Reminder to self: check if other internet providers can deliver over the “Open” Dutch Fiber network
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/06
When “Open” Dutch Fiber (ODF) builds a fiber network, the internet provider Odido (ex T-Mobile Netherlands) gets a year exclusive use of the infrastructure.
In practice that is longer (see below tweets why), and for me it might become almost 2 years after ODF announced they would start building the local fiber network in the area where I live: [Wayback/Archive] [Odido Glasvezel] Ervaringen & Discussie – Internet en hosting – GoT.
You really do not want Odido, as they do NOT support IPv6 (I have Does Odido (the old T-Mobile Netherlands) which took over Tweak Internet (they supported IPv6) already support IPv6? scheduled on that).
Currently Odido does a lot of colportage, even threatening that copper will be phased out – yeah, that is going to take years! – likely because their exclusivity period is about to end. Which is a reminder for me to check if other providers can already deliver over the ODF network.
Dates to remember:
- 20240105 – pamphlet about the inspection
- 20240130 – house inspection to plan the fiber
- 20240214 – digging and bringing the fiber into the home
- 20240430 – confirmation of termination
- 20240506 – fiber termination in the meterboard
It took that long because
Especially when living in an apartment, getting the fiber pulled through and getting and getting Odido to deliver internet over it can take very long and communication is bad:
- [Wayback/Archive] Veel geduld nodig voor aanleg van gratis glasvezel ODF als je niet kiest voor Odido | Leidsch Dagblad
- [Wayback/Archive] Open Dutch Fiber (ODF) : Utrecht
Tweets:
- [Wayback/Archive] Freedom Internet on X: “@odidonederland @mediatechnoloog @opendutchfiber Dit antwoord is natuurlijk politiek correct maar niet helemaal de waarheid. De eerste 12 maanden (in praktijk 18 maanden) heeft Odido exclusiviteit op dit netwerk. Dat noemen wij niet open.”
- [WaybackSave/Archive] Freedom Internet on X: “@odidonederland @mediatechnoloog @opendutchfiber Deze exclusiviteit geldt per POP of wijkcentrale. Dat betekend dat na 18 maanden deel van een gemeente wel door anderen eindelijk geleverd kan worden maar op andere delen nog niet. Zeer consument onvriendelijk en verwarrend.”
- [WaybackSave/Archive] Freedom Internet on X: “@jpluimers @odidonederland @mediatechnoloog @opendutchfiber Omdat je pas na 12 maanden mag starten met de werkzaamheden zoals apparatuur in de POP en de backhaul gaan regelen. Dat duurt zomaar weer 6 maanden. Soms…als het meezit iets sneller.”
Too bad I forgot to archive this file as it is not on-line any more: https://opendutchfiber.nl/storage/app/media/PDF/Not_Home_NTE-MB_ODF_EN.pdf – it was the inspection pamphlet.
--jeroen
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