Hello,
first, a brief summary of our current situation:
In our future place of residence (village), according to Telekom, only a "slow" DSL connection would be possible. Fortunately, last year Deutsche Glasfaser launched a so-called demand aggregation for the community, which was successful. Therefore, in the next few weeks/months, the village will be supplied with fiber optic cables.
I have already placed an order with Deutsche Glasfaser for our plot for internet ("DG Classic, 400Mbit/s") and TV (IPTV, which I understand means television over the internet cable) and thus save the connection fee of 750 EUR.
Now my question
first, a brief summary of our current situation:
- currently still renting
- currently a customer of Telekom (internet + phone)
- already owner of an undeveloped plot of land (not yet connected to utilities)
- construction contract signed with general contractor, planned start of construction mid-March, guaranteed construction period ~ 6 months, so move-in expected around September, more likely October
- all electrical work included in the construction contract, no owner-provided work specified
- number of sockets, network outlets, etc., according to the construction contract very few, so we will need to add quite a few
- no basement
In our future place of residence (village), according to Telekom, only a "slow" DSL connection would be possible. Fortunately, last year Deutsche Glasfaser launched a so-called demand aggregation for the community, which was successful. Therefore, in the next few weeks/months, the village will be supplied with fiber optic cables.
I have already placed an order with Deutsche Glasfaser for our plot for internet ("DG Classic, 400Mbit/s") and TV (IPTV, which I understand means television over the internet cable) and thus save the connection fee of 750 EUR.
Now my question
- Upon inquiry, Deutsche Glasfaser told me that construction work in the community is planned to start in the coming weeks but will last a few months, so our connection will probably only be activated by the end of 2019 / beginning of 2020. If they are not ready by the time our other utilities (gas, water...) are connected to the house, they advise us to pre-install an empty conduit from the property boundary to the utility room as a preparatory measure. What would be the best solution in the meantime? We will move in in September/October. Assuming DG’s construction takes longer than planned, we would be in our nice new house without TV/television/phone.
Should we first continue ordering internet/TV connections from Telekom during our construction? Our contract there is still valid anyway. Although the connection would cost about 800 EUR, I would get the later DG TV connection free of charge.
SenorRaul7 schrieb:
Okay, then I will really skip the 3 telephone lines/sockets. Maybe I can at least save a few euros this way.
So I will set up the TV via a satellite dish. From there, a coaxial cable goes to the utility room, and from there it’s distributed to 5 satellite sockets in 5 rooms. Once Deutsche Glasfaser is finished in our area, we will also have IPTV as an option. And in the long term, by installing additional hardware, satellite to IP conversion.
For the internet, within my current Magenta contract, I will apply for the standard Telekom connection to the utility room. From there, at least 20 CAT7 cables in conduits to almost all rooms to the double sockets (CAT 6a? Or are CAT6 sockets also sufficient?). As soon as fiber optic is available, I will simply change the router and use the CAT7 cables to achieve the contracted speed (400k).
Thanks to everyone, you have helped me a lot!I haven’t read everything, but normally you need 4 coaxial cables from the dish to the utility room.
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SenorRaul725 Feb 2019 13:40Scorpy schrieb:
I haven’t read everything, but usually you need 4 coaxial cables from the satellite dish to the utility room.You’re right, Mycraft mentioned the same a few pages ago...
Or maybe 5, since I want to run cables from the utility room to 5 rooms?
In principle, it doesn’t really matter; the electrician should know all that anyway. I just wanted to understand the basics a bit, so he doesn’t try to sell me something like “Wi-Fi is enough these days” or “one cable to a double socket is plenty” and so on...
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