ukdavvy
31-01-2011, 23:31
Hi
Im strongly considering VM for all my home media but have a few questions Id love answered :)
The biggy is about the phone
On the other side of the wall to the most obvious place for my outside cable box is our master BT socket
We dont actually have anything plugged into this master but it does lead to a daisy chain of cable runs around the house including the socket that we actually have our main phone base station plugged into
My main worry is about this
The base station would be a nightmare to run a new cable to from the outside
Im not sure if VM would take over my main BT socket as their first run into the house - which would be easy - or if they would need to run a cable from the outside to where my cordless phone dock is connected which would be a nightmare
Opinions welcome on this
Secondly the VM website says outside cables are buried but the 2 mates I have locally with VM cable have just had the cable run along the surface of their garden in a plastic sheath
Is this lazy local installers or is it what actually happens everywhere?
My install is a potential nightmare
The trianglular box outside the house is in the most stupid position imaginable
The run from this would go through a whole heap of bushes and trees - the roots of which are going to make burying pretty tough
The thing is I really do need it buried as we have a dog who will chew through the connection before I can say "Sky" !!!!!!
So comments welcomed
Do I need the phone to go all the way thro the house to my master base station or can they parasite it into the BT socket just by where the VM outside box will be?
And is the installer paid a flat fee by VM because if so they just will not be bothered to make the effort for my install thro the garden?
If they get paid for their effort then fair play and I will be a happy customer for many years
Thanks
Im strongly considering VM for all my home media but have a few questions Id love answered :)
The biggy is about the phone
On the other side of the wall to the most obvious place for my outside cable box is our master BT socket
We dont actually have anything plugged into this master but it does lead to a daisy chain of cable runs around the house including the socket that we actually have our main phone base station plugged into
My main worry is about this
The base station would be a nightmare to run a new cable to from the outside
Im not sure if VM would take over my main BT socket as their first run into the house - which would be easy - or if they would need to run a cable from the outside to where my cordless phone dock is connected which would be a nightmare
Opinions welcome on this
Secondly the VM website says outside cables are buried but the 2 mates I have locally with VM cable have just had the cable run along the surface of their garden in a plastic sheath
Is this lazy local installers or is it what actually happens everywhere?
My install is a potential nightmare
The trianglular box outside the house is in the most stupid position imaginable
The run from this would go through a whole heap of bushes and trees - the roots of which are going to make burying pretty tough
The thing is I really do need it buried as we have a dog who will chew through the connection before I can say "Sky" !!!!!!
So comments welcomed
Do I need the phone to go all the way thro the house to my master base station or can they parasite it into the BT socket just by where the VM outside box will be?
And is the installer paid a flat fee by VM because if so they just will not be bothered to make the effort for my install thro the garden?
If they get paid for their effort then fair play and I will be a happy customer for many years
Thanks