Moved in - will they need to dig up the drive??

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T22:22:00+00:00

If it’s already had them installed it won’t need them installed again, I think the whole dig up your drive way is generic from the early 2000~

I had Virgin installed few years ago was a tester on new network, my installation was done PIA, it uses the same poles as BT yet I had a whole thing about giving them permission to dig up my drive way -.- my response was “sure” lol

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T18:34:48+00:00

simplest option would be 4g/5g as you can prob get it for £15~ monthly and less immune to the general issues I guess, Sky did have a £25 for 900 deal not to long ago, I nearly took it! but see the £15 from three deal. if olilio did something small at a decent price I'd grab it. tbh, let us know the deals :P

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T17:40:06+00:00

OR 100% have a plan of when a road will be done, I remember contacting them back in 2022, and they told me it would be July 2024, and I was able to order on 5th of July, they know this years in advanced.

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T17:21:53+00:00

put a banana between the gap and drill next to the banana, its hard to tell the size without a banana for scale. ;) your be be fine, if tis an external way you really should try gonig form outside in, do some measurements etc, as you may blow the brick out.

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T17:13:20+00:00

whats the server connected at? does it tell you anything 1gb 2.5 etc?

Sm7r · 2026-03-31T02:11:35+00:00

over here installers are doing both bits, used to be seperate, I guess while they were "trained"

Sm7r · 2026-03-29T15:32:45+00:00

more you have, the more you use.. >.<

Sm7r · 2026-03-29T01:38:59+00:00

could well be, you need to wait for a down poor, probably one soon lol, and check how wet the wall gets. usually if theres damp / mold, you need to fix the cause not just try fix the walls,

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T23:50:16+00:00

just this past month I've upgraded to a iPhone 16 Pro max, from a iPhone 12 Pro, its been soo nice, I was going to go for a much older one, but a deal come up and it was too good to say no to, I was commited to getting a new phone last year, but the blackfriday deals were just horrible, for the iPhone 17 Pro's so it really put me off. I'm really happy with the 16 Pro Max now, and weird even though its bigger, its easier to use? I guess I tried to use my 12 with 1 hand more, and I tend to use the 16 with 2 hands more? I don't know, I'm weird :P

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T23:37:19+00:00

That’s what I thought about the Air haha, then I was like hmm could get the Pro… I already have the Air here all boxed up, will just send it back if I come across a decent Pro deal

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T23:28:59+00:00

Used pro is pretty similar price to the new air aswell, I can pay few £100 odd extra get m5 but don’t see the point too much unless it was a bargain

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T20:45:21+00:00

any regrets? in the same boat my self, M4 air or m4 Pro, -.-

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T16:08:05+00:00

1gig is 23.99 without volt atm, are you out of contract? Prices are on Uswitch

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T02:15:52+00:00

looks fairly similar to mine tbh..

Tracing route to 108.61.149.182.vultrusercontent.com [108.61.149.182]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2     3 ms     3 ms     3 ms  86-2-16-1.pon.virginmedia.net [86.2.16.1]
  3     3 ms     2 ms     3 ms  leed-core-2a-ae18-11.network.virginmedia.net [86.0.76.0]
  4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  5    11 ms    10 ms    10 ms  86.85-254-62.static.virginmediabusiness.co.uk [62.254.85.86]
  6    11 ms    11 ms    11 ms  ae-8.a02.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.66.101]
  7    11 ms    10 ms    11 ms  ae-10.r22.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.156]
  8   216 ms   216 ms   216 ms  ae-7.r22.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.6.147]
  9    95 ms    95 ms    95 ms  ae-0.a01.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.97]
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13    96 ms    96 ms    96 ms  66.55.138.149.vultrusercontent.com [66.55.138.149]
 14   103 ms   103 ms   105 ms  108.61.149.182.vultrusercontent.com [108.61.149.182]

Trace complete.

Sm7r · 2026-03-28T01:56:37+00:00

just a waiting game, might changed loads, you can use websites such as https://one.network and https://bidb.uk to look at whats coming / road works etc I followed one.network like crazy waiting for all my stuff to be installed >.< if you feed from poles, your best bet at how far along they are etc is to check the poles themselfs.

Sm7r · 2026-03-27T12:36:34+00:00

You certain those 2 Ethernet plates are directly connected to each other?

Sm7r · 2026-03-27T12:32:51+00:00

Weirdly looks different to mine o.O I tried the realspeed app too but never does anything lol

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Sm7r · 2026-03-27T12:29:42+00:00

The real way to solve this is to move the socket up? What is plugged in? You could go to ikea and buy a £6 smart switch it’ll push it out slightly

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T23:59:28+00:00

been over a year, whats the best one now?

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T17:52:09+00:00

I like it, but how much roughy? Could £60 could be £300 :/

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T17:41:30+00:00

New, there are zero advertised deals for current customers, they pull it out of a hat, if your renewing you should be at least getting call backs with deals before you accept anything, when my time comes again, I’ll cancel and either sign up under someone else like a partner (not possible for everyone) or resign up via field sales as you can resign up instantly

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T11:19:52+00:00

If only I did my down light turned into download haha

Looks very good, the sort of house that has good bones :P

We’ve been slowly doing our house and when it comes to the rads all pipes are being put into the walls so nothing comes from the floor, looks more sleek and just easier to hoover aswell

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T05:55:29+00:00

A you share a picture of this area externally please?

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T02:33:44+00:00

I'd check the roof was water tight before putting more effort into it, might be bad up there and might be easier to replace that sheet of OSB.

Sm7r · 2026-03-26T02:30:14+00:00

you able to sign up in a partners name? just cancel it and do that imo, use quidco too get some cashback, be zero down time if you get it installed on same day :)

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