Thread: Virgin Media Box Removal
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Old 30-04-2015, 21:11   #17
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Re: Virgin Media Box Removal
Its going to cost you a few thousand pounds to move it. Like has already been pointed out by cjmillsnun there would be alot of legalites to overcome. You probably have no right insisting on having it moved?

I would at least insist the cabinet is replaced as it is suffering from a plentiful supply of dog pee

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
That's totally ludicrous.

I've seen quotes recently of less than £10000 to install completely new fibre optic across an entire mile of a city, including digging up roads, and BT's FTTPoD costs are half of that - around £5000 per mile. The estimated cost of Openreach running completely new cables (including road digging and laying new ducts) all the way from the exchange to an FTTC cabinet is barely £15,000.

VM would probably have to dig, at most, 50 metres. And frankly, they could get away with digging two metres. Bury the cable and move the amps up to the next junction box.
You'd be surprised with the cost. Contractors and man hours in every aspect of getting it moved soon add up.
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