How do I find out what providers can use my new fiber optic cable

[Backtothere]

A fiber optic cable was installed outside my house but it have no information about it, all the BT website basically says is "you can now purchase BT infinity at --MB/s" but I do not want that BT service.
How do you find out if another brand/provider can use your BT fiber cable and how do you find a router that will not bottleneck the internet speed.

 

[i7Baby]

Just google it - 'fibre optic cable your address'

 

[Someone Somewhere]

@i7Baby I doubt that's going to do much...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/guide/fibre-broadband.html

 

[i7Baby]

It works for me. I get back the local exchange with providers listed. But this is in Aus not good old ASU - or backwards USA lol

 

[Someone Somewhere]

BT=British Telecom.

For me, I get three different maps, a couple of ads that don't apply, and some other crap.

 

[bill001g]

Just because they ran a fiber cable in front of your house means nothing really. Unless they are putting in fiber in the whole neighborhood for the purpose of offering it to people for internet it can be anything.
The company I work for has many times had to extend fiber to our buildings and we have to pay to have fiber bored to the nearest provider ring. If it happens to go in front of your house/business all it means is you can likely pay to have a fiber run to your house without having to pay the boring fees. Fiber does not mean internet in most cases we connect it to a private network provider. Unless they are planning to offer it to home owners you will be treated like a business. Many times there are monthly charges just for having the connection before you even consider any bandwidth. I know we pay $150/month on some of them just for the ring connect fee.

BT fiber means very little. It could be used for their telephone exchange even. Its rare to see fiber in the UK they don't own.

 

[Backtothere]

Just because they ran a fiber cable in front of your house means nothing really. Unless they are putting in fiber in the whole neighborhood for the purpose of offering it to people for internet it can be anything.
The company I work for has many times had to extend fiber to our buildings and we have to pay to have fiber bored to the nearest provider ring. If it happens to go in front of your house/business all it means is you can likely pay to have a fiber run to your house without having to pay the boring fees. Fiber does not mean internet in most cases we connect it to a private network provider. Unless they are planning to offer it to home owners you will be treated like a business. Many times there are monthly charges just for having the connection before you even consider any bandwidth. I know we pay $150/month on some of them just for the ring connect fee.

BT fiber means very little. It could be used for their telephone exchange even. Its rare to see fiber in the UK they don't own.

I know it was put in for us to use because I talked to the guys doing it, I just have no information about HOW to get it in my house, all I can find is a BT deal where you get TV, Phone and internet service, I don't want that, I am currently on a BT line with a different provider, I want to know if I can stay on a different provider with the BT fiber cable.
Btw i'm nextdoor to a roadside cabinet

 

[bill001g]

What BT sells on their infinity package is a form of DSL. They run fiber to roadside cabinet and run vdsl from their. If you are close to the cabinet you should get great results.

Hard to say if you can buy from another provider. The fiber and the DSL will still be controlled and run by BT. Pretty much they just cross connect their equipment to another provide in the central office. I suspect you will get exactly the same service at a higher price depending on if there are laws to prevent it. BT is running the expensive part which is the last mile. Once you get to the central offices that is the internet in effect so it does not matter a lot who you buy from. If you have trouble it will still be the BT guy coming to your house under contract from the ISP you purchase from.

There are not a lot of VDSL routers/modems on the market. It is unlikely they will bottleneck the connection it would be more likely they do not have some software feature you want. You can set most to bridge mode and then you can use any router.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I think I saw something about BT doing some FTTH deployments, but I'm not sure.

I get nice unbundled fibre in about two months...

 

[i7Baby]

Ask your neighbours if there on Fibre and with BT.

 

[rubyliu]

Just google it, then they are many answers