Hi, so my friend who just lives 5 minutes away from me can get FTTC but cannot order FTTP even though our area is "complete". I can order FTTP but he cannot. Just a quick question, is it normal for every house not to be served and if so what are the reasons OpenReach would skip some houses? Thanks
Checked using https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/where-when-building-ultrafast-full-fibre-broadband
Chances are from the limited info to hand, is his PON has been high-costed out of the current build programme ??
Based purely on your mention of underground cabling. How old would you say his locality is in terms of when the premises were built ?? If it's around the 60/70/80's, there's a chance the cables are 'Direct in Ground' (DiG) as opposed to running through ducts (hollow tubes). The civils costs on this kind of PON ramp up quite dramatically.
Another consideration when wondering why some premises appear to be 'left behind', is a Section 58 notice. This means (as an example), if we need to do dig down on a simple 1mtr square blockage on a footpath/carriageway, we then have to perform full width reinstatements for whatever distance the S58 stipulates. This requires Elon Musk's wallet to make a viable option, so most jobs of this nature are shelved until the S58 notice expires.
Lots of different circumstances occur in the FTTP programmes.