BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

I'm trying to figure out what's happening at my exchange. I set up an email notification via the Openreach website to be notified when full FTTP is available for my address (not expecting to hear anything for awhile).
A few days ago I received an email confirming that FTTP was indeed now available to order. However checking via openreach website states it's available to order, but on the BT line check it's not mentioned at all, it's also not showing as available to order through the BT retail website??

I'm currently on g.Fast 250MB service, which is the fastest service I can get without going down the road of Virgin Media or YouFibre.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me with the attached screenshots of my address check result from the BT Checker?



 
So once you have your UPRN how do you use this the check your service availability? I can't find anything other than address/postcode checkers.
 
The checker is right, Openreach can provide FTTP but BT Wholesale haven't yet connected to the handover in the exchange. Other ISPs might be able to provide a service.
 
How do BT work out what speed you get at your address? I’m just checking my street and most houses get at most fibre 100, then my neighbour can get fibre 250, I’m confused, the houses to the left and right can only get fibre 100. It’s only a small street all semi detached houses. My address doesn’t even show up because I’ve been with Virgin Media for so long on their phone line, don’t have BT line.
 
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That's G.fast, which depends heavily on having a short line length. You'll know if you have FTTP because the Openreach checker will say so.
 
Caged said:
Edit: Uno claim their packages start at £22.99 and you get a static, their very bad website still wants to check availability using a phone number though despite there being only three months left until WLR stop-sell.

uno Communications Ltd.

Providing connectivity services to SOHO, business and enterprise all over the UK. From xDSL all the way to leased circuits, we do it all.
www.uno.uk www.uno.uk
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What's Vodafone's network like compared to BTW?
 
jonnymc4 said:
Try your UPRN. My address and postcode doens't show as FTTP being available, however UPRN does.

Find my address.

Find the address, location and UPRN of every property in Great Britain. You can perform up to 10 searches every day, free of charge.
www.findmyaddress.co.uk www.findmyaddress.co.uk
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I got my UPRN and did a check using the BT Checker and these were the results. It's saying 'FTTP is available and a new ONT may be ordered' but I can't order it via any providers website?

 
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The database isn't up-to-date yet, you'd be seeing gigabit availability on the BT Wholesale checker if it was.

Either wait a week and check on as many website as you want, or if you are desperate to get an order in ASAP then phone up as previously recommended.
 
Caged said:
The database isn't up-to-date yet, you'd be seeing gigabit availability on the BT Wholesale checker if it was.

Either wait a week and check on as many website as you want, or if you are desperate to get an order in ASAP then phone up as previously recommended.
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We're coming to the completion of the fibre build in my area and I've been stuck on 330 Mbps for at least the last 5 weeks waiting for the database to update. I'm periodically checking to see when full fibre is available. I was able to place an order for FTTP just at the lower speed for the time being.
 
jonnymc4 said:
We're coming to the completion of the fibre build in my area and I've been stuck on 330 Mbps for at least the last 5 weeks waiting for the database to update. I'm periodically checking to see when full fibre is available. I was able to place an order for FTTP just at the lower speed for the time being.
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Though in hindsight being on 330 mbps isn't that bad. Not really a noticeable difference in speed to 1Gig Virgin unless downloading a large game update. Latency is a different ballgame, though.
 
I'm coming up to renewal for BT Fibre 900 and would like to find a new ISP since £68.75/m with yearly increases is absolutely extortionate. Any recommendations on who to go with?

Had a quick look around and found the following:

Plusnet - £49.99/m with a £49.99 one off payment, 24 month contract, £75 cashback via Quidco

Zen - £55/m with a £15 one off payment, 18 month contract, no cashback

Aquiss - £41.25/m (£27.50 initially followed by £55), no one off payment, 12 month cashback, no cashback, no annual CPI increases, static IP address

Vodafone - £46/m, no one off payment, 24 month contract, £97.50 cashback

Sky - £60.50/m with a £19.95 one off payment, 18 month contract, £90 cashback

From what I can see, Aquiss are the only ISP who don't have an annual CPI increase.

Taking into account cashback it looks like Vodafone come in the cheapest, but that doesn't include 2 years of CPI increases.

Anything else worth looking at?
 
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Robi said:
Aquiss - £41.25/m (£27.50 initially followed by £55), no one off payment, 12 month cashback, no cashback, no annual CPI increases, static IP address
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These. You also get IPv6 which some of the others don't offer, UK support, an option for a /29 block if you want.
 
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