Thanks for the info. It sounds like the big price variations are to do with the location of the nearest GPON OLT. I wonder if theres a mechanism to get a cabinet “upgraded” (i.e. pay BTOR to put in a GPON OLT) and then FTTP could be made available for more reasonable charges locally (notwithstanding the installation cost of getting fibre from the cabinet to the premises)? The customers been quoted (apparently) £12K + VAT annunally and £17K install!
> On 18 Aug 2017, at 15:11, Edward Dore > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 18/08/2017, 13:36, "uknof on behalf of Alistair Fleming" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > I had a customer ask me why most BT FTTC cabinets dont support FTTP and is > it possible to upgrade a cabinet so that it does support FTTP. > …and I dont know the answer, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of this > list. > Thanks, > Al > > You can order the excruciatingly expensive FTTP-on-demand (FTTPoD or FoD) > service from most (all?) FTTC enabled cabinets, but it’s difficult to find an > ISP that are actually willing to sell it to you. > > It’s also so expensive that you’re basically in leased line territory most of > the time IIRC. > > Edward Dore > Freethought Internet > >
