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Rimmer100 · 29-06-2009, 10:10

Yes I had just rang and the person on the phone had told me that their systems were down.

So an engineer came out today to have a look at my problem. Unfortunately he couldn't do anything about it. The coax run from the cabinet to my property has been done using the standard cable. As the service is being split for the V+ and Broadband this coupled with the long run means that the amount of signal drop is too much to compensate for with boosting the power etc. I now need to wait until 8th July for them to run a thicker gauge cable to the outside brown box which will hopefully solve the problem.

Looking at the weather forecast it is unlikely I will be having much internet or ondemand usage for the next week!

It does amuse me that Virgin bang on about their fibre optic network when the last 100s of meters are all in coax. I'm guessing that if they ran fibre to the houses it would solve a lot of issues with signal loss etc.

*Wanders off to dream about fibre to the house*

(Yes I know it would be expensive and the equipment cost would be ridiculous etc)

29-06-2009, 10:10	#21
Rimmer100 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crayford Services: 20mb, Phone, XL V+ Posts: 50	Re: Probable Overheating Street Cabinet Yes I had just rang and the person on the phone had told me that their systems were down. So an engineer came out today to have a look at my problem. Unfortunately he couldn't do anything about it. The coax run from the cabinet to my property has been done using the standard cable. As the service is being split for the V+ and Broadband this coupled with the long run means that the amount of signal drop is too much to compensate for with boosting the power etc. I now need to wait until 8th July for them to run a thicker gauge cable to the outside brown box which will hopefully solve the problem. Looking at the weather forecast it is unlikely I will be having much internet or ondemand usage for the next week! It does amuse me that Virgin bang on about their fibre optic network when the last 100s of meters are all in coax. I'm guessing that if they ran fibre to the houses it would solve a lot of issues with signal loss etc. Wanders off to dream about fibre to the house (Yes I know it would be expensive and the equipment cost would be ridiculous etc)