Chorus is installing fibre past my house but the rollout doesn't say we are getting it, what's happening

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#277181 30-Sep-2020 18:14

So the Chorus lines people are outside at the moment pulling fibre past my property but I've checked and there is no plan in the next few years to make it available. What are they doing and can I find out when it might be available?

Thanks

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#2576670 30-Sep-2020 18:16

It's just you, all your neighbours will be getting it :) You have to stay on your 56K modem!

@chorusnz might be able to shed some light. Likely a glitch in the online maps.

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#2576672 30-Sep-2020 18:19

I would suspect it's Backhaul fibre, not UFB.

If your in a rural area, it's possible it will be built out with Rural Fibre. but that doesn't just go as cheap as you would hope...

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#2576715 30-Sep-2020 19:34

jif:
So the Chorus lines people are outside at the moment pulling fibre past my property but I've checked and there is no plan in the next few years to make it available. What are they doing and can I find out when it might be available?

Thanks

Where are you located?
Rural?
I’ve got fibre going past my property but because I’m rural and not in a UFB area I’ve been quoted just under $14k to get connected. :(

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#2576741 30-Sep-2020 20:25

Who did you talk to to get a quote?

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#2576742 30-Sep-2020 20:31

I'm between Albany and Pare in Auckland and the fibre stops about 100m down the road and there's not much going on up the road.

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#2576785 30-Sep-2020 20:34

expect 10k+ quote

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#2576800 30-Sep-2020 21:20

CYaBro:
Where are you located?
Rural?
I’ve got fibre going past my property but because I’m rural and not in a UFB area I’ve been quoted just under $14k to get connected. :(

I assume that you have already put the order in since that is the single biggest upgrade to the property you can do and its cheap too.

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#2576858 30-Sep-2020 22:19

jif: Who did you talk to to get a quote?

You want to call your ISP and ask for a "NGA on application", and yeah, expect 5 figures.

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#2576860 30-Sep-2020 22:22

I daresay it's backhaul fibre, not rollout fibre; if so, you will need to pay to connect to it.

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#2577155 1-Oct-2020 11:25

richms:

CYaBro:
Where are you located?
Rural?
I’ve got fibre going past my property but because I’m rural and not in a UFB area I’ve been quoted just under $14k to get connected. :(

I assume that you have already put the order in since that is the single biggest upgrade to the property you can do and its cheap too.

That's what I told my wife but she won't go for it! :(
We also don't have that much to spend right now.

Do Chorus let you pay it off over say 12 months?

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#2577156 1-Oct-2020 11:31

jif: Who did you talk to to get a quote?

I contacted Full Flavour as they seem to one of the few ISPs that will deal with rural fibre.

https://fullflavour.nz/rural-broadband/rural-fibre

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#2610970 26-Nov-2020 10:13

richms:

CYaBro:
Where are you located?
Rural?
I’ve got fibre going past my property but because I’m rural and not in a UFB area I’ve been quoted just under $14k to get connected. :(

I assume that you have already put the order in since that is the single biggest upgrade to the property you can do and its cheap too.

So I convinced the wife and it's getting installed today! :)

Downer are here at the moment digging the pit and trench.

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