Stroud?
There must be some cheap business start-up places there already connected to fast broadband that are cheaply available as an incubator.
There MUST be!
Or else a community resource that's connected.
Ask Stroud District Council or the Town Council what they know. It wouldn't be ideal, but £30,000 buys a lot of "not ideal".

what happens if you try a manual network selection on your phone rather than the default automatic one (don't worry, you can switch back to auto and it won't break your phone)..

I would like to see what networks come up. Try a couple of positions in your house/flat.

If you are wondering what i'm trying to get for you is internet in the region of 10 to 40mbits down and 5plus up (which will allow you to upload videos and do zoom).

That way it can tide you over till you get something decent (which may take a while).

In reply to a post by gorebrush:

I'd look at Starlink instead, currently on offer for £199 for a refurbished unit.

I'd definatly look into Starlink, there might be issues due to the steep narrow valley which would need checking, that aside it wouldn't be the first Grade I building with Starlink.

In reply to a post by burble:

In reply to a post by gorebrush:

I'd look at Starlink instead, currently on offer for £199 for a refurbished unit.

I'd definatly look into Starlink, there might be issues due to the steep narrow valley which would need checking, that aside it wouldn't be the first Grade I building with Starlink.

satellite may be the only way forward. want to discount voda and 3 from the situation. I'm in a mini slope in a single storey house so I understand how frustrating it is and to get a decent signal. I dismissed three for ages and it was only thru a number of tests then i realised it may work and I currently faster internet then with vdsl whilst i wait for OR or wessex internet to do their thing.

It also doesn't have to be attached to the building - the antenna could be secreted in a corner of a garden etc. OK - it's a non-standard installation but that's better than no useful internet. Given the location it would seem unlikely that the local neds or crims will take an interest.

Hi @CassandraRaven - when you started the process, what did the Gigaclear website say? Was it saying that they were available to order in your area? Or just the standard 'we're on our way' message? I can imagine how frustrated you would be if it were the former!

I ask because we also live near Stroud and have the opposite problem... Gigaclear passed our cottage months ago but the website still just says 'we're on our way' and won't let us even try to order.

Hope you get this sorted.

In reply to a post by karabo:

I ask because we also live near Stroud and have the opposite problem... Gigaclear passed our cottage months ago but the website still just says 'we're on our way' and won't let us even try to order.

Whe you say passed, did Gigaclear provide a Pot on the edge of your property?

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

Whe you say passed, did Gigaclear provide a Pot on the edge of your property?

Excellent question. I was wary of hijacking the OP's post but they passed us without placing a pot. They dug up the road and laid a pot outside every cottage until about four or so houses before ours, stopping about 100 metres away. They then dug up the road and installed a manhole right next to an existing OpenReach manhole. And then literally passed a bunch of houses before digging another trench between two OpenReach poles, installing a Gigaclear manhole at the base of each.

I'm a regular runner and so have observed their work pretty much everywhere else in the area and we're the only stretch of road I've found so far that didn't have pots installed.

Given what they did do, my assumption is that they plan to piggyback on the existing OpenReach ducts and poles (PIA??). But, if so, I have no idea why they decided to only do this for the bunch of cottages near us and nowhere else.

Of note, I randomly entered post codes for houses they installed pots for, and they were pretty much available to order within days of being passed. Whereas we were 'passed' months ago and still no ability to order.

It's all very odd... and hence my question to the OP about whether they were told they could order or if, like us, they still appears as 'we're on the way'.

At further risk of hijacking the thread, I'd love to find a way to figure out what Gigaclear are actually planning - the chat service and call centre know nothing.

In reply to a post by karabo:

At further risk of hijacking the thread, I'd love to find a way to figure out what Gigaclear are actually planning - the chat service and call centre know nothing.

There could be a Gigaclear project manager who would know. The call centre and contractors working laying cables or joining them together should know who he is.

When Gigaclear was installed where I live 8 years ago. I used to speak/email the project manager to tell him what I wanted, such as where to out the pot.

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

There could be a Gigaclear project manager who would know. The call centre and contractors working laying cables or joining them together should know who he is.

Great idea - I'll try that. Thanks.