I live in a rural area, my property is the only one down my lane located on the other side of a rail level crossing which is 600 meters from main village road. My landline is 1.8km from the fibre cabinet and is underground most of the 600 meters until it traverses the rail line by tall poles and then drops to the property.
I am currently getting 20mb down and 1mb up which is fine for what I need. However today there were some contractors working near the pole at the start of my lane and near the farthest rail crossing pole. I asked the boss what was happening and he told me they were laying fibre underground to the pole at the rail crossing. It is being laid directly underground, there is no ducting to my property. I saw two new BT ground boxes, one at the pole at the village road junction and one near the pole on the far side of the level crossing.
My questions are these, I presume this means there will be fibre to the pole but I've never requested this, what will be the monthly cost and why would BT go to all this expense. I don't mind paying more for a better service but not lots more. I'm not complaining I feel very privileged to have this upgrade I'm just very surprised.