Re: Ideas would be greatly appreciated
In the fibre world, distances aren't the problem. Wayleaves are. Especially if the 10m from the street cab crosses private properties/multiple landlord's properties.
But why fibre? Phase 2 may not have Virgin fibre. That may be a plain'ol copper cable loop and the strange way Virgin's still allowed to call copper fibre. Focus on the services you want though, ie up to 80Mbps download. Which is BT's Infinity, or Openreach's Infinity via some other ISP. If enough homes on your phase express an interest, it may happen, either via BT or Virgin. But basically you have to request services that are currently offered, ie ones that are likely to be delivered as FTTC or even FTTP.
Going the community partnership route can be anything from building yourself a small ISP to being sold to by a provider who's in that game. The DIY approach would need space for a PoP with switch, fibre to one or preferably 2 exchanges, a transit provider and spade work to get from your PoP to properties that think they want fibre. Which gets rather expensive, rather quickly.
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