ᐅ Which types of telecommunications home connections are practical?
Created on: 18 Jun 2023 19:59
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Catibu74
Hello everyone,
In our new development area, fiber optic cable is being installed, which should be available around the time we move in. We have already signed the contract with Toni (BBV) for a house connection costing 600€ plus 100€ activation fee. Are we well equipped with this for phone, internet, and TV?
Or should we also apply for an old-fashioned copper telephone line for about 800€?
We inquired about a cable connection from Vodafone but received a rejection for our area, even though the city had listed cable as a possibility when selling the building plot.
Should we additionally install a satellite system? Our general contractor offers it for 1800€. The problem is that we have a hip roof, and the south, west, and east sides will be covered with photovoltaic panels. So the satellite dish would need to go on the north roof on a long mast. That should work since our roof pitch is only 20° (20 degrees), but it doesn’t look very nice because from the street view you would see the back of the dish.
What do you think?
In our new development area, fiber optic cable is being installed, which should be available around the time we move in. We have already signed the contract with Toni (BBV) for a house connection costing 600€ plus 100€ activation fee. Are we well equipped with this for phone, internet, and TV?
Or should we also apply for an old-fashioned copper telephone line for about 800€?
We inquired about a cable connection from Vodafone but received a rejection for our area, even though the city had listed cable as a possibility when selling the building plot.
Should we additionally install a satellite system? Our general contractor offers it for 1800€. The problem is that we have a hip roof, and the south, west, and east sides will be covered with photovoltaic panels. So the satellite dish would need to go on the north roof on a long mast. That should work since our roof pitch is only 20° (20 degrees), but it doesn’t look very nice because from the street view you would see the back of the dish.
What do you think?
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xMisterDx18 Jun 2023 22:50Stand on your property with your smartphone. If it shows 4G or even 5G, you can safely forget about the copper cable.
With Congstar, there is a home spot with 200GB for 40 EUR/month in 5G.
This almost fetishistic fixation on cables is quite interesting.
Mobile networks and Wi-Fi are often not considered at all... yet nowadays, in many locations, they are more efficient than the copper cables underground...
With Congstar, there is a home spot with 200GB for 40 EUR/month in 5G.
This almost fetishistic fixation on cables is quite interesting.
Mobile networks and Wi-Fi are often not considered at all... yet nowadays, in many locations, they are more efficient than the copper cables underground...
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WilderSueden18 Jun 2023 22:55As a backup, I would also recommend a mobile broadband router. We used a service from Megasim as a temporary solution, which cost €20 per month for truly unlimited data at 10/5 Mbps and – very importantly – it was cancellable on a monthly basis.
xMisterDx schrieb:
Stand on your property with your smartphone. If it shows 4G or even 5G, you can safely forget about the copper cable.
Congstar offers a home hotspot with 200GB for 40 EUR/month on 5G.
This almost fetishistic fixation on cables is quite interesting.
Many people don’t even consider mobile networks and Wi-Fi... yet nowadays, in many locations, they perform better than the copper cables underground... We have been using a mobile router exclusively for almost a year now. The problem is not the speed. The issues are the ping (completely unsuitable for gaming) and reliability. The cellular tower (which, by the way, also covers the new plot) has completely failed 3 or 4 times in less than a year. Sometimes it was down for a few hours, sometimes a few days, and once for almost two weeks straight. No network, no phone, no internet. This is not sustainable when two people need to work remotely.
And in the evenings, I don’t want to keep telling my husband, “turn off the video, I need to switch to hitscan.” That’s just frustrating.
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xMisterDx18 Jun 2023 23:31I have two kids, a job, and a new build with a lot of self-construction work... so I rarely game, please forgive me for that.
But even if I did, I’d probably be too stingy to spend 800 scoundrels plus peripherals just to go a few months without Counterstrike, WoW, Fortnite, or whatever game is popular these days...
The outages are annoying, I know. But it doesn’t have to be the norm. I’ve never been without internet for more than two hours... and I work in field sales, so I travel a lot.
But even if I did, I’d probably be too stingy to spend 800 scoundrels plus peripherals just to go a few months without Counterstrike, WoW, Fortnite, or whatever game is popular these days...
The outages are annoying, I know. But it doesn’t have to be the norm. I’ve never been without internet for more than two hours... and I work in field sales, so I travel a lot.
Catibu74 schrieb:
In our new development area, fiber optic cable is being installed, which should be ready around the time we move in. We have already signed the contract with Toni (BBV) for €600 for the house connection plus €100 activation fee. Are we well equipped with this for phone, internet, and TV?
Or should we also apply for an old-fashioned copper telephone line for about €800? If this is a completely new development, there will typically be no copper lines installed originally. What the telecom provider offers as a so-called copper connection will most likely be a fiber optic connection (as a reseller, if they are not the fiber installer themselves) that is then converted to copper technology, which is inherently more prone to interference than pure fiber optic.
Catibu74 schrieb:
We inquired about a cable connection with Vodafone but received a rejection for our area, even though the city had indicated the cable connection as available when selling the building plot. The city has no influence on which network operator is the first to file with the national regulatory authority. If Vodafone knows that a competitor is providing fiber optic service, they will not connect the development area at all—because then they would have to rent lines from that competitor or would only be allowed to install copper lines alongside. That makes no sense since, at today’s prices, no customer will pay slightly less per month for only half the speed. Almost all providers offer triple play anyway.
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