Some Edinburgh Guy
Pro Member
Hi there. Thanks for the help on the other thread, re my own FTTP rollout woes. 
I've been continuing to keep an eye on that, but also the rollout of the same service in the far North of Scotland where family relatives live. While it is unlikely they would actually upgrade to FTTP themselves, their area is currenntly "no major plans to build here".
That being said, there's a 21 mile stretch of road between two settlements that has caught my attention, namely for a specific roadwork that appears to go along the entire length of it described as a job to do this:
Some of these roadworks are already marked as having started, others appear to start in the next day or two. I've censored out anything personally identifiable from the above screenshot, as I just selected one of the marked roadworks at random.
However, what does this kind of roadwork generally mean, in the context of the FTTP rollout? Considering that this appears to be rolling roadworks over 20 miles of mostly countryside and hills between two significant settlements with virtually nothing in between [small hamlets and random farmhouses], would these kind of blockage clearance works tend to suggest Openreach is clearing out ducts in preparation of later roadworks that involve "blowing" fibre networking through them?
TIA for any kind of clarity you folks might be able to provide!
I've been continuing to keep an eye on that, but also the rollout of the same service in the far North of Scotland where family relatives live. While it is unlikely they would actually upgrade to FTTP themselves, their area is currenntly "no major plans to build here".
That being said, there's a 21 mile stretch of road between two settlements that has caught my attention, namely for a specific roadwork that appears to go along the entire length of it described as a job to do this:
Some of these roadworks are already marked as having started, others appear to start in the next day or two. I've censored out anything personally identifiable from the above screenshot, as I just selected one of the marked roadworks at random.
However, what does this kind of roadwork generally mean, in the context of the FTTP rollout? Considering that this appears to be rolling roadworks over 20 miles of mostly countryside and hills between two significant settlements with virtually nothing in between [small hamlets and random farmhouses], would these kind of blockage clearance works tend to suggest Openreach is clearing out ducts in preparation of later roadworks that involve "blowing" fibre networking through them?
TIA for any kind of clarity you folks might be able to provide!























