{"id":22001,"date":"2026-02-17T18:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/openreach-said-yes-to-full-fibre-broadband-then-branded-it-uneconomical\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T18:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:37:40","slug":"openreach-said-yes-to-full-fibre-broadband-then-branded-it-uneconomical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/openreach-said-yes-to-full-fibre-broadband-then-branded-it-uneconomical\/","title":{"rendered":"Openreach said yes to full fibre broadband, then branded it \u2018uneconomical\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its \u2018fibre checker\u2019 tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind<\/p>\n<p><strong>My internet provider informed me by email that full fibre broadband had become available for my property, confirmed by Openreach\u2019s \u201cfibre checker\u201d tool. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After a month, Openreach declared the connection uneconomical<\/strong> <strong>due to blockages in the conduits below the road<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/feb\/17\/openreach-full-fibre-broadband-uneconomical\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7329166f6bf15681b9b32279f491bd5a84fb4783\/223_673_3312_2650\/master\/3312.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=33b7a863de22c84b96083d7b655e75c8\" title=\"Openreach said yes to full fibre broadband, then branded it \u2018uneconomical\u2019\" \/>Its \u2018fibre checker\u2019 tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind<br \/>\nMy internet provider informed me by email that full fibre broadband had become available for my property, confirmed by Openreach\u2019s \u201cfibre checker\u201d tool.<br \/>\nAfter a month, Openreach declared the connection uneconomical due to blockages in the conduits below the road.  Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its \u2018fibre checker\u2019 tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind My internet provider informed me by email that full fibre broadband had become available for my property, confirmed by Openreach\u2019s \u201cfibre checker\u201d tool. After a month, Openreach declared the connection uneconomical due to blockages in the conduits &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/openreach-said-yes-to-full-fibre-broadband-then-branded-it-uneconomical\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Openreach said yes to full fibre broadband, then branded it \u2018uneconomical\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}