Using Broadworks wires for Chorus?

bennymmurphy

Hi, I've a quick question. The house I'm currently renting is in an estate piped by Broadworks. I've only moved in the past 6 months. We weren't paying for any TV or broadband, but yet we were getting pretty good broadband and about 30 channels, including Sky Sports, for free. Never got any sort of bill from them. Just before christmas all was disconnected. Broadworks are fierce dear, so we're gonna get Chorus instead, probably next week sometime. They say our house doesn't exist and have to prove it does. Heres the question:

Will Chorus use the same cables within the house that Broadworks did? I ask this as the signal is split somewhere within the house and goes to 4 rooms with connection points in each room. Would just like the option to move the box around for when I'm working nights - put it in my bedroom, and when i'm working days - keep it in the living room.

Thanks for any help

Charlie-Bravo

Chorus I believe would not have any rights over the cable infratsurcture in your estate....maybe that's why there is no address on the system for you.

Maybe the alternative is getting one of the MMDS dishes on your chimney but seeing as you are renting that might cause problems with your lease agreement. You would also have to check for MMDS if it is available in your area.


Instead of moving the STB around that house, this is what I use and it's brilliant because its the 5.8GHz...
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LEIN

astrofluff wrote: »

Chorus I believe would not have any rights over the cable infratsurcture in your estate....maybe that's why there is no address on the system for you.

Maybe the alternative is getting one of the MMDS dishes on your chimney but seeing as you are renting that might cause problems with your lease agreement. You would also have to check for MMDS if it is available in your area.

That is very true.

I have Broadworks atm and NTL cant provide me with a service even MMDS because of some agreement they have with Broadworks.

They are very dear compared with what you can get from Ntl for pretty much the same money.

Thankfully i am moving next month and don't have to deal with them anymore.

Your only other option would be SKY but we all know about the problems that stand in the way about the satellite dishes!

GerardKeating

Damo9090 wrote: »

I have Broadworks atm and NTL cant provide me with a service even MMDS because of some agreement they have with Broadworks.

The agreement would not be between Broadworks and NTL, it would be between the developer (and/or Management company) and Broadworks to exclude NTL.

LEIN

Crazy the way competition is killed like that while the government is encouraging us to shop around!

bennymmurphy

From what I've been told the initial period whereby the estate was exclusive to broadworks has elapsed (Think it was 3 years). Its a shame tho, the house is already wired up. The house is owned privatley, so broadworks (in theory) shouldn't have a leg to stand on after the developer sold the house. Do Chorus use the same boxes for the MMDS as the use for cable?

I heard a rumour that NTL had all the new estates wired up, but just couldn't connedt people until the agreement with broadworks elapsed. Can anyone back that up/disprove it?

DingDong

bennymmurphy wrote: »

I heard a rumour that NTL had all the new estates wired up, but just couldn't connedt people until the agreement with broadworks elapsed. Can anyone back that up/disprove it?

Wouldn't say that's the case but they do buy up cable networks if they are up to scratch. MMDS may be an option to you. It you can get MMDS they probably could connect to the existing coax cables in your home.