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Originally Posted by APS
These is a difference between the work VM will need to do and what BT will need to do though. For VM they will normally need to dig up pavements/roads to lay a fibre and power to a new cabinet and copper to each house. In the case of BT all they often have to do is pull a fibre down an existing duct to an existing cabinet, and then change the kit inside that cabinet. The wires to the houses are already there.
Sometimes the work goes a little beyond this if there are limitations in the existing duct or cabinet, e.g. power and space. In that case the work is often limited to the cabinet or its surrounds. I have heard that if there are duct problems they just skip the upgrade on the specific cabinet and the customers it serves, at least in the short term, leaving groups of people with no upgrade!
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Sounds exactly right..Heres the reply i got from VM
Hi Stephen,
Thank you for your enquiry regarding Virgin Media providing digital
services at your home.
Unfortunately for us to make this area serviceable with digital services
would be too expensive and would cost more than our current budget
allows, so therefore cannot be considered to be upgraded by our infill
activity at this time.
As we find new ways of serving areas such as this that are outwith the
existing network, we will look at your request further and may be able
to include this in build programmes in future years. However at this
time, we will not be able to provide cable service to this area.
I appreciate this is not good news, but be assured our team will
continue to look for other solutions that may help us achieve this in
the future.
Best regards
The Cablemystreet Team