Moving into a new rental house

[123David]

Hello. Would somebody be able to interpret the attached from https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressFeatureProduct please? We are moving into a new rental house and are trying to decide what's best to do for broadband. The house has been unoccupied for a year and the previous tenant was an elderly lady, so I can't imagine that much is set up already.

In our old flat, we have been with Vodafone. It's part-fibre, and various speed checks tell me we get 6mbps upload and 4mbps download on a good day. It's enough to watch Netflix and use Zoom, which is all we really use it for. We don't need a landline. I assume something like Sky's Full Fibre 75 would work for us in the new place?

I'm hoping the attached image gives information whether that sounds possible and whether much installation work would be needed (and whether that tends to take long--I assume it's an Openreach thing). Thank you!

[cookiemonsteruk]

@123David 

Full fibre fttp is available in 100,150,300,500 Mbps and 1Gbps via an overhead feed, no anticipated issues

I would reckon 12 days between order and activation

[Daniel0210]

@123David 

And all depends on your landlord allowing the installation. 

[cookiemonsteruk]

@123David 

Further to @Daniel0210 post if the landlord finds out just say it will add to the value of the house

[TimmyBGood]

@123David 

You'd need permission for a new cable down an external wall, a new external enclosure on a wall, a cable hole through an external wall, and an internal wall mounted box.

[123David]

Thank you. Presumably this would be true of any broadband we went with?

[123David]

Thanks for this. Sky have a Full Fibre 75. Do you mean that it wouldn't be available at my property, so I'd have to go for 100?

[TimmyBGood]

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@123David wrote:

Presumably this would be true of any broadband we went with?

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Yes: where FTTP infrastructure is in the area, ISPs cannot order wholesale service over copper.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@123David 

Full fibre 80Mbps would also be available just at the minute (my own experience) priced more than 100Mbps.  

[TimmyBGood]

@cookiemonsteruk 

I suspect that only exists to provide like-for-like migration where residents really don't want to know anything about the technicalities.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@TimmyBGood 

Methinks strategic ploy to gradually move people to higher speeds.  But £35 (normally £38 pm) for 100Mbps instead of £43 for 80pMbps was a deal clincher

[123David]

@TimmyBGood Sorry, I think I get your point, but I don't quite understand the details. When you say that 'ISPs cannot order wholesale service over copper', do you mean that in the modern age an ISP has to install fibre direct to the property?

[TimmyBGood]

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@123David wrote:

do you mean that in the modern age an ISP has to install fibre direct to the property?

Not the ISP: it's the sixteen billion pound Openreach project to replace the aged national copper network with something from this century.  In almost all circumstances a fibre circuit will be installed wherever that's possible, to work towards the December 2026 target.

[GD1]

@123David  Your other thread has been removed as you already have this one running and could add the question to this related thread.

@123David wrote:

I am moving into a new house, but our lease is only for 12 months. I want to sign up with Sky broadband, but it's a 24 month contract. If we moved next year, could we a) take Sky with us (assuming it's available, but since it's Openreach, I guess most places are likely to have it)? and b) would it matter if we were moving to a part-fibre area from a full-fibre area? Would our plan just be changed (and would maybe be cheaper)?

[123David]

@GD1 My duplicate thread concerned a different topic regarding contract lengths, so I thought it would be more helpful for the community to have a different topic in a different thread! Thanks though