This. Why waste the time researching and testing these ideas? I would pay a higher initial install cost to get FTTP as you're going to be pretty future proof!
The idea is that its much quicker and easier to roll out than FTTP because they can make it available without involving homeowners at all. The mini dslams don't need planning permission or new power connections either.
In addition since they'll be bringing Fibre so much closer to homes, and getting all the duct clearing etc out of the way it'll drastically reduce the cost of their FTTP on demand installs.
It seems like a pretty good solution to me, they'll be able to roll it out nationwide pretty quickly, give people a service potentially 10 times better than FTTC could do, position themselves for a future FTTP rollout and make FTTPoD affordable for the handful of people who don't want to wait.