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Discussion topic: Installing full fibre optic cable to my house

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This message was authored by: SteveSeaMeadow

Installing full fibre optic cable to my house

I live down a short lane that is private. I presently have copper cable going overhead to my house from a fibre hub on the main road. I would like full fibre optic cable to my house. My two neighbours down this track might like it too. How do I begin to enguage someone to install that please?   

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This message was authored by: JimM1

Re: Installing full fibre optic cable to my house

@SteveSeaMeadow Are you not prepared to wait for the roleout off fibre if it is coming to your location? Check if/what you can get from sky! The link is below!

 

What’s Full Fibre broadband? | Sky Help | Sky.com | Sky Help | Sky.com

 

 

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Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply. I can indeed wait but was unsure if Openreach would install down our track as its marked as 'Private'.  Do you think they would install a fibre optic cable to replace the copper wire (old telephone wire) going from hub to pole to our house? The Openreach website says are meant to be doing something in our street this year but not sure if that is from hub, along the public road, to individual houses. The fact that we have this darn Private track thing may complicate things....hence my question.  

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Re: Installing full fibre optic cable to my house

@SteveSeaMeadow Are you connected by cable off a pole currently? Run the checker and use the address, the sky one is above in another post!

 

BT Broadband

 

See the pictures below when they get cleared for viewing my cable connection!

 

Pole with LHS OR, RHS VM and middle copperPole with LHS OR, RHS VM and middle copperCables LHS Fibre, RHS the old copper but it is redundant now!Cables LHS Fibre, RHS the old copper but it is redundant now!

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Re: Installing full fibre optic cable to my house

Hi Jim,

Yes, we are each currently connected by copper cable from a pole (on the main street)  that is why we have been told that the maximum download broadband speed we can get if 55MBs. If we had fibre as you know, we could get speeds of hundreds of MBs. Will check those links. 

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