Bought a new house in a new development in Sept. It's a village that's a little out in the sticks. I'm about 5km from my local exchange and about 1.8km from my live fibre box. Needless to say I can't get fibre despite the box being active. And my ordinary broadband is awful at around 1.2mbp d and 0.5mbp u.
What's worse is, the houses on the far side of the street can receive fibre and get around 40/50 Mbps d. It's physically impossible for them to be closer to the fibre box. I've contacted openreach, but I get some general reply about distances and 'looking into alternatives'. I've spoke to a few openreach engineers when they've been out onsite here, and they can not understand why BT won't supply fibre to our row.
There is a government aided fibre scheme in Northern Ireland, which aims to have fibre to 95% of households by December 2017 - and our postcode is scheduled for that very month. But having worked for the government for 9 years previously I know all to well what happens to deadlines...so I guess I'm stuck!