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[GigabitEthernet]

Any ideas about Openreach rolling out FTTP in London? Seems a bit low on the ground, especially in SW London.

Several exchanges are on the stop sell list which is stopping copper by the end of 2025 (?) so presumably FTTP should be available by then?

[meritez]

I have seen FTTP available in Mayfair.

Not seen much further south though

[Alex Atkin UK]

Several exchanges are on the stop sell list which is stopping copper by the end of 2025 (?) so presumably FTTP should be available by then?

Doesn't that only mean they are turning off POTS service?  Broadband over copper isn't going any time soon.

[gt94sss2]

Any ideas about Openreach rolling out FTTP in London? Seems a bit low on the ground, especially in SW London.

There are some areas listed in SW London on Openreach's Fibre First program such as Merton, Richmond, Croydon and Ewell

However, I agree that if OR don't get a move on, a number of altnets will beat them across London.

I imagine OR must be due to release their next areas soon  - I think its been a while since their last rollout announcement.

[Black Sheep]

I have seen FTTP available in Mayfair.

Not seen much further south though

Have a look at Bermondsey - massive FTTP footprint there.

Odds and sods elsewhere.

[j0hn]

Several exchanges are on the stop sell list which is stopping copper by the end of 2025 (?) so presumably FTTP should be available by then?

Not necessarily.
You're also confusing 2 separate things.

The PSTN switch off is targeted by 2025.
This means a traditional dial tone call service should be gone by 2025.
There will still be areas with no full fibre coverage at all by this point.
Anyone wishing to use a landline for calls will need to use VOIP over FTTP or VOIP over ADSL/FTTC.

Then there's the copper stop sell you mention... that has no 2025 target.
The target for this varies by exchange and unlike the PSTN switch off it won't cover everyone.

Once an exchange reaches a target FTTP coverage (roughly 75%) they will start with a "no go back" policy. So anyone on FTTP will not be able to return to copper.

Then they will announce a "stop sell", giving roughly 12 months prior warning of the stop sell.
This will mean anyone with access to a full fibre service cannot purchase a copper service.

OpenReach have the intention of covering as many properties on these exchanges as possible with FTTP but they won't cover every property on every exchange that's part of these programs.
There will continue to be wayleave issues and properties that it isn't economically viable to roll out full fibre.