scaffolding pole or smaller

[DanielW]

As to BT resolving it this isnt the only fault. There is a fault at the exchange as well but after 25 visits - yes 25 - they still haven't managed!!!
I invested in TooWay satellite broadband. What a con that was. Totally unlimited they said. Was awesome for the first 3 months - 24mb - but now they throttle it. Speeds of 800k except 1am to 6am!!!

Your not using your loaf,phone up BT and inform them you're going to cancel their services and opt to change to virginmedia in the new year,they will probably ask why and inform them then of your plight of not getting it resolved because they don't want to know.

and speak to a customer service rep manager not the lacky,seriously you will get things resolved if you get the right person.

 

[brightspark]

Your not using your loaf,phone up BT and inform them you're going to cancel their services and opt to change to virginmedia in the new year,they will probably ask why and inform them then of your plight of not getting it resolved because they don't want to know.

and speak to a customer service rep manager not the lacky,seriously you will get things resolved if you get the right person.

great if u have virgin media going past your door but most out lying aerias havent so they have u by the short and curlys

 

[DanielW]

great if u have virgin media going past your door but most out lying aerias havent so they have u by the short and curlys

They do BB by the telephone socket these days,Britghty.....ADSL

 

[brightspark]

bsp steel pipes are measured by the bore not the outside diameter . so half inch bsp would have a half inch bore 3/4 BSP 3/4 BORE 20mm conduit ect is measured on the outside

 

[fizzy]

I will have to measure the cable but 1/2" should be ok.
If I ring BT and tell them I am going to cancel they will be jumping for joy!!!

 

[Kent]

As to BT resolving it this isnt the only fault. There is a fault at the exchange as well but after 25 visits - yes 25 - they still haven't managed!!!
I invested in TooWay satellite broadband. What a con that was. Totally unlimited they said. Was awesome for the first 3 months - 24mb - but now they throttle it. Speeds of 800k except 1am to 6am!!!

Me too, super fast rural broadband? A sick political joke. Fastest brodband in the country? Dolphinhome in a rural location, the village laid their own high quality kit! so its nothing to do with the technology available. Fighting the issue with BT and openreach for years myself. In all honesty they don't give one but what a way to ruin a company, first chance I get and not one penny will go either of their ways. Less than 1 meg here, my phone is faster and the signal booster for our mobiles don't even work now due to the slow broadband

 

[Rudi McAnichal]

Why not make a cable bridge with a gentle slope to drive over? Any joiner could supply some lengths of feather-edge timber, with a rebate where you could nail a flat board on top. I think 175mm x 32mm feather-edge is quite a common size used for fencing, so you probably buy treated stuff off-the-shelf and cut the rebates with a portable circular saw.

 

[the snooper]

Each time a van or a tractor crosses the entrance the connection drops.

if that's the case sounds like the cable has already been damaged and needs replacing

 

[brightspark]

if that's the case sounds like the cable has already been damaged and needs replacing

yep sounds like the insulation on the cores has split and touch when run over and part when its clear

 

[the snooper]

and probably only a matter of time before water ingress

 

[Gareth0123]

Is this of any use to you?

It is a conversion chart that I put together converting UK Circular Hollow Section steel (also known as American Schedule 40) to MM. CHS can be purchased or ordered at virtually any steel stock holder, large or small.

 

[the snooper]

I live in a very remote area. Broadband is atrocious. To make matters even worse the armoured phone cable runs along the ground. ?

They do BB by the telephone socket these days,Britghty.....ADSL

as you can see its the phone cable he has issues with

 

[fizzy]

Is this of any use to you?

It is a conversion chart that I put together converting UK Circular Hollow Section steel (also known as American Schedule 40) to MM. CHS can be purchased or ordered at virtually any steel stock holder, large or small.

Very useful thanks. Wall thickness is key.

BT will replace the cable - I know the engineers pretty well by now! I will sort out the protection and they will then feed a new length of cable through.

I know we are on the limit. We are 5 miles from the exchange. I was an IT and comms consultant for years. It isnt so much the lack of speed it is the constant dropping of signal - especially when a call comes in. The armoured cable was replaced a few months ago whilst the builder was on holiday. Brand new undamaged cable and we still get the drops. Sadly BT are too stupid to work that out so once the cable is sorted I can force them to do something about the exchange!

Oh and of course no mobile signal to speak of up here - 2g at best.