Jetox
Member
Hello everyone.
I live in a cul-de-sac in Greater London and a few months ago I spoke to Openreach about getting FTTP for the 60 houses here. We had dropped off the plans as previously it had shown FTTP due in 2023 but then 2026. Openreach advisor then told me they had spoken to the project manager for the area and we were not off the plans and were expected to have FTTP by July 2024.
About a month later I saw Community Fibre vans cabling the main road to the cul-de-sac. I have not seen any workers other than those on the main road since.
A week or two ago the Openreach website showed that FTTP was now available and is "1 stage" installation. Our cabling is underground here and it shows the same on the website. Strangely it has allowed me to order FTTP from several providers and I've got a date for installation in early November.
I'm a bit confused on how this is going to work as I haven't seen anyone from Openreach cabling on our road. I believe our house's cabling is actually served from a duct joint box on our neighbour's front garden and he hasn't mentioned anyone opening that up for work.
What's the likelihood that they turn up for installation and say "sorry, cabling hasn't been run yet and it's a mistake on the websites"? Or can I trust that at some point they have done the work and somehow no one has noticed?
I live in a cul-de-sac in Greater London and a few months ago I spoke to Openreach about getting FTTP for the 60 houses here. We had dropped off the plans as previously it had shown FTTP due in 2023 but then 2026. Openreach advisor then told me they had spoken to the project manager for the area and we were not off the plans and were expected to have FTTP by July 2024.
About a month later I saw Community Fibre vans cabling the main road to the cul-de-sac. I have not seen any workers other than those on the main road since.
A week or two ago the Openreach website showed that FTTP was now available and is "1 stage" installation. Our cabling is underground here and it shows the same on the website. Strangely it has allowed me to order FTTP from several providers and I've got a date for installation in early November.
I'm a bit confused on how this is going to work as I haven't seen anyone from Openreach cabling on our road. I believe our house's cabling is actually served from a duct joint box on our neighbour's front garden and he hasn't mentioned anyone opening that up for work.
What's the likelihood that they turn up for installation and say "sorry, cabling hasn't been run yet and it's a mistake on the websites"? Or can I trust that at some point they have done the work and somehow no one has noticed?























