Would this put you off of a new flat?

[t84]

Me and my girlfriend found a really nice apartment in a really quiet area, garage, loads of space, etc, we've paid our deposit and gone through the credit checks..

Now (I know I should've done this earlier!) I have looked at getting internet/TV/phone installed and it turns out we live in an Non-LLU area (can't get fast internet), also, Virgin haven't cabled the area and we aren't allowed to put Sky dishes up (So that it doesn't look like a council hellhole, I presume).

Would not being able to get decent internet and Sky/Cable put you off? I don't currently watch Sky/Cable anyway but I do download a lot.

Is it worth giving up a place that you really like for? I'm leaning towards the "No, just grin and bare it" side of things at the moment...

[pugwash4x4]

you should still be able to get normal ADSLmax- will be more expensive, but should still give you 8meg

[tfeb]

lol gutted!

Depends how mich the place is i suppose. Ifs its perfect in everything else you might have to grin and bear it.

Call BT and Virgin to see if they have any plans to rollout in that area

[evenflow]

What speed can you get with BT?

[Tsippy]

Are you buying or renting? If you are buying, please do not forget to check the "maintenance charges" as these can be stupidly high for little or no service

As for the broadband / cable, I guess it depends how much you love tv!

[bigTee]

t84 said:

Me and my girlfriend found a really nice apartment in a really quiet area, garage, loads of space, etc, we've paid our deposit and gone through the credit checks..

Now (I know I should've done this earlier!) I have looked at getting internet/TV/phone installed and it turns out we live in an Non-LLU area (can't get fast internet), also, Virgin haven't cabled the area and we aren't allowed to put Sky dishes up (So that it doesn't look like a council hellhole, I presume).

Would not being able to get decent internet and Sky/Cable put you off? I don't currently watch Sky/Cable anyway but I do download a lot.

Is it worth giving up a place that you really like for? I'm leaning towards the "No, just grin and bare it" side of things at the moment...

The flat will probably have a feed from one main sky dish to feed all the flats.

Mine did.

Worth checking.

[hornetrider]

Have you looked up what speed you can get? Normal ADSL won't be that great without LLU.

[anonymous-user]

I had this exact issue when I was moving, loved the flat but could only get 3.5 Mb through the line

I opted to go for it and the best BB provider I could find which happened to be plusnet

Good traffic management 80 Gb limit but any use between 12am- 8am doesn't count

The main thing is I do get the full 3.5 from them and it's fine I hardly notice any issues and any downloading gets done overnight

Don't give up on a flat because of it, one you like is hard enough to find

[t84]

Thanks for the help,

I REALLY should've checked it before we signed up, but it's the first time and I was always bound to forget something!

I've emailed Virgin Media and they replied immediately CC'ing a local exec who's going to look at supplying the area.

There's 200 odd houses, if there's no Sky allowed then Virgin would make a killing by cabling the area, as I imagine the uptake would be huge.

I'll check out Plusnet, thanks.

[t84]

bigTee said:

The flat will probably have a feed from one main sky dish to feed all the flats.

Mine did.

Worth checking.

Thanks, we've actually checked with the letting agency as there was a Sky dish on the outside of the property when we inspected it.

They basically said that if someone complains about the dish then it incurs a charge from the management company to the landlord which would then be passed onto us.

We have seen Sky dishes around the place so I don't know whether they're telling the truth or not.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Would it be worth asking all the other flat owners (via leaflet maybe?) if they want cable/sky then you might have some ammunition to present to the service providers.

[t84]

Good idea, thanks I don't actually watch that much TV but I was looking forward to getting some HD movie channels to watch!

[bigTee]

t84 said:

bigTee said:

The flat will probably have a feed from one main sky dish to feed all the flats.

Mine did.

Worth checking.

Thanks, we've actually checked with the letting agency as there was a Sky dish on the outside of the property when we inspected it.

They basically said that if someone complains about the dish then it incurs a charge from the management company to the landlord which would then be passed onto us.

We have seen Sky dishes around the place so I don't know whether they're telling the truth or not.

They said that when i bought my house. (Estate is managed).

and no caravans or boats.


Every house has a dish now and boats and caravans are about.

[Simpo Two]

I don't have cable and don't want a dish. ADSL broadband works fine for me.

If there's nothing on telly I can reboot the Freeview box and watch some digital adverts and decade-old repeats of Top Gear...

[Sheets Tabuer]

You might be surprised at how much you use the net, I came from a cabled area to one on the arse end of an exchange without LLU.

Some days I am lucky if I can get a third of a meg download speed and web pages load like dial up, very frustrating if my son is on youtube and my mates want to play COD.

[Plotloss]

When does the exchange in question go over to Infinity?

[t84]

I'm sorry, I have no idea, this is the exchange in question though:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LVWTW

[anonymous-user]

I'd be much more concerned over buying a new build flat than what the BB in the area may be.

[anonymous-user]

Plotloss said:

When does the exchange in question go over to Infinity?

A fitting name, as that is how long it will take BT to complete the role out

[t84]

Dave_ST220 said:

I'd be much more concerned over buying a new build flat than what the BB in the area may be.

a) I'm renting, b) There's no social housing, and c) They're actually pretty nice and don't have that 'new build' style that you see everywhere.