet, which judging by the tarmac, looked like it was connecting something to both cabinets. Source:
But, the high monthly rental charges for FTTP on Demand are off-putting, I saw prices of £120 p/m on one provider's website and haven't found a cheaper one yet. Since you have to take out a 12 month contract, thats a total of £1,440 for the first year.
Openreaches rental charges for the 115mbps FTTP on demand teir are just £248.8 (including vat) for the first year, from September 2020. Link here:
Openreach Tweak FTTP on Demand Pricing and Adds New Speeds
Openreach (BT) has announced the expected addition of several new speeds tiers, including the more consumer orientated 550Mbps (75Mbps upload) and 1Gbps (115Mbp
The hardware costs for customers, including a Fibre modem ONT + optional router, wouldn't be much more than £150-£200 (correct me if im wrong).
So, all together, perhaps £540 would be roughly how much it would ideally cost, taking into account 20% profit for the ISP. Athough I havent considered extra costs like possible network upgrades etc.
Does anyone know if there are any FTTP on Demand providers that offer lower teir packages, for a lower monthly rental?
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