Anyone know about fibre and bt exchanges?

[shaun127]

Guys anyone know what this means as its the reply I got to an email i sent regarding if our exchange will be getting fibre

" We understand from Openreach that 23 exchange only lines connected to your local BT exchange are going to be provisioned for Fibre to the Premise"

So does that mean only 23 households that are connected to the exchange will be able to get Fibre to the premise or is it roughly 50/1 ratio 50 households per line?

 

[digi247]

Different:

FTTP : Fibre to the Premises ( Actual Fibre Optic Cable installed at the Premises allowing over Gigabit connection costs £1000's )

FTTC : Fibre to the Cabinet ( What us lowly households have now your copper BT cable going to a new Fibre Modem cabinet normally located at the side of a previously installed BT Cab then Fibre going back to the exchange )

 

[shaun127]

So am I right in thinking their reply means that 23 lines will branch out from the exchange to new Fibre cabinets and from the 23 cabinets roughly 50 households per cabinet will be able to get fibre from the cabinet

 

[Spectre]

Exchange Only premises aren't connected via a cabinet.

Sounds like 23 lucky houses are getting a FTTP option.

How do I know if I'm on an 'Exchange Only' line?

 

[shaun127]

Thanks @Spectre mate, so 23 get FTTP and the rest of us get FTTC

 

[Spectre]

Thanks @Spectre mate, so 23 get FTTP and the rest of us get FTTC

Do you have the cabinets installed?

 

[shabbaranks]

Different:

FTTP : Fibre to the Premises ( Actual Fibre Optic Cable installed at the Premises allowing over Gigabit connection costs £1000's )

FTTC : Fibre to the Cabinet ( What us lowly households have now your copper BT cable going to a new Fibre Modem cabinet normally located at the side of a previously installed BT Cab then Fibre going back to the exchange )

Not 100% accurate FTTP from BT can be installed at no cost to the house we have 2 lines at our business which are FTTP and I could have also got it to my house. FTTP is currently only available up to 330Mbps although as you stated it can go well over this speed BT only offer it up to 330Mbps.

This tool tends to be most accurate as soon as Openreach have updated their records this seems to show the results

https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/

And I cant recommend PlusNet enough their service is second to none and you don't get any blocked sites if you know what I mean

 

[digi247]

Still not worth it at a cost of around £1,188 pounds annually not sure what you got charged for installation but when i enquired it ran into a substantially high figure due to manpower etc.. and the CAB is literally around 300 yards away

 

[shaun127]

Do you have the cabinets installed?

No cabinets in yet but they should be going in soon. Cables have been pulled underground and the next village is live now. I'm approx 500 yards from exchange. we were supposed to be up and running for Easter but not ready yet

 

[darren221980]

Exchange Only premises aren't connected via a cabinet.

Sounds like 23 lucky houses are getting a FTTP option.

How do I know if I'm on an 'Exchange Only' line?

I'm connected direct to my exchange so no fibre here yet either. Fingers crossed i may end up getting a FTTP option in the future.