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Openreach FTTP Full-Fibre broadband installation by overhead cable

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crimsom
4: Newbie

‎02-10-2021 10:41 AM - edited ‎14-11-2021 12:01 PM

Our estate has been upgraded to have 1.0 Gbps boxes mounted on top of all telegraph poles. This looks like Openreach Fibre-To-The-distribution-point (FTTdp).   

Did not find Vodafone option to have FTTP broadband, unlimited download, full fibre ISP connection to home. 

Do any Vodafone users have FTTP broadband to their home?  

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crimsom
4: Newbie

‎14-11-2021 01:54 AM - edited ‎14-11-2021 09:47 AM

Openreach have now undertaken 1st and 2nd Stage installation of 1.0 Gbps full fibre capability to my house. They replaced my FTTC copper wire overhead cable from house to telegraph pole. The new overhead double cable includes a FTTC copper wire cable and a FTTP fibre optic cable. Openreach installs their new small ONT modem (no battery back-up) on our brown field housing estate. The Openreach installation was excellent, the engineers were very professional and willing to customise the installation so that it was installed where we wanted it on our property. 

Openreach installation now provides FTTC and FTTP to my house. The FTTC gets its power from the local exchange, which is essential to provide analogue phone services during a power cut.  Our ISP 18 month FTTC PlusNet unlimited 36 Mbps contract has finished, so now looking to get FTTP ISP service such as Full Fibre Broadband Deals - FTTP | Vodafone. 

But Vodafone full fibre FTTP ISP seems to impose digital phone service, where the ONT modem is powered from my house, so there is no provision to provide our FTTC analogue phone service during a power cut. Did not find FTTP ISP Vodafone full fibre (no digital phone). We do not have mobile phone services and want to retain the ability to phone emergency services, especially during a power cut. 

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crimsom
4: Newbie
In response to Jayach

‎14-11-2021 02:12 PM - edited ‎14-11-2021 03:18 PM

Hi @Jayach  news media reporting invariably gloss over the subject matter and the detail can be elusive. I now have live Openreach FTTP and FTTC services to my house. Vodafone retail shop's Technical Help Desk says there are no plans to remove the Openreach FTTC copper wire PSTN (public switched telephone network) by 2025. I am not looking to engage in a pantomime speculation discussion on what will (or will not) happen on my housing estate in the future.  We will just have to wait to discover what the evolving real world will deliver. 

Openreach installed their new small ONT modem with PSU plug, but its not their Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). When local mains power fails on the housing estate, FTTP digital phone service does not work.

Our local public red phone kiosk has been removed from outside our local shops, and residents/visitors cannot call emergency services. 

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Jayach
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member
In response to crimsom

‎14-11-2021 02:27 PM

Agreed, it can be confusing knowing what/who to believe.

Are you using the FTTP connection yet? If not do let us know what happens when you take it out as I didn't think any one would supply a PSTN voice connection alongside the FTTP, unless you have two contracts.

Your input has been most useful in gaining insight into what happens in the real world.

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crimsom
4: Newbie
In response to Jayach

‎14-11-2021 02:48 PM - edited ‎14-11-2021 02:55 PM

Hi @Jayach I now have two contracts, the existing FTTC analog phone and the new FTTP digital fibre ISP (no digital phone) at reduced price deal. I do not have to purchase and install additional Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) equipment for the FTTP service. The timing could not be better because of the very competitive market. Customers can negotiate and get the deal for services they want.