Installation on 16th. How will they get to where it's needed?
Hi all, I live in an area that's just gone live with Nexfibre's network after the dig work was done back in March and I'm due to have Virgin installed on the 16th. My question is, how will they get the fibre to where I need it? It's a 60s built mid terraced house in a new town. It's of the radburn layout meaning the living areas are at the back of the house. The large window on the right is my kitchen and you can just about make out the Toby box in front if the bins which has two feeds, one for me and one for a neighbour. Ideally, I need the service installing in my living room as that large window above the bins is where my kitchen sink is. The living room is actually the small slit window to the left. The window is on the stairs with the living room behind it and ideally, I want the kit installing to the far rear corner of the living room which is where my TV, existing network stuff (including Openreach master socket) is located. Just under the streetlight is the edge of my house on that side and that's where the existing phone cable comes in, underground. There isn't an access point on the outside so I know a hole will need drilling. The metal panel under the streetlight is for the light itself and the little letterbox thing to the side of it is an old electricity meter spyhole for reading the meter. The electric meter is behind it, albeit in a small cupboard. As you can see, the toby is about a yard or so from my wall. I don't have any private area to the front of my house. Step out the door and you're in a public courtyard. Thoughts?
Make home FTTP Ready?
I am in Cambridge and my current broadband and phone connection is by a figure-of-8 cable with separate coax and telephone wires. These enter next to the front door and are connected to an equipment cupboard on the first floor where the Hub and phone socket are located. Work is planned to upgrade my electrical system to 100A fuse and a new Consumer Unit which will require passing through the front wall. This might be an ideal opportunity to make my home FTTP Ready. Is there anything that I could specify to make the process easier once FTTP becomes available? What would be required to connect the Virgin Media Box which would be attached to the outside of the house to the location of the existing hub?
