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Openreach - how long at the "connect" stage??
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We live in a rural area and in April were pleased when we read that Openreach were connecting the cabinet, so fibre is typically available in the next 4 months. We are less than pleased to find that the status on the connection has not changed some 5 months later.
Relatives tell us that typically within 4 months can mean up to 2 years.
Which makes working from home a challenge.0 -
We must have waited four years from being told that fibre was coming to the village. It seemed to stay at the "within 18 months" stage for most of that time.
To be fair, we were/are connected direct to the exchange and getting 18 Mbps on copper, so probably a low priority. Surrounding villages got it more quickly. Speed has gone up to 48-50 now, although it was the eight fold increase in upload speed that convinced me to get fibre.0 -
GeoffBBBBBBBBBBBBB wrote: »Which makes working from home a challenge.
I mention this due to the number of "my internet is down and I need it to work from home / run my business as I'm self employed, but TT / Sky / BT / Plusnet / VM (etc) say it will be two weeks before they can fix it" posts that crop up.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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