Virginmedia Cable

Hoof_Hearted

I wonder whether anybody can help. I am renovating a house which we intend to move into and would like Virgin as we have here. Cable is in the road. The drains are being relaid and there is an opportunity to run the cable along the same channel (rather than the "easiest no matter how bad it looks" that Virgin normally do). I did ask Virgin whether they could supply the cable for connection later, but I am faced by a wall of morons who either don't understand or are being deliberately obstructive. Basically, I am trying to make life easier for them, but they don't understand this. I will have to buy the cable if I want it done neatly.

Anyway, my question -- what is this cable called? It is clearly some kind of twin cable. Can I get it in Maplins? I need about 20m.

daleski75

Virgin Media use RG6 coax cable

Hoof_Hearted

daleski75 wrote: »

Virgin Media use RG6 coax cable

RG6 looks like a single cable. The VM cable is definitely twin from the road to the house.

Inner_Zone

Maybe it 'shotgun cable' for phone as well.

daleski75

RG6 also comes in twin but not sure if this is the right stuff.

http://www.tvaerials.com/product.aspx?productid=3398

Hoof_Hearted

I think I'll need to ask a VM engineer as nobody seems to know for sure. I assumed one for TV and one for telephone/broadband.

Inner_Zone

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

I think I'll need to ask a VM engineer as nobody seems to know for sure. I assumed one for TV and one for telephone/broadband.

TV and broaband come down the coax cable. Telephone one pair cable, so as I said above it might be a 'shotgun' cable.

jb66

Ask for a pre-install visit and a tech can leave ou cable

spike7451

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

I wonder whether anybody can help. I am renovating a house which we intend to move into and would like Virgin as we have here. Cable is in the road. The drains are being relaid and there is an opportunity to run the cable along the same channel (rather than the "easiest no matter how bad it looks" that Virgin normally do). I did ask Virgin whether they could supply the cable for connection later, but I am faced by a wall of morons who either don't understand or are being deliberately obstructive. Basically, I am trying to make life easier for them, but they don't understand this. I will have to buy the cable if I want it done neatly.

Anyway, my question -- what is this cable called? It is clearly some kind of twin cable. Can I get it in Maplins? I need about 20m.

If the OP is on about the external cable,(And it reads to me he is) it comes in three sizes & is called a Siamese Drop Cable;
RG6
RG7
RG11
The longer the run from the street cabinet the heavier the cable used (RG11 being the heviest)
The cable is also flooded with a waterproofing gel as well,so you can't use unflooded cable on a drop run.

Problem is you cannot buy this cable off the shelf in maplins or a builders merchant & because of the H&S laws governing the laying of such cable in the street VM won't supply the cable to you for you to lay it as the cable would have to be either;
Installed from the house to the cabinet
Installed from the house to the cabinet & excess coiled up in the first pit in the street.
You have three options;
1-Arranging for the install to be done when the drains are being laid.
2-Asking VM to pre-pull the cable from the house wall to the cabinet when the drains are laid
3-Running an piece of 2in pipe from the start of the garden where the Toby is to the house wall then running a length of rope down it to pull the cable thru with.
In my opinion,the third option would be the OP's best bet for the simple fact that IF the cable becomes damaged & need replacing,it'll be a lot easier to have the pipe in place less the garden needs dug up to get to the cable.(and I've came across that many times)

Toby box,usually found outside the garden on the footpath;

Hoof_Hearted

Thanks Spike. That clarifies it all nicely for me. I think you are right and I'll go for option 3.