FTTH - Blairgowrie - Vumatel

PBCool said:
If you want the 2nd line installed you would just complete another application form on their site for your cottage, they do have quite a backlog at the moment so the sooner you can get it in the better.
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Our fibre isn't even ready yet... They've just covered over the trench, so still a while to wait.
 
It doesn't really matter, the installation teams are independent of the network roll-out. The sooner you apply the sooner they can install once the network is live. What suburb are you in Sinbad?
 
PBCool said:
It doesn't really matter, the installation teams are independent of the network roll-out. The sooner you apply the sooner they can install once the network is live. What suburb are you in Sinbad?
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The thread title is relevant ;)

I actually applied for my primary line about 30 minutes before the announcement of the opening of applications ;)
A secondary line will actually be a serious pain, as the cottage is at the back of the property so there would be about 40m of trenching involved, including digging up concrete.
 
Ok great well Blairegowrie as a suburb is live, so this means your sector would be lit very soon. Vumatel generally doesn't trench on the property side, they use a UV armored fibre lead (about the size of an ethernet cable) which they would surface mount to get to the cottage. Unfortunately if you want the cottage to be independent that is your only option.
 
PBCool said:
If you want the 2nd line installed you would just complete another application form on their site for your cottage, they do have quite a backlog at the moment so the sooner you can get it in the better.
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I hope that backlog is not too long... Will be painful waiting for an extra month for an installation while the fibre box is outside my wall waiting for me... Especially with all the ADSL issues I've been having lately.
 
mozez said:
I hope that backlog is not too long... Will be painful waiting for an extra month for an installation while the fibre box is outside my wall waiting for me... Especially with all the ADSL issues I've been having lately.
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Considering an install takes about 2-4 hours, it may take a while. They can only do so many houses at a time.

To think though, since the 11th January, over 150 houses was connected in about 2 weeks though, not bad
 
Yes Vumatel are also ramping up their install teams to deal with the demand, so your wait shouldn't be that long.
 
DERoestorf said:
Considering an install takes about 2-4 hours, it may take a while. They can only do so many houses at a time.

To think though, since the 11th January, over 150 houses was connected in about 2 weeks though, not bad
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That doesn't sound bad at all. Gud to see there is a great demand as well though, can only mean gud things for the community going forward.
 
PBCool I still have one question which I can't seem to find on the CISP faq list. If you were to port your telkom telephone number, wil you be able to use your old analog phone to make/receive calls?
 
FLHEM said:
PBCool I still have one question which I can't seem to find on the CISP faq list. If you were to port your telkom telephone number, wil you be able to use your old analog phone to make/receive calls?
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The simple answer to that is No. Unless the analog phone is set up to take both types. I don;t know of any that does that
 
DERoestorf said:
The simple answer to that is No. Unless the analog phone is set up to take both types. I don;t know of any that does that
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Oh. I'm just wondering because I know some routers can support RJ-11 jacks.
 
Not sure if this question has been asked before... What is the typical manner in which the Vuma installers run the fibre from the outside box to within the property? Do they do trenching if the route is tricky or prefer to run the cable similar to how Telkom phone lines are installed?

If the latter, I wud assume given the nature of fibre, one wud not need to be concerned with natural elements (mainly rain) affecting the connection quality?
 
mozez said:
Not sure if this question has been asked before... What is the typical manner in which the Vuma installers run the fibre from the outside box to within the property? Do they do trenching if the route is tricky or prefer to run the cable similar to how Telkom phone lines are installed?

If the latter, I wud assume given the nature of fibre, one wud not need to be concerned with natural elements (mainly rain) affecting the connection quality?
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They will run along the outside wall to the nearest point of your house, and then trench (up to 10m) to the house.
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mozez said:
Not sure if this question has been asked before... What is the typical manner in which the Vuma installers run the fibre from the outside box to within the property? Do they do trenching if the route is tricky or prefer to run the cable similar to how Telkom phone lines are installed?

If the latter, I wud assume given the nature of fibre, one wud not need to be concerned with natural elements (mainly rain) affecting the connection quality?
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Hi

Sinbad's post is correct. They go via the Boundary wall to get to the closest point to the house. From there, they will trench up to 10m. But if you have paving/cement etc, they cannot do trenching, in those instances, they ask the residents to prepare the area where the fibre should go.

The fee for installation is R1710, and it includes the fibre to get into your house (note, other supplier charge per meter) as well as the CPE.

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards
 
Thanks for the feedback guys wrt the home installation. Sounds clear.
 
If I wasn't so excited about the looming fibre deployment, I'd be quite annoyed at the power cuts which Vuma have caused while trenching. I understand some of it apparently has to do with documentation being out of sync with where utility lines are but this still shows the short-term impact of the trenching approach.

To their credit, they've remained on-site whenever a utility cut happens, even till early hours of the morning when required. And communications has been gud.
 
City Power took serious shortcuts. That cable they hit today should be over a meter down. It's not.
 
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