Broadband over 'wet string'

[Dave Rice]

I always suspected that’s what OpenReach use in Cornwall http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42338067

[Bob Williams]

That’s a cracker Dave, wonder if BT OR will use that to save money?

In my area, Virgin are about to end their programme of laying out cable in Louth. Suddenly BT & OR are everywhere. One of my neighbours has had a fault for weeks, they came to fix it and traced it all the way back to Louth outskirts. Suddenly the ADSL users here have doubled their speeds. To a max of 5 Mbps Up.

A Virgin engineer I spoke to in Louth was laughing at the way OR were buzzing about. Asked for my postcode and said they are projected here within 18 months “at the outside”. They want to lay out our village and move out into others.

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[PlaneMan]

I’ve been lucky to have cable BB from the start in different locations. A few years ago before fibre to the cabinet it was reckoned to put at least £5k on the price of a house around here. Not so sure about that but houses with the capability certainly sold faster.

[Dave Rice]

Amazingly the more rural of my Cornish family do have FTTC.

My late Uncle bought a derelict farm with the proceeds from selling the filling station and restored all the buildings to a habitable condition. They’re in a bowl shaped depression with the farmhouse above and my cousin in the Long Barn has FTTC installed. I am going down in the New Year to distribute it wirelessly.

I’ll probably use a Ubiquiti Mesh so that both indoor and outdoor areas are all in one big seamless network. Now her kids have grown up, my cousin has started renting the barn out in the summer. I can easily create an isolated guest network for their use. They live in a collection of summerhouses when renting and the Mesh should have more than enough guts to penetrate.

It will transform all their communications. Mobile phone coverage is very dodgy but they can start using WiFi calling (I tested that myself back in the summer). The savings by disposing of all but one landline minus the cost of increasing their mobile contracts add up to a pay back period of about a year.

[Bob Williams]

I wish we could use WiFi calling at home: our village has absolutely carp mobile coverage. I looked up what I could do about this, but it’s not possible because (a) I didn’t buy the phone direct from EE and (b) it’s a Wileyfox, SIM free. As I write this, at 00:40, I have the magic EE symbol on the phone. By tomorrow morning, that will be gone, until after approx. 10 pm.

There is no point switching operators: no one has coverage here.

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[The Duke]

I never knew wifi calling was a hit of miss thing. I’ve always got unlocked phones and my last 3 have been able to use it. All Google phones unlocked, not ee phones, but with ee sim.

However the wife’s hauwei P9 also unlocked, but with an ee sim doesn’t do wifi calling.

We get a decent signal in out house, but the majority of the village is in a block spot. Locally we have 6 pubs (well 3 pubs, health spa, gym, and masonic Lodge, all with free WiFi, so it’s hard for me not to be connected to a WiFi network when out in the village.

Add to that the friends wifis etc. It’s now all good.

[JayCeeDee]

Bob Williams wrote:

I wish we could use WiFi calling at home: our village has absolutely carp mobile coverage. I looked up what I could do about this, but it’s not possible because (a) I didn’t buy the phone direct from EE and (b) it’s a Wileyfox, SIM free. As I write this, at 00:40, I have the magic EE symbol on the phone. By tomorrow morning, that will be gone, until after approx. 10 pm. There is no point switching operators: no one has coverage here.

 

Bob – is one of THESE any use to you?? I’ve moved off EE now onto SKY. It worked well for me for a year or so before I swapped. I wouldn’t have thought you would have problems with getting it activated as they sell them on Ebay/Gumtree etc. If you think it’ll help, let me know.

[Dave Rice]

Bloody typical EE. Looks like Vodaphone and O2 are just as bad.

I’ve been on Three since I’ve had a smart phone and I’m glad I have. They always seems less fuss.

On Three WiFi calling is via an app if your phone doesn’t have it built in. No mention of it having to be a monthly contract either.

[Bob Williams]

JayCeeDee wrote:

Bob Williams wrote:

I wish we could use WiFi calling at home: our village has absolutely carp mobile coverage. I looked up what I could do about this, but it’s not possible because (a) I didn’t buy the phone direct from EE and (b) it’s a Wileyfox, SIM free. As I write this, at 00:40, I have the magic EE symbol on the phone. By tomorrow morning, that will be gone, until after approx. 10 pm. There is no point switching operators: no one has coverage here.

Bob – is one of THESE any use to you?? I’ve moved off EE now onto SKY. It worked well for me for a year or so before I swapped. I wouldn’t have thought you would have problems with getting it activated as they sell them on Ebay/Gumtree etc. If you think it’ll help, let me know.

Just PM’d you Jay: I have asked EE and I can register that Box myself on their website.

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[JayCeeDee]

PM’d back to you.?

[Bob Williams]

Received and replied, thanks. ??

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