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upgrading to fibre broadband question

silkyuk9
silkyuk9 Posts: 2,815 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
I am currently with sky on their broadband package and my contract is about to end so im thinking of going back to talktalk after years of good service.

I have checked their website and I can now get the fibre broadband.

My question is will an engineer need to come to my home to install anything or change anything on my phone socket etc? How does this all work?

Cheers
All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right, and outing the liars.

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BT Open reach man will visit, fit a new VDSL faceplate to your master socket and install a fibre modem. He will connect this to your ISP supplied new router and set it all up to a single PC. Down the road he will connect your copper pair to the local fttc cabinet.

    Sky do fibre too, why do you think you need the extra speed?
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • armyknife
    armyknife Posts: 596 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    penrhyn wrote: »
    BT Open reach man will visit, fit a new VDSL faceplate to your master socket and install a fibre modem. He will connect this to your ISP supplied new router and set it all up to a single PC. Down the road he will connect your copper pair to the local fttc cabinet.

    Sky do fibre too, why do you think you need the extra speed?

    !!!!!! quality not good enough? :unsure:
  • silkyuk9
    silkyuk9 Posts: 2,815 Forumite
    penrhyn wrote: »
    BT Open reach man will visit, fit a new VDSL faceplate to your master socket and install a fibre modem. He will connect this to your ISP supplied new router and set it all up to a single PC. Down the road he will connect your copper pair to the local fttc cabinet.

    Sky do fibre too, why do you think you need the extra speed?

    Because its there.
    All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right, and outing the liars.
  • silkyuk9
    silkyuk9 Posts: 2,815 Forumite
    armyknife wrote: »
    !!!!!! quality not good enough? :unsure:

    Im 45 years old left the !!!!!! some 20 years ago.
    All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right, and outing the liars.
  • Sharon87
    Sharon87 Posts: 4,011 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Better off going with someone other than Sky broadband because their offers are better. I tried getting Sky's half price offer but I couldn't as I already had broadband. So Talk Talk or Virgin have good offers on at the moment. You need 2 weeks to cancel Sky's phone and broadband, so when you organise your engineer date to activate it, make sure you don't cancel your Sky broadband before this or you'll be without internet until it's installed.
  • Weird_Nev
    Weird_Nev Posts: 1,383 Forumite
    Fibre broadband is certainly worth it unless you're a "browse and emails" only internet user. HD youtube, HD iplayer, Fast internet gaming and a lightning fast browsing experience. I paid £30/month from BT and it was well worth it.
  • PiratePete
    PiratePete Posts: 224 Forumite
    This is why you need FTTC !


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  • yangptangkipperbang
    yangptangkipperbang Posts: 1,811 Forumite
    PiratePete wrote: »
    This is why you need FTTC !


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    ...............bit slow, isn't it ?? ;);)

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  • bluesnake
    bluesnake Posts: 1,460 Forumite
    PiratePete wrote: »
    This is why you need FTTC !


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    You do not seed to show us your speed, your nickname PiratePete says much :)
  • PiratePete
    PiratePete Posts: 224 Forumite
    yangptangkipperbang wrote: »
    ...............bit slow, isn't it ?? ;);)

    18436358d03d3454c056131746194e72dae5a576.jpg

    Yes it's a bit slow as I live near the burnt out node @ Blisworth. I usually get about 200000 Mbps :beer:
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