How to tell if we have FTTP

bryanb

House built 2016, No overhead lines or poles on estate. Bought house 2019 and subscribed to Plusnet fibre 36Mbps. How can I tell if we have FTTC or FTTP installed?

Ayr_Rage

If you have a landline phone does that connect to the same socket as your broadband router ?

Post a picture and you'll get a quicker answer.

bryanb

Ayr_Rage said:

If you have a landline phone does that connect to the same socket as your broadband router ?

Post a picture and you'll get a quicker answer.

Yes broadband and phone to same socket via filter. So FTTC?

flaneurs_lobster

Installed at your house or available to your house? If you've got a box (called an ONT (Optical Network Terminal) in your house then you have FTTP installed. Looks like this
If you want to know if FTTP is available then ask Plusnet, or stick your postcode into an online checker like the MSE one https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/

Ayr_Rage

bryanb said:

Ayr_Rage said:

If you have a landline phone does that connect to the same socket as your broadband router ?

Post a picture and you'll get a quicker answer.

Yes broadband and phone to same socket via filter. So FTTC?

Yes, FTTC 

400ixl

bryanb said:

Ayr_Rage said:

If you have a landline phone does that connect to the same socket as your broadband router ?

Post a picture and you'll get a quicker answer.

Yes broadband and phone to same socket via filter. So FTTC?

As you are with PlusNet with a phone line since 2019 then FTTC as they do not offer a digital voice service.

chrisw

flaneurs_lobster said:

If you want to know if FTTP is available then ask Plusnet, or stick your postcode into an online checker like the MSE one https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/

That MSE checker appears to be out of date. It doesn't show the fibre options to my address other than Virgin.

flaneurs_lobster

chrisw said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

If you want to know if FTTP is available then ask Plusnet, or stick your postcode into an online checker like the MSE one https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/

That MSE checker appears to be out of date. It doesn't show the fibre options to my address other than Virgin.

Not sure about being out of date but the MSE tool doesn't claim to show whole of market, just the major players and selected others. There are often local suppliers that might not be included.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/#mse_need_to_know

400ixl

Use the OpenReach availability checker https://www.openreach.com/broadband-network/fibre-availability

flaneurs_lobster

400ixl said:

Use the OpenReach availability checker https://www.openreach.com/broadband-network/fibre-availability

Would that checker include the likes of (eg) CityFibre or others installing their own infrastructure? Does such a universal checker exist?

bryanb

Thanks for all the help. More questions come to mind so I’ll post separately