Fiber internet in Bos en Lommer

Last updated: September 16, 2026

In many shared experiences around the installation of fiber internet in Bos en Lommer (Bolo), the Open Dutch Fiber (ODF) network in collaboration with Odido is mentioned. From these public complaint reports and forum posts, a recurring theme emerges regarding the waiting times between the installation in the street and the actual connection in the home.

Multi-story buildings and HOAs (VvEs)

Bos en Lommer is characterized by many multi-story buildings from the 1940s and 1950s. Residents indicate that extending cables through stairwells (the risers) often requires approval from the Homeowners' Association (VvE).

Fiber optic cable sticking out of the street in Amsterdam

A typical sight: the so-called 'sprout limbo' where installation stalls in front of the front door. (Illustrative image)

According to various responses, the process also experienced delays even after HOA approval, because contractors requested custom solutions for non-standard buildings. In practice, residents describe situations where orange or green conduits were left sticking out of the sidewalk in front of the porch for long periods before internal drilling work was resumed.

Signals from the neighborhood

The collected experiences of residents from the postal code areas around 1055 show several concrete examples of this delay:

A resident reports that, after waiting 8 months with no action indoors, the fiber internet application was canceled to stay with the existing coax provider (Ziggo). [Source: Odido Community]
In another high-rise complex in the neighborhood, the reported waiting time ran up to over a year (from April 2022 to mid-2023) before activation was completed. [Source: Odido Community]
A further report speaks of a two-year delay after the initial application. According to this resident, the indoor installation was already completed, but the signal was delayed by administrative processing of technical tickets behind the scenes. [Source: Odido Community]