Yeah, I'm also looking forward to ditching my landline, which I haven't even had a phone plugged into for 5 years.

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i do draw the line at getting something like the Echo show that has a camera.

The Echo Show's have a manually operated shutter over the camera lens so it's a bit of a non-issue really.

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In reply to a post by Iniltous:

FWIW I saw a pole that is date stamped as 2021 and it still said ‘BT’

Never seen any of theirs that didn't have 'BT' on them (thats not to say there isn't any)

Isn't this because BT own the network assets, Openreach just manage it?

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Nope, it is still parked outside, it has the stabilisers down, I noticed this morning. So I presume it is broken down, i doubt very much if they would leave it otherwise.

Does sound like it.

Still there, but the arm have been lowered and the stabalisers have been lifted.

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That seems a good deal. I'd heard other quotes of about £600 from a colleague at work, though not sure of the details.
It took two guys about 4 hours of hard graft in the baking sun to do my ducting, so feels reasonable enough to me. No doubt Openreach will rock up next week and dig everyone's gardens up for free....!

Zzoomm is doing installation for free, I suppose they have to as many people would not pay for an installation charge. I must cost Zzoomm a fair bit at some places. Here they are going via poles, so it will not cost so much. with Openreach coming as well, they will do free installations as well., when they get here.

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with Openreach coming as well, they will do free installations as well., when they get here.

To be pedantic, Openreach don't do free installations. They charge £103.32+VAT for a standard FTTP install.

This is paid by the ISP, but they usually don't pass it on to their customers; they hide it in the monthly rental over the contract period. aa.net.uk is an example of one that *does* pass on these charges.

Many ISPs also supply a router and hide the cost in the same way.

Of course, this means the price you pay ought to go *down* at the end of the initial contract period, but most ISPs make it go up - to force you to sign a new contract.

Sounds like the hydraulics failed, or maybe the PTO jammed.

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Sounds like the hydraulics failed, or maybe the PTO jammed.

And there was me thinking they was waiting for Adrian to order 😎

And there was me thinking they was waiting for Adrian to order

You can imagine all the providers meeting in darkened rooms to see who pulls that very shortest of straws ….

“OK, but if we have to have him, you have to take on Keef from Sheerness, and sniggering Jack in the corner there, you HAVE to roll out to ALL of Cuckoo Oak exchange. “

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You can imagine all the providers meeting in darkened rooms to see who pulls that very shortest of straws ….

“OK, but if we have to have him, you have to take on Keef from Sheerness, and sniggering Jack in the corner there, you HAVE to roll out to ALL of Cuckoo Oak exchange. “

I heard a rumour that one of the reasons for the recent strikes is that Openreach wont pay enough danger money for engineers to go to Cuckoo Oak.