NTL Installation - Digging Up The Road Costs?

VSPNET · 20-07-2006, 16:11

Me and my partner want my NTL account to be transfered to our new address but NTL have said NTL is availble in this area but our sstreet isnt cabled. So they quoted ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£229 for them to dig up our road and install the cabling to the property. Is this correct?

MovedGoalPosts · 20-07-2006, 16:12

Strikes me as being very cheap.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 20-07-2006, 18:28

is you house on an unadopted road? if so there may be cable up to the unadopted section and theyre quoting for the last little bit

kronas · 20-07-2006, 18:29

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Originally Posted by Rob C

Strikes me as being very cheap.

i remember a quote on here where someone was being charged thousands, proberbly to install a cab though...

what are the services you require from NTL ?

Graham M · 20-07-2006, 20:42

Sounds very reasonable for the manual labour involved

punky · 21-07-2006, 13:12

Depends on how much needs to be dug up. Also it depends on the services wants. If the person wants all 3 (4?) services for a year, they'll charge less for installation than if he just wanted the select pack.

VSPNET · 23-07-2006, 11:00

We are looking into transfering my NTL 10mb Broadband service over ot this property. They said on the phone that they will be needing to dig up and lay cable down the whole street. If this is a NTL service area shouldnt they be paying for this not us???

MovedGoalPosts · 23-07-2006, 11:27

There doesn't seem to be any complusion on the cable co's to extend their infrastructure anymore. That's despite them having franchises that were supposed to mean the country got cable

Shaun · 23-07-2006, 12:57

They should be forced to add so many extra miles of cable (resi not dark or backbone) each year. Saying that IMO they should be allowed to put the cable up from existing BT poles where they exist rather than dig the road up.

georgepomone · 23-07-2006, 14:55

Hi All,
like wise they could have had Local Microwave links to their distribution points in the same way that Telephone company was started. Sadly that came to nought.With the costs that would be involved now I wonder if Cable will ever expand to more than now.Look at how many companies were involved when it started.For most of them they took the money and ran when it was offered.
Still who knows what the future will bring.
Regards, George.

kronas · 23-07-2006, 15:20

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Originally Posted by VSPNET

We are looking into transfering my NTL 10mb Broadband service over ot this property. They said on the phone that they will be needing to dig up and lay cable down the whole street. If this is a NTL service area shouldnt they be paying for this not us???

well its a reasonable price to pay, if you look at it, normally as has been said if you cannot get the service then tough luck as expansion of networks is no longer being done, its up to you though, if it was me i would pay, unless you can get a faster ADSL connection provided your close to an exchange ?

VSPNET · 23-07-2006, 17:10

I am happy to pay it but I cant see why I should when this area is specified as an NTL service area. This property is about 1 mile from my old house which I have the NTL boradband installed.

daggman · 23-07-2006, 17:44

Seems cheap to me ,hopefully u will get to know your new neighbours, and get some of them to sign up to ntl as well and maybe then ntl will do job for nothing or split the cost between you.

Red Robin · 25-07-2006, 12:53

Hi
I'll try to help a little, although be patient, as this is forum is new to me!
NTL don't have any money at the moment to expand the network in any way. This means any New housing Developments, new blocks of flats, or any extension to the network which means basically spending money is not possible, unless the costs are met. As far as I *know* this is the same country-wide, but definately the case for where you are, as this is the region which I know.
I suspect when the main network infrastructure was built, there was a reason why your house and road were not cabled. There isn't much value in working out why, because it won't make a difference now, but some examples are if the road had recently been resurfaced by the council then they may have stopped it being dug (called "highways embargo"), or if (as said before) it was a private road not public highway, etc, or perhaps your road was a new road off an existing one, and built after the rest of the network.
The only way that the network can be expanded at present, is if the costs are met somehow. In the case of New Developments that means the housing builder meets the costs, or in the case of one off properties like yours, it means the householder has to. Mean I know, but there simply isn't any money to be spent at the moment. It's most frustrating for people such as yourselves who are only a short distance off-net. If I'm being honest, I think the price you have been quoted is pretty cheap!! I suspect there probably isn't very far to be dug... a few meters tops?
I don't know if this has been of any help?

MovedGoalPosts · 25-07-2006, 12:56

to Cable Forum Red Robin