BT Open reach outside

[jjbomber]

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.

I'm on 1.13gb from VM. Currently pay £23 per month. I get 1156mb on testing.

 

[Jasonovich]

I'm on 1.13gb from VM. Currently pay £23 per month. I get 1156mb on testing.

Are you a new customer?
Shitty, I'm getting double the charge!
I hate VM!

 

[jjbomber]

Are you a new customer?
Shitty, I'm getting double the charge!
I hate VM!

No, but they made a mistake at renewal. It is supposed to be £30 a month fixed for 2 years, but the system wouldn't register it. So it's £23 until May, £26.50 until May 2027 and then just 2 months at the correct price of £30 from May until July 2027. So only 2 months of the 24 will be at the correct price.

 

[Jasonovich]

No, but they made a mistake at renewal. It is supposed to be £30 a month fixed for 2 years, but the system wouldn't register it. So it's £23 until May, £26.50 until May 2027 and then just 2 months at the correct price of £30 from May until July 2027. So only 2 months of the 24 will be at the correct price.

That's a brilliant deal.
I need to speak to VM, they're charging me too much.
Thanks 🙂

 

[davidf]

from who what provider ?

BT/EE

 

[davidf]

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

I'm into BT phone/broadband at work and home, and EE for mobile. A bit too far into them, but I guess the threat of losing all that might amount to something. I doubt it though.

 

[jjbomber]

That's a brilliant deal.
I need to speak to VM, they're charging me too much.
Thanks 🙂

I have to take O2 as part of the Volt deal as well, but that's only £6 a month for 10gb.

 

[Shrek]

Big day tomorrow BT should be here for 8am .Curious to know how they will feed the cable in the underground duct to my house and from how far away.
hope it all goes well then be chaning the passwords and connecting the the hive ,doorbell, streamer and so on .

 

[Dave_]

Big day tomorrow BT should be here for 8am .Curious to know how they will feed the cable in the underground duct to my house and from how far away.

The duct will go to a nearby joint/footway box., which will house the CBT (Connectorised Block Terminal) that they'll connect your fibre feed to.

They'll usually either use the old copper as a draw rope, or rod it.

Occasionally they'll turn up before the installation day and rod the duct to check it isn't blocked or collapsed and then pull a draw rope in.

hope it all goes well then be chaning the passwords and connecting the the hive ,doorbell, streamer and so on .

Easier to just change the SSID and password of your new router to that of your of existing router.

 

[Shrek]

The duct will go to a nearby joint/footway box., which will house the CBT (Connectorised Block Terminal) that they'll connect your fibre feed to.

They'll usually either use the old copper as a draw rope, or rod it.

Occasionally they'll turn up before the installation day and rod the duct to check it isn't blocked or collapsed and then pull a draw rope in.



Easier to just change the SSID and password of your new router to that of your of existing router.

The new EE router works from there App not sure the level of access i have via the App compared to a router page itself.I read somewhere you cant even change the name not sure if thats true .But thanks good shout.