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#298862 22-Jul-2022 12:45
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A few weeks back, when the 'thrusting' contractor was beginning to inject fibre lines into our town's street berms, I phoned a Chorus guy about changing the fibre drop point from one side of my section to the other. He asked for a diagram, which I sent him, and which he subsequently forwarded to another more relevant Chorus staffer. That guy emailed me thus:

 

Hi Mr.GeekIT,
Thank you for contacting us. 
The fibre rollout in the area is utilizing a plan for this build of the network.
Where the drop point will be placed I (*sic) decided on where the existing copper drop point is located. (* I think he meant 'is')
Once this is completed then when you call a provider of your choice to have it installed then request that you are wanting it installed as per the picture you have sent us. 
Kind Regards (him) 
Customer Service Representative
0800 600 100
www.Chorus.co.nz
PO Box 6640
Auckland 1010

 

I translated this as 'We have a (thrusting) plan and we're gonna stick to it. If it's not right, someone else can fix it later'.

 

My question: My ISP is Spark. So am I to understand that I should phone Spark (the number I've always used for tech stuff is 0800 22 55 98, which nowadays gets the Philippines) and then spend an hour or so trying to explain what I'm trying to achieve? Or will someone from Spark will phone me, or knock on my door, and say, "Hello Mr. GeekIT, I'm here to make sure that your fibre installation will be be exactly the way you want it."?

 

I actually spoke, unintentionally, to a passing but genuine Chorus technician (who shall remain nameless, mainly because he didn't identify himself) and his advice was, "Mate, you need to tell Chorus exactly what you want and then hang around while they do it, or they'll xxxx it up. That's what I did when they installed my own fiber line."  

 

What do I need to do now?





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  #2945655 23-Jul-2022 17:08
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quickymart:

 

Nope, if the rollout is happening in your area it would have been all planned and designed a long time ago, and it's extremely unlikely it can be changed now.

 

 

Correct. The fibre network is generally designed to have a double drop-off point at every second boundary - which then services two properties.

 

So the drop-off for your property will have been designed to service both your property and the property to your left. The network build team can't just move it to your right hand boundary as it will no longer be in a suitable location to service your left side neighbour.

 

Your first option is to request for it to be relocated as part of your installation. In that case, the existing drop-off will stay where it is to service your neighbour on the left, and you'll essentially be charged to have an extra drop-off installed on your right hand boundary. It's outside boundary work so will involve council consent and footpath/berm reinstatement costs - it's probably in the thousands of dollars if I had to estimate it. But the work will be quoted so you get the chance to say no.

 

As someone else has suggested, it may be far cheaper to run your own 20mm duct and draw wire from your preferred FTP location on the right side of the house out to the originally proposed drop-off point on the left. Another option could be shallow trenched ruggedised cable which Chorus technicians can lay in soft surfaces and across concrete paths etc via slot trenching. This is one of the free installation methods so is probably the quickest/easiest option.

 

 





The views expressed by me are not necessarily those of my employer Chorus NZ Ltd


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