Is this open reach box acceptable?
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Lemming Train said:
VirginMedia have finally started cabling our estate after telling us it's been coming for over 5 years. This very day I came home to find that they've put the green cabinet right outside my house on the footpath. It's literally 15ft from the cabinet to where my PC is in the room on the other side of the wall. I couldn't be happier 
. I will have the bestest ping and download speeds in the country once they connect me up!
(Sorry OP, I know this doesn't help you
)
Don’t hold you’re breath! They did this on my estate and when I asked about signing up they said they weren’t going to switch it all on because there weren’t enough people interested!. I will have the bestest ping and download speeds in the country once they connect me up! (Sorry OP, I know this doesn't help you
)
Maybe im taking this to heart but at the moment im pretty upset about this, some googling reveals its not the first time they have put one in a stupid thoughtless location, they even fitted one in front of a war memorial somewhere.
I've got a big mortgage on this house, the equity in it is really all ive got, i have worked extremely hard doing what i do to get here, we are both very house proud and have done a lot of work to the place to improve it and hopefully add some value. To have that box directly out the front like that is just heartbreaking, i feel like someone has literally looked at the house and said oh well who gives a f
k its not ours 
what makes it worse is im the sort of dhead that is considerate to others and just wouldn't do that.
I can just imagine now that when we come to sell it will be comment after comment about the boxes, strangely enough i have a driveway booked in next week for a bloke who was going to buy this house years ago. The reason he didn't was it has 3 manholes in the garden and he thought it would be trouble. Never underestimate how strange people get when buying houses! Our last house sale had some seriously weird comments from people who viewed and didn't want to offer.
Looking at open reaches web site it appears you can pay to have them moved, it doesnt appear to be for asthetc reasons more development stuff but they say they can basically put them where you like (thats how i read it anyway). Maybe ill be paying to move it.
I've got a big mortgage on this house, the equity in it is really all ive got, i have worked extremely hard doing what i do to get here, we are both very house proud and have done a lot of work to the place to improve it and hopefully add some value. To have that box directly out the front like that is just heartbreaking, i feel like someone has literally looked at the house and said oh well who gives a f
k its not ours what makes it worse is im the sort of dhead that is considerate to others and just wouldn't do that. I can just imagine now that when we come to sell it will be comment after comment about the boxes, strangely enough i have a driveway booked in next week for a bloke who was going to buy this house years ago. The reason he didn't was it has 3 manholes in the garden and he thought it would be trouble. Never underestimate how strange people get when buying houses! Our last house sale had some seriously weird comments from people who viewed and didn't want to offer.
Looking at open reaches web site it appears you can pay to have them moved, it doesnt appear to be for asthetc reasons more development stuff but they say they can basically put them where you like (thats how i read it anyway). Maybe ill be paying to move it.
m3jappa said:
Maybe im taking this to heart but at the moment im pretty upset about this, some googling reveals its not the first time they have put one in a stupid thoughtless location, they even fitted one in front of a war memorial somewhere.
I've got a big mortgage on this house, the equity in it is really all ive got, i have worked extremely hard doing what i do to get here, we are both very house proud and have done a lot of work to the place to improve it and hopefully add some value. To have that box directly out the front like that is just heartbreaking,
Oh do stop being a wet blanket please I've got a big mortgage on this house, the equity in it is really all ive got, i have worked extremely hard doing what i do to get here, we are both very house proud and have done a lot of work to the place to improve it and hopefully add some value. To have that box directly out the front like that is just heartbreaking,
. It really isn't "heartbreaking" is it? You're making it out to be the end of the world and starting to sound quite snowflakey. Sure, it's been put in a poor spot and it's understandable that you're rather irked by it (as most people would, including myself), but you've already come up with a good solution if BT won't move it and that is to resite your gate and path elsewhere and grow the hedge into the gap. Once you've done that and the hedge has grown you'll have forgotten it's even there and moved on with your life.That'll cost you a fair bit...
From the gut I spoke to, the fibre comes in reels, at a certain length, and they have some kind of easy fit connector on each end - so they run the fibre from the last cabinet until they get to the end of the length, then put the cabinet there.
He may well have made that up to avoid my neighbour attacking him with a shovel, but the box Virgin installed is far smaller - less than 3ft high, maybe 18 inches wide and ten inches deep. Was painted a light grey until my neighbour brick slipped it!
I told the guy I was perfectly happy if they moved it literally 15ft so it was outside my house instead of the neighbour's, my house looks like a squat anyway and it earns me neighbour brownie points - but no, "cos the boss said to put it here". No arguing, he was a bit of a robot.
Grow a huge hedge covering it and as much as possible of the surrounding ground as possible, plant some protected species as well, then get the hedgecutter out and make a series of complicated tunnels the linesman will have to negotiate to get to it.
Or, pay the local gypsies to push it over with a dozer - repeatedly. During the dead of night.
From the gut I spoke to, the fibre comes in reels, at a certain length, and they have some kind of easy fit connector on each end - so they run the fibre from the last cabinet until they get to the end of the length, then put the cabinet there.
He may well have made that up to avoid my neighbour attacking him with a shovel, but the box Virgin installed is far smaller - less than 3ft high, maybe 18 inches wide and ten inches deep. Was painted a light grey until my neighbour brick slipped it!
I told the guy I was perfectly happy if they moved it literally 15ft so it was outside my house instead of the neighbour's, my house looks like a squat anyway and it earns me neighbour brownie points - but no, "cos the boss said to put it here". No arguing, he was a bit of a robot.
Grow a huge hedge covering it and as much as possible of the surrounding ground as possible, plant some protected species as well, then get the hedgecutter out and make a series of complicated tunnels the linesman will have to negotiate to get to it.
Or, pay the local gypsies to push it over with a dozer - repeatedly. During the dead of night.
I do sound snowflaky I will admit that it’s just a series of events recently have caused me nothing but trouble. All I do is seem to bend over fking backwards to make sure every single person I interact with is happy, at almost any cost. On the other hand people seem to treat me like some sort of fking idiot, it’s almost like it’s a case of do what you want to him because he won’t do anything. I am mr open check book it appears.
Anyway that’s another story.
But yes half of me is upset half of me will do what I always do and find a solution.
it’s just a series of events recently have caused me nothing but trouble. All I do is seem to bend over fking backwards to make sure every single person I interact with is happy, at almost any cost. On the other hand people seem to treat me like some sort of fking idiot, it’s almost like it’s a case of do what you want to him because he won’t do anything. I am mr open check book it appears. Anyway that’s another story.
But yes half of me is upset half of me will do what I always do and find a solution.
carreauchompeur said:
Trust me I’ve got the right equipment to remove the whole fking lot if I was that way inclined. Like Michael Douglas I’m falling down I feel myself becoming that man 
Oh, look what happened, Mr. Openreach... the whole box is covered in Poison Ivy! Best move that box, if you don't want big compensation claims from your techs....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Poison-Ivy-30-Seeds-/2215...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Poison-Ivy-30-Seeds-/2215...
Lemming Train said:
VirginMedia have finally started cabling our estate after telling us it's been coming for over 5 years. This very day I came home to find that they've put the green cabinet right outside my house on the footpath. It's literally 15ft from the cabinet to where my PC is in the room on the other side of the wall. I couldn't be happier . I will have the bestest ping and download speeds in the country once they connect me up!
(Sorry OP, I know this doesn't help you )
until they traffic manage you at peak times, and over subscribe the lines, then have the cheek to write to you and say we're increasing your bill due to increased users!. I will have the bestest ping and download speeds in the country once they connect me up! (Sorry OP, I know this doesn't help you
)I'm looking to change from them asap. I've had awful latency issues since January and their 'engineer' simply recommended I upgrade to their most expensive, fastest service, and hasn't actually fixed the issue. a 76mb line cant even deal with streaming on a smart tv and online games from a pc without packet loss.
I've made about 30 calls to their tech support line which is awful and just read from a script, and cant deal with anything outside of the script without fobbing you off. as long as a speedtest.net test gives high speeds, its fine in their eyes.
It is a stupid spot to put that cabinet, I bet the planner who planned it didn't even leave his desk, he may not even be UK based so would have used drawings and as long as his parameters for location are all in spec then he has done his job (poorly). Frustrating as it is unfortunately street furniture under certain heights does not need planning permission.
I bet if a planner had visited the sight which is getting rarer then that cab would not be there. Maybe try its a safety hazard as its obscuring the view of traffic. Either way it will cost money for BT to move it but it will cost a lot less to move it whilst its empty then it will if fibre and kit are in it.
I bet if a planner had visited the sight which is getting rarer then that cab would not be there. Maybe try its a safety hazard as its obscuring the view of traffic. Either way it will cost money for BT to move it but it will cost a lot less to move it whilst its empty then it will if fibre and kit are in it.
m3jappa said:
Maybe im taking this to heart but at the moment im pretty upset about this.
Having been in the same situation I sympathise.Here's one I built,
Note the existing postbox and BT box on the one side and then they put that bloody great big one on the front !
Edited by V8RX7 on Monday 12th November 12:54
V8RX7 said:
Having been in the same situation I sympathise.
Here's one I built,
Note the existing postbox and BT box on the one side and then they put that bloody great big one on the front !
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4224678,-1.80496...
(If you go down the road on the right you see the house finished)
It is insane, why not just site it nearer the other box, i just dont get it. Actually i do, ive been in the building trade my whole life and as im sure you know people in it and surrounding it literally do not give a flying fHere's one I built,
Note the existing postbox and BT box on the one side and then they put that bloody great big one on the front !
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4224678,-1.80496...
(If you go down the road on the right you see the house finished)
k about anything except themselves and what time they are getting to the pub.m3jappa said:
It is insane, why not just site it nearer the other box, i just dont get it. Actually i do, ive been in the building trade my whole life and as im sure you know people in it and surrounding it literally do not give a flying fk about anything except themselves and what time they are getting to the pub.
I agreek about anything except themselves and what time they are getting to the pub.Maybe we'll get our reward in heaven
If it existed
That is seriously close to the junction isn’t it?
Nice that they washed the path down as well, if i left a path in a mess like that then i guarantee the customer would not be happy, that and any passers by would be unlikely to use us because it looks such a mess.
Oh to have a business where i could do what i wanted.
Edited by m3jappa on Friday 9th November 20:34
m3jappa said:
It is insane, why not just site it nearer the other box, i just dont get it. Actually i do, ive been in the building trade my whole life and as im sure you know people in it and surrounding it literally do not give a flying fk about anything except themselves and what time they are getting to the pub.
Works both ways I have seen street furniture in front of peoples windows as the street plant was there first. The housing planners didn't foresee this problem when planning and when it came to costs of moving the plant they just built the houses as originally planned with a nice view of a big green cab from the lounge window. as in 0.5m away they can barely open the window. k about anything except themselves and what time they are getting to the pub.Best one I have seen is a building company have purchased land from the council to build homes. The plans show the road entrance to the rather big expensive homes has a green street cabinet in the way. They are now trying to sue for trespass to get it moved. I am amazed solicitors have acted on it as it has been there for 20 years and used to feed the old council buildings behind it which has now been purchased by the developers. I imagine the council or developers didn't survey that very well.
The point is everyone is cutting costs and with cutting costs unfortunately some will lose.
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