observations on a one-week internet outage

brent

qsl The tech future may be a wonder for convenience, but absolutely falls apart for resiliency and doesn't seem to care.

^^^^ THIS

banger

Well the men with spades and concrete cutters turned up today to dig my drive and the street. They are booked til 3rd Sept. I found out so hopefully it wont be long for fibre feed into the duct. 😃

brent

banger big project then. they doing the whole neighborhood?

banger

brent

There are some neighbours getting it as its become available but I think they are booked til the 3rd just in case.

banger

Well the men with spades have gone and left my drive in good condition. I now have a coil of fibre at the front of my house, ready to be terminated internally. Just need to wait for an Engineer to do that work.

AlphaElwedritsch

banger Just need to wait for an Engineer to do that work.

In Germany, this last bit of work can take months, depending on the carrier laying the fiber optic cable...

banger

AlphaElwedritsch

Hope not months have an appointment date for Sept. 10th 2025 for stage 2 of the fibre install. Fingers crossed.

banger

@AlphaElwedritsch

Stage 2 has been moved to Monday 8th Sept. just in time for next weeks sync. 😃

brent

banger Stage 2 has been moved to Monday 8th Sept. just in time for next weeks sync

/groan/

Axios

Everybody in blue moon showed up this last week we have 10 houses each side of the road
took them 3 days to lay fiber all except up to houses.
So the main line is all done.
They wont do houses unless you sign up.
Blink

brent

Axios what did the neighbors think? the wire is laid now but they won't upgrade you til you pay?
if your setup ain't broke I suppose.

Axios

brent Its all new we never had fiber they ran the main line out by road if you want it to the house
they wont hook that up unless you subscribe.
Its prob about 50/50 people who want it and dont

synth-ruiner

earlier this year, on the Friday of a bank holiday weekend, I noticed that my internet was out. when I walked to the shop the next day I noticed the blackened remains of a fence and barbeque... right next to the telephony cabinet. the engineers didn't come out until the next working day (Tuesday) so I was kinda living in the '90s for the whole weekend. I had films to watch and games to play on my computer, and I had a party and had all my mp3s for music. it was kind of fun in a way. would have been pretty annoying if I had anything important I needed to do online, though...

brent

synth-ruiner so I was kinda living in the '90s for the whole weekend. I had films to watch and games to play on my computer, and I had a party and had all my mp3s for music. it was kind of fun in a way. would have been pretty annoying if I had anything important I needed to do online, though...

If I hadn't had anything important I would be living like that too---revisiting old music and some old movies...and come to think of it, probably need the internet less. Rock on synth! 🤘

banger

So am all fibre'd up. Nice to have reliable fast speed. 😃

AlphaElwedritsch

May I ask about your home country, tariff, and prices? I'd be interested.
In Germany, I pay €49 for a FTTH 400 mbps down/200 mbps up flat rate.

banger

AlphaElwedritsch

Currently there is an offer on with a few ISPs for 900/70 for £34 a month for 24 months with £140 cashback but the price rises in April by £4 a month over the lifetime of the contract. Zero install fees. I am in UK.

AlphaElwedritsch

Thanks, everything pretty similar...

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