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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Dealing with these in turn.
I know there is no cable in the ducts. There is trunk fibre network cable running down the Ring Road and then along but nothing in the spurs off it going to the premises themselves.
There is Openreach FTTC here, I campaigned for it to cover this specific area. We currently don't have FTTC as we sold out the first 288 line cabinet and are waiting for a second one to be installed - take up of SFBB is >50%. In addition due to there being no TV aerials included with the properties penetration of Sky is >50% so most of the FTTC customers are likewise Sky tiple play. I have made these points to VM in the past in the hope that they will, at least, consider completing the duct builds around here even if they leave this specific small area uncovered.
A takeup of 10% isn't going to be close to enough to cover it. That's a loss of revenue but the initial costs were big. The cableco went under when they tried to build too much and borrowed too heavily to do it.
VM have been trialing FTTP on multiple occasions and in multiple sites. They have only trialed FTTP when assessing new ways to deliver. They're being cagey but there is no point in their building HFC to new builds as it is actually more expensive per home passed than FTTP now. Optics are cheaper, ONTs are cheaper, active plant is relatively expensive.
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I know what you're saying about FTTP and it makes sense. But there are about 3 new builds round here (in last year or so), anf they have used HFC. Interestingly all of the new estates in this area built by large, nationwide house builders haven't had any kind of VM service installed. It's only in estates built by local or regional builders.