what are the limiting factors on "if you can get fttp"

Btone

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where i live there is only one local cabinet ,

so all phone connections must be coming from it ?

now my road is a postcode boundary and when i check the post code on one side of it it says i can get fttp, but when i check the post code on the other side it says i can't ?

also is there a limited to the distance it can be run, as i've noticed as i work my way up the road one house can get fttp and the next one (about 100 meters further up the road) can't (both in the same post code)
 
Btone said:
where i live there is only one local cabinet ,

so all phone connections must be coming from it ?

now my road is a postcode boundary and when i check the post code on one side of it it says i can get fttp, but when i check the post code on the other side it says i can't ?

also is there a limited to the distance it can be run, as i've noticed as i work my way up the road one house can get fttp and the next one (about 100 meters further up the road) can't (both in the same post code)
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FTTP has literally nothing to do with Phone Cabinets. The fibre cables go straight to an exchange from your house; the exchange it goes to might not even be the same exchange as the old copper network.

As to why you can't order FTTP yet some of your neighbours can, its liable to be a BDUK funded rollout. Openreach normally only do houses that they are paid to do as part of BDUK and if those houses can already get 20mbps+ speeds then the local council won't pay. It normally only occurs in areas where there has already been a FTTC rollout i.e. if your neighbours are 1km+ away from the cabinet its likely they get under 20mbps via FTTC.

Edit: Missed the Key bit - you are on on a boundary, if its a county boundary it will definitely be BDUK, likely your neighbours have a county council that has a good BDUK team while you have a less good one. Contact your BDUK team to find out if you are in any plans.
 
If you're doing a check on the Openreach website against your full address (e.g. you put your postcode in and then pick your house from the drop-down) and it says you can get FTTP then either you can get FTTP, or the database is wrong. You won't know until you place an order.
 
The OP is in Northern Ireland, where county/council boundaries aren't important as the funding for non-commercial roll-out all comes from the devolved government.

OP, if the checker shows that you can't get FTTP then Openreach hasn't built the infrastructure to the distribution point that directly serves your house. What someone nearby can get doesn't matter unless it's an obvious database error, like FTTP missing a single property on a street.
 
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