I'm going to look into this, thank you 🙂

Leased lines can be delivered to most places regardless of other technologies. It is a dedicated connection just for you. But, if you think what you have been quoted by Gigaclear is high then you might get a nasty surprise down the leased line route - it will likely be the same or more for install costs and monthly costs would be much higher. Lease lines are a full business solution and charged as such.

In reply to a post by Thaumaturge:

Yes, but the quote is from Gigaclear, who are doing a new build. BT already supply the premises, and might be able to do something cheaper. Prob. not full fibre but something a bit better than the existing service. I wouldn't be very hopeful, but it might at least be worth asking. If nothing else, the USO process should come up with a list of alternative options.

USO will either be fibre with likely large extra costs or mobile (EE) which they don't have a signal. Not aware that OpenReach really do anything else as options for USO - there was hope when it was first announced that it would be a magic bullet for many people but unfortunately they aren't really any better off than they were without the USO.

Edited by ian72 (Tue 28-Nov-23 08:58:06)

Probably a long shot but if you're in line of sight of somewhere or very a cooperative someone that can get a half decent connection (whether that be 4g/5g or Gigaclear), is a point to point WiFi network/bridge an option? No experience with these but some of them claim to reach 1km and are smaller that a sat dish.

She's in a Grade I listed buiding which limits things ..

Hi, can you try https://bidb.uk/

it gives the local road works related to fttp and also mobile coverage.. Both EE and 3 have quite good coverage, but its glos and i know how hills can kill mobile signals..

Once you know if you have some or good coverage cellmaper and a payasyou go sim will be point of testing

Thanks - we are in a narrow steep valley, literally a single road track with hills and trees both sides - I can't see much sky from here - and we have zero mobile signal.

please do check what i've suggested - it takes 3 minutes to check all four networks via that site ......

Thank you for this - it's all worth a try! They are all coming up as outdoor only, if there is mobile service. Two bars on the outdoor ones. I'm with EE and cannot get any signal until I drive 1.5 miles up the track, but it says outdoor and my partner is with O2 and it's the same for him. I can see there is a big blackout patch that covers the route of the track to the house, the postcode puts us just on the border line of that but I know the property is centrally placed in it as we are at the bottom of that track, not to the side.

Interestingly, it says Gigaclear is the only provider anywhere near AND that it's live at my location (only one property here) and it's definitely not. It does also show the two points either side that they were going to run cables from.