New build house: not wired for fibre to the home
I live in a new build as part of a large development in Dublin. I signed up with Vodafone for tv and broadband. KN came to set it up, they informed me that the house isn't set up for fibre (there is Eir and Virgin box at the door, I've been with Virgin since I moved in) and that they would have to drill a hole, lay cable from outside, all around the living room, over the door to the tv. This would be pretty unsightly.
I asked what is the function of the Eir box that's already there. KN said it's for copper broadband. Interestingly enough, we can't get copper broadband in our area, so the box is essentially redundant according to them.
My question is: are KN just being lazy as it's easier for them to just drill rather than using the existing internal wiring of the house or are new builds just not set up correctly for FTTH out the gate? I would of thought that the planning regulations would require developers to make houses "fibre ready".
