hi.
Just looking for some advice here. I am about to embark on the community funded broadband route - I am not in a BDUK rollout area and BT have no plans to extend next gen broadband to our property. The reason for this is that our property is 2.7km from the fibre enabled cabinet ie. too far.
I have had an email from BT saying that if we went down the community funded route, then the price of install of a cabinet closer to us would be around £50,000 based on previous experience. There are only 5 houses here so that`s going to be a hefty bill, even if we all agree to chip in.
The frustrating thing is that we live on the hill side of a valley at 200metres height. I can clearly see out my window, a housing estate on the other side of the valley that has FTTC with speeds of around 30 mbps. There is even a 4g enabled mobile phone mast in direct line of site from my house. I can also see a castle 500 metres away that has FTTP installed!
So I am wondering if there is anyway of using what I can see outside my window to get next generation speeds at a cheaper cost than installing a new cabinet. I think I have already discounted the 4g mobile phone mast, as the data caps make it an unviable solution. However, I am aware of such things as microwave point-to-point connections which can span quite considerable distances eg enought to reach the housing estate, and definitely enough to reach the castle. However, I`m struggling to find out how to explore these options further.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Tim
Just looking for some advice here. I am about to embark on the community funded broadband route - I am not in a BDUK rollout area and BT have no plans to extend next gen broadband to our property. The reason for this is that our property is 2.7km from the fibre enabled cabinet ie. too far.
I have had an email from BT saying that if we went down the community funded route, then the price of install of a cabinet closer to us would be around £50,000 based on previous experience. There are only 5 houses here so that`s going to be a hefty bill, even if we all agree to chip in.
The frustrating thing is that we live on the hill side of a valley at 200metres height. I can clearly see out my window, a housing estate on the other side of the valley that has FTTC with speeds of around 30 mbps. There is even a 4g enabled mobile phone mast in direct line of site from my house. I can also see a castle 500 metres away that has FTTP installed!
So I am wondering if there is anyway of using what I can see outside my window to get next generation speeds at a cheaper cost than installing a new cabinet. I think I have already discounted the 4g mobile phone mast, as the data caps make it an unviable solution. However, I am aware of such things as microwave point-to-point connections which can span quite considerable distances eg enought to reach the housing estate, and definitely enough to reach the castle. However, I`m struggling to find out how to explore these options further.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Tim























