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Denisex
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5 months ago

Internet switch from sky to virgin

last year we moved into a rental place which had no running internet connection, we chose sky because virgin did not offer fibre yet around this area. they had to drill into this property to run a new connection after permission from our landlord. 

Now virgin does offer fibre which im very interested in since we game and i work from home. My question is if they can remove the connection from sky, and use the existing hole they drilled to fit their cable through. Since I'm unsure if I can ask if a hole can be drilled a second time. 

Thank you in advance 🙏🏼

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  • ade8182's avatar
    ade8182
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    5 months ago

    Hi Denise, I am a former virgin media engineer. You can use your existing hole to get virgin in. So no need for more drilling. 

  • Akua_A's avatar
    Akua_A
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    5 months ago

    Hi Denisex 

    Welcome to our community forums and thank you for your installation query. Was the advice given by ade8182 useful? Do you need any further help with this?

    Thanks,

    • Tommy342's avatar
      Tommy342
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      2 months ago

      I have a similar question. 
      Moving from Sky FTTP to Virgin 1GB. My house is back to front, as in the back of the house is near to the road and the route from the road to the front is all block paved!!

      there is ducting as I know Openreach traced the cable. 

      Will Virgin use the current FTTP or need to run a new cable? Which I pray can use the existing ducting