New build connections

[emryan]

I've been told by my new build company we have to go through a third party to be connected to sky has anyone else had this?

[TimmyBGood]

@emryan 

That's unusual, but not unknown.  Unfortunately it's yet another way of developers leveraging ongoing income by taking a percentage of the  payment.

[Kevin-7248]

@emryan In the new build, do you have a BT ONT box in a cupboard near the electrics? 

[emryan]

We have not moved in yet, but have been told the fibre connection to the house has to be connected by one of 2 companies and then they will handle the sky contract

[TimmyBGood]

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@emryan wrote:

the fibre connection to the house has to be connected by one of 2 companies and then they will handle the sky contract

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That would be where those companies subsidised the optical installation.  Be aware that they may not have Sky on their list of available ISPs though.

[Kevin-7248]

@emryan You see, I asked because we moved into a new build home and both virgin and openreach were installed right to the property - hence FTTP. 

Openreach popped in their ONT box and virgin left about 3/4 cables in the cupboard for when their engineer comes and connects it up properly. (For which I will never go with virgin media, so it can be left as is.) Just my 2 cents.

However, the developer should be so inclined to have openreach install this in the development to ALL houses in the first place as a prerequisite of development facilities planning - i.e. Gas, water, internet, sewage, etc.