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Post by frances511 on Apr 9, 2016 20:30:47 GMT
Apologies if this has been asked before but I'm not very up on all the lingo so thought I'd ask it in simple terms- has anyone managed to get internet connection on Lescar Road, if so who with? I have to do quite a lot of work from home at the moment so no internet is having a massive impact on my work (or lack of it!) I've spoken to Virgin but they can't help until at least the 11th. Is there any other options or do we have to wait until they've fixed the wiring?
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Post by doob on Apr 9, 2016 21:09:53 GMT
Hi Frances, I'm also not up on the lingo of internet connection but need it. I'm on Waverley Walk and like others here, have got a monthly contract with a mobile company after buying a portable wifi. I got mine from EE. I've lived here since 19th February and still in the dark of when or who will connect us.
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Post by jwin123 on Apr 9, 2016 22:57:49 GMT
Hi We live on Lescar Road and have internet provided by sky, it's not the best speed but it's ok :-) does the job .
When we first moved in we had virgin but the wifi kept disconnecting they had trouble with the box at the end of the road and had to use a box on bradfield way.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 23:05:54 GMT
There's a grey cabinet been fitted on the pavement bang outside our house. iirc when we saw the plans for the street it was for internet. It was only fitted last week so hopefully any issues people have been having will soon be resolved.
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Post by winterfell on Apr 10, 2016 5:37:02 GMT
Read the thread on the main board. The whole estate has gone back to the future where internet is concerned
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Post by cherylcollins on Apr 10, 2016 16:54:36 GMT
There's a grey cabinet been fitted on the pavement bang outside our house. iirc when we saw the plans for the street it was for internet. It was only fitted last week so hopefully any issues people have been having will soon be resolved. Saw the box outside your house yesterday... you are a couple of doors down from us (we are 45) I can't wait for them to connect it.. its amazing how lost we are without internet... and similar to frances511, if its not sorted I can't work from home! I am astonished though that for such a new estate we don't have some super fast broadband in place.
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Post by frances511 on Apr 10, 2016 19:17:00 GMT
There's a grey cabinet been fitted on the pavement bang outside our house. iirc when we saw the plans for the street it was for internet. It was only fitted last week so hopefully any issues people have been having will soon be resolved. Saw the box outside your house yesterday... you are a couple of doors down from us (we are 45) I can't wait for them to connect it.. its amazing how lost we are without internet... and similar to frances511, if its not sorted I can't work from home! I am astonished though that for such a new estate we don't have some super fast broadband in place. It's not even super fast broadband I'm after, any connection would be good at the moment ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 19:04:10 GMT
There's a grey cabinet been fitted on the pavement bang outside our house. iirc when we saw the plans for the street it was for internet. It was only fitted last week so hopefully any issues people have been having will soon be resolved. Saw the box outside your house yesterday... you are a couple of doors down from us (we are 45) I can't wait for them to connect it.. its amazing how lost we are without internet... and similar to frances511, if its not sorted I can't work from home! I am astonished though that for such a new estate we don't have some super fast broadband in place. Yes you would certainly expect internet to be fully function to all new homes straight away, in this day and age. Hopefully it's sorted soon.
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Post by sifu on Apr 12, 2016 22:49:25 GMT
We had a flyer delivered from a virgin rep yesterday saying the box on Lescar is now active. We are at number 67. There is a person called Mike Salisbury who is the Virgin sales rep for Harron. He is supposed to be managing our activation hopefully this week. We've been waiting since Christmas now. Please pm me if you would like his details. It seems connection is now imminent.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 16:45:43 GMT
Is anyone using BT for internet on the road? I tried to book them in today but was told as it's FTTP they need a serial number off of some sort of box that's fitted in the house? Does this sound accurate? We've got our home demo next Monday so I'm going to get it then.
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Post by muzammil on Apr 20, 2016 9:52:20 GMT
Hi All, I am quite concerned when reading these posts, surprisingly my house is not completed yet on Lescar Road, however Mike did call me and sign me up on the Virgin Media Package with an attractive deal, plus I am interested to pay my Line rental upfront which would turn out be cheaper for me.
Mike did inform me of a cabinet been recently installed on Lescar Road, Also he mentioned that there was issues with some of the houses on the top of the street , because they tried to pull cables through from a distance to their homes, but this shouldn't be the case now as the new box being Installed.
I hope this info is true :-)
Thanks and Regards, Ali
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Post by mrpag on Apr 20, 2016 17:30:31 GMT
Hi All, I am quite concerned when reading these posts, surprisingly my house is not completed yet on Lescar Road, however Mike did call me and sign me up on the Virgin Media Package with an attractive deal, plus I am interested to pay my Line rental upfront which would turn out be cheaper for me. Mike did inform me of a cabinet been recently installed on Lescar Road, Also he mentioned that there was issues with some of the houses on the top of the street , because they tried to pull cables through from a distance to their homes, but this shouldn't be the case now as the new box being Installed. I hope this info is true :-) Thanks and Regards, Ali Hi I live at the bottom end of Lescar I did have performance issues with the line since I moved in but, I've done a speed test tonight and now getting 206mb so virgin have been good on there word and seemed to have fixed the issues
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Post by doob on Apr 20, 2016 21:22:35 GMT
Hi all on Lescar Road, If internet is/will be available on your road, then why can't I get it on Waverley Walk and I've been here since February!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2016 21:47:13 GMT
I live in the Grassington across Road. Upto now there is no box installed. We moved in at xmas at we were meant to be connected to the box that's round the corner but Harron have messed ours up and sent us to the box that isn't installed yet.
When I spoke to openreach engineers they told us Harron would be building the box in two week and then would connect us up but it's way past that now. They said from number 10 downwards on your side which includes you it will be months as there's an issue with a water pipe. It's all a joke.
I have emailed Harron no end of times to ask when they are building this box down the road but no reply at all. x
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Post by loobin88 on Apr 21, 2016 5:51:54 GMT
Hi all on Lescar Road, If internet is/will be available on your road, then why can't I get it on Waverley Walk and I've been here since February! Hi Doob My partner spoke with Simon and he said me and you are going to be connected to the box which everyone else will be they are just waiting to sort out a gas pipe --- do I believe him?? NO! We ended up buying an EE dongle like you mentioned!
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