Installing cable from pavement to house

[Banderwick]

Hi newbie here, can someone tell me do installers dig up brick driveways to install cable? Also there is an old eurobell cable connection at house, does anyone know if they would have used trunking to install cable or would it just have been placed in ground?

Many thanks 

[goslow]

The installers (who are usually third party sub-contractors) will take the quickest/easiest route to get from the pavement to your home. Going across soft ground (such as a lawn) or clipping cable to a wall/fence is more probable than digging up concrete or pavers, if they can do so. The quality of their work can leave a lot to be desired, as evidenced in some topics on here. If you have a cable installation date you may wish to be around to supervise what they get up to (although there is no guarantee they will show up as scheduled). They may turn up at any time.

Eurobell was a predecessor of VM. Is there something wrong with the Eurobell cable and it can't be used and needs renewing? Installation standards have varied a lot over time. The existing cable may or may not have conduit.

[Banderwick]

Many thanks for help. Eurobell is coaxial which I'm told is no longer used. New installation will be fiber as its FFTP

[nodrogd · Accepted solution]

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@Banderwick wrote:

Many thanks for help. Eurobell is coaxial which I'm told is no longer used. New installation will be fiber as its FFTP

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If you have coax coming in now that is what will be used. Even in areas where VM have recently installed fibre, which are all previously unserved areas, the fibre converts to coax on the front wall. If it didn't VM would not be able to offer full TV services. Coaxial cables can deliver up to 10Gb download speeds without modification. The new upgrades to XGS-PON full fibre in trial areas are only offering Broadband services with a Stream box add-on for TV.

[Roger_Gooner]

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@Banderwick wrote:

Many thanks for help. Eurobell is coaxial which I'm told is no longer used. New installation will be fiber as its FFTP

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Coaxial is still in use and will not be fully replaced by fibre until about 2040. If you have a coaxial cable coming into your home it will be used, and if it needs to be replaced due to a fault the replacement will be another coaxial cable.

[Banderwick]

I see, many thanks