But "premises passed" implies that while the telco may have laid the fiber infrastructure, not all those homes will have been connected up.
Just like every other CP undertaking a roll-out then. Given typical take-up rates it rarely if ever makes sense to actually connect properties as you pass them(*). It's far more sensible to wait until the property owner requests connection because then you can charge them for it.
What isn't sensible as I've posted before is overlaying cables. Here in Brackley (small town in South Northants) Swish appear to have just finished a roll-out and Gigaclear are ramping up. Meanwhile it seems likely that Openreach will be coming here after they finish in Banbury which will probably be this summer. So we're going to end up with three sets of fibre under the pavements with corresponding street workings. This is stupid. All fibre is equal (for a given coverage scenario anyway) so if the industry/government were thinking properly they'd have one company per location and make them share the fibre.
(*)Except for new-builds where of course you connect up all utilities as a matter of course.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
