topic Re: Full Fibre Outside work before engineer visits - will my broadband still work? in Broadband

Full Fibre Outside work before engineer visits - will my broadband still work?

IdiotLantern — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:45:46 GMT

This may sound like a daft question but because Openreach sent my consent form to Junk Mail I was late responding and so therefore my outside work is being completed on 31/1/25 and the next available appointment for the Engineer to finish the job inside is 4 weeks later on 28/2/25. Will I still have a connection in the meantime to my usual fibre because I rely completely on the internet and don't have a TV Ariel.

Thank you in advance

Re: Full Fibre Outside work before engineer visits - will my broadband still work?

TimmyBGood — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:51:40 GMT

@IdiotLantern wrote:

Will I still have a connection in the meantime to my usual fibre because I rely completely on the internet and don't have a TV Ariel.

In theory, yes, as long as an installer doesn't do anything ridiculous like cutting an active copper cable to use it as a pull-cord for optical fibre.

However, accidental damage can (and sometimes does) happen.

Re: Full Fibre Outside work before engineer visits - will my broadband still work?

IdiotLantern — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:06:18 GMT

Thank you so much for your quick reply - hopefully it'll be ok then