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I have emailed Openreach to see if the area still go ahead with FTTP via poles or not. Please do not blame me, all the residents are against it too, not just me. Could be 1000 residents against OR rather than me against OR.

Madness! @adslmax, your area has been offered the most open FTTP network available and have turned it down because they don't want a few poles in the streets. As already said, because you have Virgin Media available there will be no government money available for this so don't be at all surprised if Openreach walk away and leave you with G.Fast which is expensive and will likely become unsupportable before too long.

What happens when all the G.Fast equipment goes dead though? You'll be stuck. Less and less providers are offering G.Fast. It was a limited product in the first place, you may find yourself stuck with FTTC again at some point and you've all collectively cut off your noses to spite your face because of a few poles. Like I said, where I grew up - poles are common, bringing power and telecoms to most of the houses in the town - I've no problem with them, I'd rather be pole fed than have the streets dug up. But there we are.

Indeed they are. However they also have to accept the consequences that come with exercising that entitlement. If you'd care to check the OP's posting history you'd note that he very, very, very much wants FTTP. Fixated on it. Was absolutely fine with it being delivered over poles a couple of weeks ago. Assuming they are taking them all down OP might find a somewhat cooler experience next time they've issues with their copper.

Of course I do want FTTP. But, it have to be right under the ground. The last few days ago I fully accepted let's the poles go ahead but it now it appear all work has been cancelled and all the neighbours has objects - so maybe Telford & Wrekin Council has paused it and enquires with Openreach - why so many poles far too many!

If Openreach decided to take the poles off and say to Woodside - fine you can stick with old copper slower FTTC but lucky me I got the G.fast (no issues at all and happy to be on it but the problem is with G.fast is so expensive than FTTP in monthly fee.

Don't be so ridiculously over dramatic! What a drama merchant you are! People are fully entitled to dislike poles spoiling their environment or views.

Indeed they are. However they also have to accept the consequences that come with exercising that entitlement. If you'd care to check the OP's posting history you'd note that he very, very, very much wants FTTP. Fixated on it. Was absolutely fine with it being delivered over poles a couple of weeks ago. Assuming they are taking them all down OP might find a somewhat cooler experience next time they've issues with their copper.

I just saw your sig and what the hell is this speed coming from you? Are you the fastest FTTP in the world?
https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/7a972cef-bcf6-4cd9-82c2-88a77120e803

I don't think so. In the UK definitely. In the world only folks with test networks to their homes are faster so you could probably count the people with faster than me to their homes on two hands.

Lincoln and Telford objects Openreach poles. Honest, Openreach and BT are the largest monopoly and they do can underground seriously. We don't want any ugly poles. A hurtful sore eyes.

Yes, they can. They don't have to, though. If there are no usable ducts it's at least twice the cost to get it to outside the homes. They'll probably have to go into the road outside your garages, there's a view that needed protecting, pushing it up to at least triple. Then instead of flying the cable to home they'd have to install as Virgin Media do, drilling into the garden and running a duct under grass/pavement/driveway/whatever to get into the home. Only then do they get to drill into the home.

Or: they could fibre up 3 or 4 properties somewhere else for the same cost as each one of yours. This ignoring that placing then recovering the poles has also soaked up budget that was assigned to the project so maybe 4 or 5 properties.

Which one would you do?

They have to schedule roadworks to recover the poles and fill the holes. You'll be able to see it on the roadworks sites, go watch it and enjoy your victory.

I just saw your sig and what the hell is this speed coming from you? Are you the fastest FTTP in the world?
https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/7a972cef-bcf6-4cd9-82c2-88a77120e803

I just walk around Woodside, look like the poles haven't take down yet. All still stood up.

They have to schedule roadworks to recover the poles and fill the holes. You'll be able to see it on the roadworks sites, go watch it and enjoy your victory.

I just glad the poles no longer go ahead.  It's just so ridiculous to put up too many telephone poles.  It's not just me,  the residents of all Woodside are unhappy with the poles.  Openreach have to do it underground now.

If they do it underground if it'd likely have to be with taxpayer funding which doesn't look like it's anything new for the residents of Woodside. However, Woodside is not eligible for subsidy under Project Gigabit as Virgin Media are there.