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Old 05-03-2007, 22:16   #4
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Re: Cable broadband installation

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Originally Posted by Halcyon View Post
Normally they will run a cable from the pavement to your house.
So they may run it under a few slabs or slightly take up your grass and lay it down again.

Basically if you are nice to the engineer (Tea, biscuits, bacon sandwhich), I'm sure they will listen to you and how you want the cable.

Tell them where you would like it to go and if it is possible they will run it over for you. It just depends on if it is possible. you will have to ask them on the day.

They then put a little box at the side of your house to connect the cable coming in from the street.
A second little box goes inside your house as a kind of junction box where they plug in the wires to your modem / TV box.
thnx man... very helpful & it has given me an insight into what to expect ^^

Hmmm hopefully they can chuck it over the roof...
I wonder if the engineer likes tea or coffee...

---------- Post added at 23:16 ---------- Previous post was at 23:14 ----------

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb View Post
I doubt they will take it over your roof the best you can ask for really will be for them to tac it to the outside wall . Your not mid terraced I hope?

Is that bad ^^

Yh i am... its our 2nd house... im using it for the next few months coz it's close to my uni ^^ then it'll go back onto being rented out... and the guys will have to use this connection... I have Be's 24 mb broadband out my proper house.. we live very close to an exchange and get speeds of around 15-20 mb.. 1000kbs+
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