Virgin Media Installation - Broadband

Altior

Ayr_Rage said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Since this is a newish build wouldn't the Openreach FTTP install be able to follow the ducting of the existing copper supply from the kerb to the first floor dwelling? 

I wouldn't be banking on a 14 year old property having a phone cable being in any sort of ducting internally.

This is outside of my wheelhouse, I am financial rather than technical or engineering. Though pretty good at financial engineering!

There are no visible wires, cables or pipes on the inside of the property at all. Just four active phone line sockets, three in the living room and one in the bedroom (all first floor). 

Edited to write that there is no visible way of seeing how the phone line enters the property, let alone gets upstairs. I assume this is running behind the plasterboards.

dnpark38

Ayr_Rage said:

You will be moved to full fibre eventually as will the majority of us, so you'll need a new cable and hole in your wall from somebody.

Yes we all  go full fibre who are on Open Reach now. 
 OR removed my copper wires then installed a fibre exactly where the copper had been inside and outside the house, so new holes drilled. From the outside to the inside it enters below floor board level and comes up through old hole in floor board opposite of my hall.

dnpark38

Ayr_Rage said:

I wouldn't be banking on a 14 year old property having a phone cable being in any sort of ducting internally.

My property and trunking under the pavement go back to 1962, I'm the original owner, over the past years electric, gas, water have all been replaced or repaired and when I've looked down the trunking for OR was in a right state with the telephone wire being visible.  When 2 years ago and OP putting the fibre through it came through the ground Ok to my pole.  I was very surprised.

Altior

As Virgin offered a pre-installation engineer visit, I made the go live date the end of December. In my mind I could then always pull out if the installation was going to be too invasive, after discussing with the engineer, and stick with NOW. But I have lost confidence in getting the type of pre-installation discussion that looked like was on the table, before pulling the trigger.