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I've been offered an installation of FTTP by a local company (RunFibre), whereas currently we only have FTTC and speeds of around 13Mbps. We live in a rural area, and Openreach currently say that they are building in our exchange on the map on their site, but seemingly have no plans for our postcode.

If I take up RunFibre on their offer then I have to take out a 2 year contract which seems fair enough, but after those 2 years are up then what are my options? Can other ISPs supply us using the fibre cables which RunFibre will have installed? Or will we be locked into a monopoly with RunFibre without paying to have additional cables installed?
 
I've been offered an installation of FTTP by a local company (RunFibre), whereas currently we only have FTTC and speeds of around 13Mbps. We live in a rural area, and Openreach currently say that they are building in our exchange on the map on their site, but seemingly have no plans for our postcode.

If I take up RunFibre on their offer then I have to take out a 2 year contract which seems fair enough, but after those 2 years are up then what are my options? Can other ISPs supply us using the fibre cables which RunFibre will have installed? Or will we be locked into a monopoly with RunFibre without paying to have additional cables installed?
They are a normal “alternative network” and so they provide both the physical connection and run the internet service provider over that connection.

So you’re stuck with them unless another provider installs their own fibre in your area.

Other than Openreach and Cityfibre this is how most fibre networks are run.

Virgin may change theirs with their new Nexfibre joint venture but so far VM are the only provider using that.
 
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