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[Shrek]

Just went to move my bins back and noticed a lot of BT vans out side so i asked the BT Guy are fitting full fibre to my amazement he said yes, i can't wait. he said about 2 months time .

 

[Gray]

City Fibre spent £30 million transforming my town (now City) into 'one of the best digitally connected areas on the planet'.
(Made it one of the worst disrupted areas on the planet).

I think they've given up trying to sign me up for full fibre.....I can wait.

 

[Dave_]

I think they've given up trying to sign me up for full fibre.....I can wait.

CityFibre wouldn't sell you broadband anyway 😉

They're a wholesale network builder/operator.

They leave tselling to their numerous retail partners

 

[davidf]

One thing I've noticed is that when they run the cable down your wall, once they get about half way down, it is then secured to your drainpipe. As I was told it's a repair bill of £200 if you break your fragile fibre cable, I think this is an accident waiting to happen - if your water pipes come away from the wall for any reason, bang, £200. Ask them to secure it to the wall all the way down. I told them to change mine as I didn't think it was acceptable.

 

[Dave_]

One thing I've noticed is that when they run the cable down your wall, once they get about half way down, it is then secured to your drainpipe.

By "they" you mean the installer that did your particular installation.

Whilst it's fairly common within the industry* it's certainly not standard practice.

*Usually just lazy installers, or subbies that are paid per install looking for short cuts.

 

[Shrek]

By "they" you mean the installer that did your particular installation.

Whilst it's fairly common within the industry* it's certainly not standard practice.

*Usually just lazy installers, or subbies that are paid per install looking for short cuts.

i wouldn't accept that still waiting for them to come back then i will look at what options i have other than BT full cable.

 

[davidf]

By "they" you mean the installer that did your particular installation.

Whilst it's fairly common within the industry* it's certainly not standard practice.

*Usually just lazy installers, or subbies that are paid per install looking for short cuts.

It's the same at the work premises too. Seems standard.

 

[Gray]

CityFibre wouldn't sell you broadband anyway 😉

They're a wholesale network builder/operator.

They leave tselling to their numerous retail partners

Yeah, them and Vodafone put up the infrastructure funds, Vodafone are the ones that have bombarded me with 'you don't know what you're missing' messages.
(I'm currently missing the chance to pay them around £28 per month more than I pay for my tethered SIM - which, ironically, is on the Vodafone network).

 

[Shrek]

Yay finally its coming 🎉🎉🎉 just had a email from them

 

[Shrek]

I just spoke with EE regarding the new full fibre ,they have agreed to cancel a current contract i have with them.The contract has a full year left on it at first they said no he went and spoke with a manager who said yes has long has i take out a new fibre contract .

They are installing full fibre 2nd of March Happy days .

 

[giggsy1977]

I just spoke with EE regarding the new full fibre ,they have agreed to cancel a current contract i have with them.The contract has a full year left on it at first they said no he went and spoke with a manager who said yes has long has i take out a new fibre contract .

They are installing full fibre 2nd of March Happy days .

Much speed increase?!

 

[Shrek]

Much speed increase?!

Over the years i had a lot of speed and connection issues with Fibre from cabinet was told i would get max 25MBPS lucky if i got 12 let alone the drop outs.So i gave up with that and have been using a 4G router that has been reliable with about 50MBPS on average.

The new plan had various choices of speed i chose 150MBPS wich should be than enough and future proof and more reliable and consistent for TV & gaming.

 

[davidf]

Still waiting for fibre at home after receiving a flyer through the door saying "available in your area now". Ordered it mid July last year...

 

[Shrek]

Still waiting for fibre at home after receiving a flyer through the door saying "available in your area now". Ordered it mid July last year...

from who what provider ?

 

[Al ears]

Still waiting for fibre at home after receiving a flyer through the door saying "available in your area now". Ordered it mid July last year...

That's appalling service, try a different provider?
Mine was in two weeks after I learnt fibre to the house was available.

 

[Shrek]

BT have confirmed my install date and new router is waiting for despatch .

 

[DougK1]

Had Gigaclear, Virgin, and BT digging up the pavements three times in as many years to lay fibre. Giga and BT both managed to sever the line to my house. I'm currently getting 70mbps down my copper cable with NOWbroadband, including landline. Can't see the point of fibre for my needs yet.

 

[Jasonovich]

I'm full fibre gigabyte snob, I'm getting 1.3 gb per second from Virgin Media, actual speeds around 900mb to 1gb.
I'm hoping for a little more competition in our area, so Virgin can give me a better deal.
Let me just mention this, you don't need this much broadband to enjoy 4K streaming but the more you have, the less compression you get and this makes a big difference in quality if you view a lot of 4k television or movie watching.

I keep checking the availability from Hyperoptic, it seems they're not really keen to venture into Central Bedfordshire. That's a shame.

 

[Shrek]

Had Gigaclear, Virgin, and BT digging up the pavements three times in as many years to lay fibre. Giga and BT both managed to sever the line to my house. I'm currently getting 70mbps down my copper cable with NOWbroadband, including landline. Can't see the point of fibre for my needs yet.

70 mbps is very good for copper you must be very close to the cabinet mine is about a mile & half away.the new cables are under ground .I Saw them feeding the cables through at diffrent points.

 

[Shrek]

I'm full fibre gigabyte snob, I'm getting 1.3 gb per second from Virgin Media, actual speeds around 900mb to 1gb.
I'm hoping for a little more competition in our area, so Virgin can give me a better deal.
Let me just mention this, you don't need this much broadband to enjoy 4K streaming but the more you have, the less compression you get and this makes a big difference in quality if you view a lot of 4k television or movie watching.

I keep checking the availability from Hyperoptic, it seems they're not really keen to venture into Central Bedfordshire. That's a shame.

Also a headphone SNOB 🤪

 

[Jasonovich]

Also a headphone SNOB 🤪

Yep.....so love my HE1000 V2......ha ha ha 😎

 

[Dave_]

Let me just mention this, you don't need this much broadband to enjoy 4K streaming but the more you have, the less compression you get and this makes a big difference in quality if you view a lot of 4k television or movie watching.

Doesn't matter how many times he says this doesn't make it anymore accurate.

Because audiophiles... Let's be absolutely clear!

Yes, video streaming services are 'adaptive' i.e they use different amounts of compression/quality based on the network speeds/conditions at any given time, but all of them have an upper limit for streaming in UHD/HDR.

So unless you have a house full all wanting to stream in UHD/HDR simultaneously then even Doug's modest VDSL connection is capable of delivering a couple of UHD streams at max quality without breaking a sweat.

 

[Gray]

I'm currently getting 70mbps down my copper cable with NOWbroadband, including landline. Can't see the point of fibre for my needs yet.

I've had well below 10 down a copper line for a decade, which has covered my needs.
I'm getting more now, via Vodaphone SIM tethering - no performance benefit noticed (or required).....the benefit is financial.

 

[Dave_]

Had Gigaclear, Virgin, and BT digging up the pavements three times in as many years to lay fibre.

In what order?

Gigaclear and VM both use Openreach's PIA (Passive Infrastructure Access) offering, i.e they pay them for access to their duct and pole infrastructure where possible because it's cheaper, quicker and less disruptive than doing their own civils.

 

[DougK1]

In what order?

Gigaclear and VM both use Openreach's PIA (Passive Infrastructure Access) offering, i.e they pay them for access to their duct and pole infrastructure where possible because it's cheaper, quicker and less disruptive than doing their own civils.

Gigaclear 2023, Virgin 2024, BT 2025, all digging the same trenches in the pavement 🙂