On 28/07/2018 12:24, alan_m wrote:

BT is fibre to the nearest (green) box in the street.* Whereas before it
may have been wire to the exchange which for many people would have been
Km long and which were possible installed 50+ years ago its now fibre to
the nearest box with only the bit between the box and house being wire.

Usually.

About 4% of us genuinely have fibre. FTTP - fibre to the premises.

Andy