Hyperoptic Wayleave Agreement

matelodave

The installation of a decent high speed internet over fibre is likely to enhance the value and saleability of the flats, wheres telling Hyperoptic to get stuffed might have the opposite effect.

It's quite likely that, if HyperOptic are laying optical fibre cables in your area, there will be less of an incentive for OpenReach or other suppliers to do it, You could be left in an island of slow unreliable internet with the option of paying out lots of money in the future to get it upgraded at a later date ,whereas you can get it installed for free whilst the work is onging.

Entirely up to you of course

JenB79

The OP may want to read the recent Telecommunications Infrastructure document (Bill?)

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9156/

Access agreements and the Electronic Communications Code

Wayleaves and leases are the most common forms of access agreement for telecoms infrastructure. They are private legal agreements and the specific terms may differ in each case.

Access agreements are usually entered into consensually between the parties. Ofcom has published a Code of Practice for operators and landowners when negotiating agreements.

If an agreement cannot be reached consensually, the telecoms operator may apply to the court to seek an imposed agreement through powers contained in the Electronic Communications Code (ECC) (Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003, as amended). 

matelodave

I can't see HyperOptic going for an imposed agreement for a single block of flats, they'll just bypass them and then it will be much more difficult or expensive or even not financially viable to splice into the cable in the future.

JenB79

Yep Hyperoptic unlikely to take this further but Openreach might if there’s copper already there and they have to switch it off to provide a mandatory landline over FTTP. 

matelodave

With the amount of competition, I doubt that there's anything that now mandates BT to provide an FTTP service.

If HyperOptic are laying optical cables then there's no real reason why BT should do the same. There will be lots of areas where the last mile will be still delivered by copper well into the future (and may never get FTTP).  Broadband and VoIP can and will still be provided over copper, it just wont be able to deliver FTTP speeds.

If the resident of the OP's enclave are happy for that situation to continue then that's fine, but it might make the place less desirable for future owners/tenants