Moving away from FTTC

spud17

I'm currently on FTTC with NOW Super Fibre paying £25 for a steady 60Mbps as expected, current deal ends in June and rises to £28.50.
If I want to move supplier I'm going to have to change to FTTP, not a problem.
I don't need any higher speed either.
I've checked and I need a 2 stage install, 1970's property with the cable running directly in the ground underneath a concrete drive, i.e.no duct.
Initially I'd like to keep my landline number and intend to move it to a VOIP provider. 
My question regards the timing.
I think that I need to get the FTTP install underway, which shouldn't affect my land line number or current service.
I understand that once installed I can then move my phone number to VOIP which will cancel the FTTC. 
Have I got this correct?
Any comments/advice on the sequence of events I need to carry out?

iniltous

The only way the FTTP installation won’t affect your current service is if you order a stand-alone broadband service and stress the importance that this is an addition to your existing service, not replacing it ….even doing this  there is no absolute guarantee that the provider won’t tie up the provision of the new FTTP with the cessation of the FTTC , even if different companies are involved , but assuming they do as you ask , the next issue is the partial DIG nature of the existing copper pair service, as you say , not a ducted feed ….since a change in policy (assuming this is Openreach based ) the pick up point for the FTTP network could be 10’s of metres away from your property, in-fact it could be upto  100m away , that may require extensive, and expensive civils work to get a duct to your home  , so don’t be surprised if there is a significant delay , even if you are initially offered a date that’s quite close , that date is advisory not contractual and will be liable to change ….if that’s done , once your FTTP is in and working , you then cease your FTTC yourself (actually porting the number to VoIP will cease that service ) .

The drawback of waiting until FTTP is in , is you pay for two services for  a while , the benefit is minimising the risk of losing your existing service leaving you without any service at all .

AndyPK

I would just move to vodafone. They off a free landline and are part of the switching service. 


In 18 months time you can move your number to VOIP if you wish. 

spud17

@iniltous
I've been watching neighbouring properties get connected.
The fibre is already ducted in the footpath,  the first gang dig the drive and lay duct, then almost the next day the final connection takes place into the property. 
I'm going to have to insist that this is a completely new install and hopefully, even if I pay for 2 services for a while I can retain my number and cancel my FTTC by migrating the number to VoIP.
@AndyPK
Sorry, but Vodafone are way down my list of choices. I've been around MSE long enough to have very little faith in them.
No altnets around here either. 
Sky is favourite for now, which is interesting as I'm already effectively with them through NOW.

iniltous

FWIW , when it comes to Openreach and housing built in the 1960’s through to the early 1990’s , that used directly buried armoured cables ( no ducts ) , there is a difference between the solutions they use , ‘built to the curtilage’ and ‘partial DIG’ , the first is identical to the way the cable industry did their rollout 30 years ago , a ducted Toby box installed outside each address at the boundary of the footpath and garden ,this only needs the installer to excavate the customers garden , the second way , the FTTP distribution is in a footway jointbox and excavation from the jointbox to the house wall is required ( no Toby box ) , this may be a short or long distance depending on where the jointbox is in relation to the house ordering service , you can see which yours is by entering your address here , 

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome

spud17

<Our records show the following FTTP network service information for these premises:-Single Dwelling Unit Residential UG partial Direct In Ground.>
TBH, I'm not too fussed how they get the fibre to the property.