[HLUG] Broadband cable connection

[Julian Robbins]

Hi Roy

Very interesting. ..

The open reach engineer I spoke to when they did my fttc install alluded to
something sounding very similar in that the fibre cables 'could be blown
across the road' to enable this at a later time.

Ie that they had also installed fibre from the cabint down the main road
that can be sent over the road to the houses if time and cost allows in the
future. But open reach website doesn't say ftth is available though in
Shobdon ...

Julian

On 12 Jan 2017 08:02, "Roy Meddings via Herefordshire" <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We found here that if there was sufficient demand from the villagers then
> open reach make an effort. They put fibre to a connection box in the
> village and later put fibre along the poles to boxes. Some time after,
> approx. 2-3 weeks, might have been a bit longer, BT informed those of us
> that had applied and had confirmation of the orders, that a connection
> would be made to the premises, would we establish where the connection box
> was to be placed - it had to be somewhere where a man had his feet on the'
> ground 'when connecting to the router - we found out. About a fortnight
> later, an appointment was made to connect up to inside. It appears at the
> moment, a connection can only be made here for B B and NOT tel. as well.
> So, I ended up with Copper to Tel. which existed, and fibre to B B router.
>
> I was very fortunate, in as much that the poles to the premises, existing
> ,were downgraded, so fibre went underground but copper stays on poles.
> Hope this helps,
>
> Roy
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