Qbcd
Super Pro Member
If you go to Openreach's FTTP build plan map you see several different colors. Green is finished, blue is currently building, orange is "we'll be building soon", black is "we'll be building in the future", and no color is "not part of our build yet", which I guess means those areas will see FTTP in some distant Star Trek future.
In London notably there is a large portion of central, north, northwest, and west London that are in the no-color category. Given the population density of these areas, you'd think it would be profitable for OR to complete them relatively quickly, but they're not even colored black yet, which I think means at least 2 years away but probably 3-5 or more. Honestly I can't imagine all of the UK being colored green on that map in the next 10 years.
So does anyone know the reason for the lack of development in a large portion of London? Is it because there is already FTTP from other providers? I live in one of the no-color exchanges and we have Community Fibre and Hyperoptic available. I'm currently with CF, so if OR came it's unlikely I would switch - and maybe that's why they're not building here because they can't compete with CF's prices.
So is this the reason, or one of the reasons, or what, any insight is appreciated.
In London notably there is a large portion of central, north, northwest, and west London that are in the no-color category. Given the population density of these areas, you'd think it would be profitable for OR to complete them relatively quickly, but they're not even colored black yet, which I think means at least 2 years away but probably 3-5 or more. Honestly I can't imagine all of the UK being colored green on that map in the next 10 years.
So does anyone know the reason for the lack of development in a large portion of London? Is it because there is already FTTP from other providers? I live in one of the no-color exchanges and we have Community Fibre and Hyperoptic available. I'm currently with CF, so if OR came it's unlikely I would switch - and maybe that's why they're not building here because they can't compete with CF's prices.
So is this the reason, or one of the reasons, or what, any insight is appreciated.























