FTTC is still only done over a line with active voice line rental on it.

Naked DSL is not done by BT to avoid situations where a line with just DSL and no voice signal gets reused by mistake. In theory the newer test kit engineers have should avoid this.

Naked DSL over FTTC would be good though, especially for folks who use different forms of voice communication, e.g. mobile phones etc. Although as it stands line rental for both voice and broadband is still obligatory...

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I doubt if they will lay new cables in a week, but maybe.

Is there a reason for not just migrating your existing broadband to Infinity? Or have I missed it somewhere?

I am currently with SKY LLU, and they wont release me from my contract. I would have to wait until Janurary.

Getting the second phone line is free, and when I cancel my SKY I can just disconnect the first phone line.

Hellish,

Will there be a cessation of broadband charge on the first phone line after you get the second line up and running - maybe 25 quid or something?

BTW. these people http://www.directsavetelecom.co.uk/dst_option1.php will install a new line for £49.95, but that is on an 18 month contract, and you could possibly take FTTC from another ISP...

Edited by 4M2 (Fri 18-Nov-11 15:11:16)

The second pair in a direct in ground UG feed will most likely go as far as the nearest joint box outside the premises.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

The second pair in a direct in ground UG feed will most likely go as far as the nearest joint box outside the premises.

b*cat nods in agreement, on reading the words of a man who should know.

Is it also true that an external or direct in ground UG feed can only have a max two metres internal length due to fire regulations?

How many man hours would it take BT to feed new cable from the joint box to the telephone cabinet which is around 500 meters away?

Then im guessing a cable from the telephone cabinet to the exchange is also required?

I'm not aware of that. Perhaps Zarjaz will be able to enlighten us, please?

I wouldn't get carried away. Nobody is going to dig 500 metres of cable in to the cabinet. Let alone install a new pressurised eside to the cabinet.

They'll either dig a new duct and cable up your garden to the exterior wall or a faultsman with clue will dig outside and pick up the existing as it enters the cavity and bang it up the outside wall. My bet is on the former.