How to get new cabinet for broadband installed?

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Stegabyte wrote: »

I suppose I was hoping that someone on here could get me the ear of those that do the infrastructure for broadband, so that I could understand and perhaps find out if it is viable to undertake some of the work myself, (such as digging trenches or laying the cables etc), to help lower the costs. I still find it absurd that a survey costs £2500 - without anyone else to provide competition, its hardly a fair quote? Its 2.54Km from the nearest Fibre cabinet or 3Km from the next one, (which is in the next village alone and would be simple to connect to with minimum disruption/work, (entirely country lanes, just one bridge to get from A to .

Thanks for all your comments - its been informative.

I'm pretty sure that BT wouldn't drop the price just because someone else had dug a trench for them I'm afraid. Sorry I couldn't help but this is beyond my experience.

lee111s

Stegabyte wrote: »

I suppose I was hoping that someone on here could get me the ear of those that do the infrastructure for broadband, so that I could understand and perhaps find out if it is viable to undertake some of the work myself, (such as digging trenches or laying the cables etc), to help lower the costs. I still find it absurd that a survey costs £2500 - without anyone else to provide competition, its hardly a fair quote? Its 2.54Km from the nearest Fibre cabinet or 3Km from the next one, (which is in the next village alone and would be simple to connect to with minimum disruption/work, (entirely country lanes, just one bridge to get from A to .

Thanks for all your comments - its been informative.

Running a new part of the network is bespoke to each individual scenario. It's not always as simple as tagging a bit on to the end of the nearest bit of fibre.

If a new node is needed to be ran from an exchange it could well involve 10km of fibre through more than just fields and country roads. This is why a FULL survey is required and the costs involved are high.

Specialist time costs a lot of money.

kwikbreaks

It is indeed possible to DIY - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37974267

It would still cost a lot more than just moving house of course.

Sorry if you dign't like my earlier comments but this really is an issue of your own making and there is no cheap and easy way around it. If you desperately need connectivity for work and know that 4G works then that is likely to be the best solution although satellite broadband remains a possibility too.

AndyPK

Stegabyte wrote: »

To 'try' it would involve commiting to a 24 month contract costing £57 per month...

What costs £57 a month ? with a 24 month contract ?

bsod

Happytosave wrote: »

We have pretty poor broadband speed in our area (4-7mb).

what (if any) problem does that cause you, it's enough for two simultaneous iplayer streams and some browsing on top

[Deleted User]

Similar here... Unlimited 6Mbps ADSL.


Fortunately a superfast community BB scheme started recently which is wireless with a 100GB cap for my plan.


So I combine both links through a TP-Link load balancing router and have rules setup as to what devices use what link to keep within the cap.


At some point the ADSL will be scrapped but still under 18 month PN contract.


I consider us to be heavy users consuming ~200GB/Month.


Nothing to stop you doing similar with 3G/4G.


EE even gave away 100GB free data over Xmas too. And for the last couple of years they have done 12 month 50GB/£25 data plans at certain times of the year so worth watching out for...


More hassle but as you work in IT like me it's a doddle and a bit of fun too


PS we moved rural before the internet became all consuming...

littletimeleft

@Stegabyte

Do you know what amount of data you actually need?

Have a look at my other thread

The cost of 200GB per month utilising the services referred to in the post would be exactly £100 per month on a twelve month contract - ie 5 x £20 per month. (I believe 30 day contracts are also available at slightly higher cost.)

Some of this cost could be recouped from other expenses depending on what your current costs are for your landline/s and other mobiles.