New Land line

Chickcatcher

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Mixed Farmer
Location
SG9
Looking at a new install of a land line. House in a low spot (all sorts of mobile dikky).
Where would the best deal come from and what do people think I will be able to get and at what price?
Will need to,
Get land line installed,
Have broadband up it (Fibre to the area imminant),
Possibly Sky or something else (Never had it yet only relied on freeview and terestial),
Am aware that Sky can take a lage chunk of the monthly pension.
Finally where would you approach for the best long term deal?
R,
(post code on avatar will change on 22/5/19 to SG9 0RG, house nearly back too one piece)
 

Lincs Lass

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Location
north lincs
The connection speed will only be as good as line condition and as most if not every phone line is still BT and old overhead cables,, what ever supplier you use will rely on the cable condition , unless you are lucky enough to be using fibre
 
Have broadband up it (Fibre to the area imminant),

Just did a quick look up on DSLchecker; your (potential) copper broadband line speed doesn't look that great to be fair. Well totally crap if I'm being honest. Don't worry mine was worse.

Have you been given some definite indication on FTTP install timescales in the area? The meaning of "imminent" in BT/Openreach is fairly different to what you or I would understand it to mean.

Hey you could get a (free) quote for FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD), just for sh1!s and giggles. You are in an eligible area.
 

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Chickcatcher

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Mixed Farmer
Location
SG9
Thanks Pheasant.
FTTC is 0.8 of a mile away.
I live at the moment a further1.3 miles from FTTC but have for the last 5/6 years use 3 for my broadband supply 15Gb for 27p per Gb.
Over the last 2.5 years "open" have visited more and more often and last September put in the best part of half a mile of ducting ready for the cable I understood they were wishing to get it installed before April this year, I was hopeful but not expecting it.
When the ducting went in others living in the area thought I had had Fibre installed and why could they not get it. I led them a bit of a dance saying yes it had been installed it was a nice blue fibre cable that most would call a piece of string it dawned on them in the end.
Just that recently I have been getting the cold callers offer this that and tother Virgin I think was yesterday saying I could have a new Line installed with BB and free call package including mobile phoning for £25 a month sounded too good to be true. But he is ringing me again on Thursday. Looking up on the Old Inti when i put in the post code its not available in my area, 24 miles north of the M25 just to the west of the meridian.
 
Just done a speed check 9.48 download 1.6 upload on the 3 dongle
An external 4G antenna connected to a 4G router will have a huge impact on your upload and download speeds.

Dongles are near enough dammit unusable here indoors, however with an antenna mounted up a pole on the chimney, with its 5 metres of coax cabled up to a 4G router can get near enough 65 Mb/s down and about 43 Mb/s up.

A “landline” can be hosted using VoIP provider like Sipgate, using this style of broadband connection. No line rental and just pay for the cost of any calls. Saves you paying what £15 or more just to rent a copper pair.

It’s food for thought, especially if you’re already used to getting your internet in this way.
 

Chickcatcher

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
SG9
Initial look into this.
At last I am aware I have got very old in 15 minutes trying to get my head round this.
Will have to persevere.
Long ladder going to be needed to get up to top of chimney, to get that 4G antenna erected as the old dingle dongle huawe job wont pick up a signal at OLD/new house.
A question, IS ANYBODY DOING/ON THIS ALREADY?
 
A question, IS ANYBODY DOING/ON THIS ALREADY?
Yes! Have had the 4G router + antenna-up-a-pole T-shirt here since early 2014. Been running domestic/home office VoIP telephony since 2012.

Most 4G contracts have been 12/24 month deals with EE over the years and more lately with Virgin Mobile as they have had more competitive deals. Also have some 4G services with Vodafone.

The plan now after five years of good service is to mostly move off 4G in favour of FTTP (in the not too distant future - hopefully!!! - but that’s another thread). But I still will continue to run some 4G at home as a backup.

There are quite a few other folks on TFF that solely get their broadband from 4G too and have a similar approach. It works and works very well.

There are plenty of threads on TFF that describe this as a “how to” in some degree of detail but feel free fire away at will (not literally of course :p).
 

Chickcatcher

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
SG9
Still nearly excited, have today managed!
Short antenna onto 3 WiFi Modem Huawie B310 (got 26Mb download speed Three mobile)
Connected a phone into it made and recieved calls, only to realise they will cost me 3p/min. So short term not looking to get a land line fitted! but some how put a timer on the long calls.
Still may need to get a long ladder up the chimney though.
Some progress quite a way to go.
 
Still nearly excited, have today managed!
Short antenna onto 3 WiFi Modem Huawie B310 (got 26Mb download speed Three mobile)
Connected a phone into it made and recieved calls, only to realise they will cost me 3p/min. So short term not looking to get a land line fitted! but some how put a timer on the long calls.
Still may need to get a long ladder up the chimney though.
Some progress quite a way to go.
Sounds like good progress. You've gone from 9.48 to 26 Mb/s just with the addition of rabbits ears. Put a proper antenna up outside up-high (don't like heights - get the ally pole cabled up and get an antenna bloke on the job) and you will be blown away by how good it can be.

Tentative first steps too on the voice side of things. The dead easy way of going about this is to get a domestic sub with Sipgate and then just connect a Siemens Gigaset wireless DECT phone base with VoIP services. You've then got a decent cordless phone and cheap VoIP! Hey presto eh :p
 

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