Landlord -Fibre to the home

notbritishgas

Do I take it that if fttp Is available in an area then no one is allowed to have fttc. This seems draconian as fttp must be very expensive whereas fttc would suit many people, perhaps even the OP and the existing copper cable is used into the house

teddysmum

As above, my thought was that, stuck with expensive fibre, the landlord would possibly lose tenants who don't need fibre or can't justify the extra cost .

AdrianC

notbritishgas wrote: »

Do I take it that if fttp Is available in an area then no one is allowed to have fttc. This seems draconian as fttp must be very expensive whereas fttc would suit many people, perhaps even the OP and the existing copper cable is used into the house

If there are street cabinets available, then fibre will be delivered to them - FTTC. If a particular property doesn't have that available, then BT OpenReach may instead deliver fibre straight to the premises - FTTP.

I suppose you could request FTTP in an FTTC area, but it would almost certainly be horrendously expensive, not least because you would be expected to cover the cost of extending the fibre beyond the normal network.

System

teddysmum wrote: »

As above, my thought was that, stuck with expensive fibre, the landlord would possibly lose tenants who don't need fibre or can't justify the extra cost .

You can still have the standard Infinity products (38/76 Mbps) over FTTP and this is no more expensive than on FTTC. You will still have the option of ADSL/ADSL2 over copper if you so wish.

System

AdrianC wrote: »

If there are street cabinets available, then fibre will be delivered to them - FTTC. If a particular property doesn't have that available, then BT OpenReach may instead deliver fibre straight to the premises - FTTP.

I suppose you could request FTTP in an FTTC area, but it would almost certainly be horrendously expensive, not least because you would be expected to cover the cost of extending the fibre beyond the normal network.

I don't think that you can have FTTP unless the ducting is already in place that can take the fibre. I doubt BT will go to the trouble to dig up roads to lay new ducting.

AdrianC

The copper - and any fibre - may well be overhead, of course.

marksoton

Trigger98 wrote: »

or slow traditional broadband - the latter won't be suitable.

I do sometimes wonder how quick people really need.

I get about 15MB at best. But i can run a Sky+ box,macbook,tablet and two smartphones off it without any lag whatsoever.

When i looked into fibre etc the cost was eye watering and/or restrictive on usage.

Just an observation!

AdrianC

I get about 2.5Mbit on a good day. I cannot wait for all the fibre currently dangling all over the countryside to be connected up.

marksoton

AdrianC wrote: »

I get about 2.5Mbit on a good day. I cannot wait for all the fibre currently dangling all over the countryside to be connected up.

Ah,well yes in that case i could see why.

I only mentioned it because in a major city like this i just can't see how i'd justify the additional cost. You'd have to be a majorly serious data user to need anything above 15MB.

teddysmum

We only get around 6 on Sky ADSL ( 1 up from when with O2),but it's fine for our internet browsing,Youtube etc (2 laptops at once), as well as Sky on demand. I've no wish to pay the extra for fibre.