Trapped in BT Broadband - FTTP

Browntoa

It will be a new build exclusivity deal . Ofcom allows BT , and others , an exclusive period to allow then to recover their cost of installation on the estate. 

It's not a scam or anything else , a little bit of research before moving in should have revealed the lock in period was applicable ( or the developer should have told you ) 

waamo

Looking at the list I provided Aquiss looks a fair bit cheaper. £5/month for 3 months then £30/month thereafter. It's a 12 month contract. I haven't looked at the small print though.

Carrot007

fizzlermm88 said:

Please do not assume my lack of awareness when I purchased the property. 
My point being that there is a lack of choice, I was told that other providers such as Sky etc would be joining the FTTP network.

I was just asking to see your level of awareness.

Ok, so sue the developer if they provided a guarantee of other providers joining in FTTP. Oh you have nothing, just some salesman waffle? That's worth the paper is is written on. (and yes even if you do have it on paper it will say "* not guaranteed" or something such). I mean I was told we would have flying personal cars and be living on the moon by 2010, told means nothing.

JJ_Egan

<I was told that other providers such as Sky etc would be joining the FTTP network. >

They will be joining but are in no hurry it appears .Sky may well be the first off the block if you Google Sky FTTP .

You may be able to get other ISPs as said but more expensive than BT .

I  had 3 others last year now about 8  to choose from .

But i am not in a developer locked purchase FTTP .

iniltous

Here the thing , it been established that the OP has a choice , so how can they be trapped to any one provider ?, if the providers the OP would like to use are not available , that’s down to those ISP’s not signing up to use OR FTTP in the same way they already are signed up to OR FTTC, so if there is a ‘fault’ it’s because the ISP’s the OP wants to use are slow on the uptake with FTTP provided by OR, ( BT and 5 or 6 other ISP’s have managed to be signed up already  ) 

It will be interesting , when Sky and TT do launch a FTTP product on OR  , what they will charge, , I suspect many are thinking £10, £15, £20 per month cheaper, personally I doubt it will much cheaper , 1p cheaper than BT lets them advertise as cheaper than BT.

Neil49

I am in the same situation as the OP and, as some responses above have pointed out, I too have a choice. Unfortunately, it is a choice of one (BT) or no telecoms connectivity at all.

When we moved in we were given flyers from Sky but as far as I am aware they don't appear to supply anyone on the development. My initial 18 months contract will be coming to an end soon and I plan to walk around the development with my tablet and run a WiFi checking app to see who everyone else uses (unless they hide their WiFi address of course). It will probably be just BT which is ok with me as the service has been very good from day one.

A choice would be nice but it's not the end of the world if it's limited to BT. 

Chino

fizzlermm88 said:

Anyway I have got more helpful responses on Facebook from other people who are in new shiny properties with FTTP.

Is you point that the availability of FTTP providers improves as soon as one polishes one's property?

BarGin

I locked myself into a long deal with BT just before I moved to my new build. Since then I’ve negotiated a new deal around Black Friday each year. They are usually happy to knock a few pounds off in return for me extending my contract. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to benefit from a glitch on their website which they kindly honoured. Fibre 250 plus Halo on a 24 month contract for £15.99 a month. 

JamoLew

imo £38.99 for fttp is actually pretty good value

iniltous

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/fttp-providers

Here is a list of providers that can and do provide over Openreach FTTP 
As can be seen, it’s a list of more than 1