On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 17:02, Chris Bell via GLLUG <[email protected]> wrote: > I have just been told that I am unlikely to get Fibre To The Premises any time > soon, so BT keep trying to tell me that Fibre To The Cabinet (which I have > now) is wonderful. Most of the houses here are now HMO's with no facilities, > so I am almost an isolated user..
Hi Chris, I used to have an ADSL line from BT. It broke and the engineer who fixed it, said: "Do you know you can get FTTP here." He pointed to the telephone poll just outside my house and said "There is the fibre cable waiting". So, of course I rang BT and asked for FTTP, to which they said. "Sorry, your address is not FTTP capable". After a lot of support calls to BT, it turned out that it was just a "Computer says no" type problem. They fixed their computer records, and the next day I had FTTP on order and fitted. So, the ADSL engineer was right, and BT were wrong. If you are in London, I would be surprised if FTTP was not available. Why not look at the nearest BT pole outside and look for the tell tail signs of a small fibre distribution box on the pole. If you don't know what to look for, I will find some time to take a picture of my BT pole. It does not have to be the nearest pole. It might be just one in your street. After I got FTTP, a nearby neighbour got FTTP and they just cabled up more fibre between my pole and the one near the neighbour's. So, you might be able to get FTTP, even if BT are currently saying you cannot. -- GLLUG mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
