What are these wires by my front door?

homeless9

Hi, I am buying a new build, don't own it quite yet. Does anyone know what this wire is to the left of the front door and why they are loose? Should they be like this? are they there in order for something like broadband to be installed? or is this something I should get the builder to fix up?

daivid

My guess is that wire will be cut down and covered up by a small plastic box on the wall at which openreach will connect up a phone line if you choose to have a phone/broadband connection installed. The internal end of the wire will connect to a phone socket in the hall(/front room...).

homeless9

daivid said:

My guess is that wire will be cut down and covered up by a small plastic box on the wall at which openreach will connect up a phone line if you choose to have a phone/broadband connection installed. The internal end of the wire will connect to a phone socket in the hall(/front room...).

Thanks, that's good to know.

TELLIT01

Why haven't you asked the developer?  Presumably there is still contact with them during CV lockdown.

homeless9

TELLIT01 said:

Why haven't you asked the developer?  Presumably there is still contact with them during CV lockdown.

I did mention something about a wire hanging out at the front to the estate agent by email, but got no reply.

So do you know what this is and if it should be wired up to something?

Hasbeen

homeless9 said:

TELLIT01 said:

Why haven't you asked the developer?  Presumably there is still contact with them during CV lockdown.

I did mention something about a wire hanging out at the front to the estate agent by email, but got no reply.

So do you know what this is and if it should be wired up to something?

So you have not asked the developer, and you think the estate agent will know??

You have obviously been to property to take a photo? So look at the properties that developer has already finished and being lived in and see what it looks like/is?

And then post another photo.

homeless9

Hasbeen said:

homeless9 said:

TELLIT01 said:

Why haven't you asked the developer?  Presumably there is still contact with them during CV lockdown.

I did mention something about a wire hanging out at the front to the estate agent by email, but got no reply.

So do you know what this is and if it should be wired up to something?

So you have not asked the developer, and you think the estate agent will know??

You have obviously been to property to take a photo? So look at the properties that developer has already finished and being lived in and see what it looks like/is?

And then post another photo.

ok.....

1. The estate agent has contact with the developer.

2. The developer is small, they don't even have a website. It's not Belway Homes, Persimmon, or any other large developer.

3. This house is finished. The next door house is finished and is the same, the remaining 2 have been moved into, but one house was too far away for me to see if they had had anything done and the other had some garden ornament in the way of where these wires would be.

4. It's the weekend. I will try to get hold of the developer again next week either via the estate agent or my solicitor to try to get the questions answered.

5. As far as I currently understand things....I need Openreach to come out and install something and then need a Broadband service provider to come out and do the rest. Meanwhile I use cell tower internet via a cell phone or usb dongle.

6. Here is a better photo:

troffasky

I'm going with phone cable because of the ducts in the ground - the developer has given Openreach [and possibly even Virgin Media] something to pull their cable through. I can't quite tell what that cable is in your hand, it looks like cat5, a bit thicker than a normal internal phone cable, but it will work fine.

You won't deal with Openreach, you will go to a retail ISP who will then get Openreach to visit site and connect you up, and in the mean time the ISP will ship you something to plug in once Openreach have done their bit.

homeless9

troffasky said:

I'm going with phone cable because of the ducts in the ground - the developer has given Openreach [and possibly even Virgin Media] something to pull their cable through. I can't quite tell what that cable is in your hand, it looks like cat5, a bit thicker than a normal internal phone cable, but it will work fine.

You won't deal with Openreach, you will go to a retail ISP who will then get Openreach to visit site and connect you up, and in the mean time the ISP will ship you something to plug in once Openreach have done their bit.

Awesome. Thanks for this.

bengalknights

That looks like the cabling they use for FTTP