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Originally Posted by adduxi
In theory yes, however I dd read an article that not all properties will be moved to fibre due to costs. Our area has had those small XGS-PON cabinets for at least 3 years, and no sign of any migrations. The area is ex NTL, all co-ax cable, so no RFoG.
I believe, if memory serves me right, the article inferred it all to do with how the final leg of cable to a property was installed originally, If it is a long run without any conduit, as is the case for me, then the costs of running fibre and conduit becomes expensive for a single connection and may never be upgraded?
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I'm confident that you'll get your drop fibre. If there is no duct, as happens with some old pre-VM builds, or it's unusable (blocked, squashed) VM (actually its contractor like Kelly), will do microtrenching by making a narrow cut (≈12 mm) in the pavement to install the 8 mm fibre microduct from the cabinet to the property boundaries.
Note that VM will not do “one‑off microtrenching” for a singe customer as the entire area will be microtrenched if needed. Once microtrenched the area goes "Ready for Service" (RFS) and only then can customers actually order the migration to fibre.