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AKLWestie

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#210226 18-Mar-2017 14:32
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About seven weeks ago, I saw Chrous installing fibre on my street.

 

 

 

 

Then the next day, two black tubes appear at my section.

 

 

 

 

Fast forward to a few days ago, those two black tubes have been cut short.  They have also been sealed with caps.

 

 

 

 

 

However, I am not too sure they have been cut too short.  As you can see from the picture below, they are quite short and I don't think they can go inside the light-green box.  I think the black one will be no go, because it said high voltage live cables.  Sorry about the bad lighting.

 

 

 

 

Couple of days ago, those short cables are gone.  I bet they got buried under the soil, or gone inside one of the boxes.  I check all the properties on my side of the street.  They are all gone or buried.

 

 

 

 

 

I noticed my section, and my neighbour's do not have a black Chorus plastic disc / cap / top.  But most of my other neighbours have them.  They appeared a couple of days ago.  I also check some properties a few streets away, which they now have fibre, they all have these discs / caps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So my question is... Has my install gone bad so I am not getting fibre?  Or would not get it for a long time?

 

 

 

Thanks!


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DarkShadow
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  #1743347 18-Mar-2017 14:48
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When you get fibre installed, they will dig these tubes back up, and join it to another new tube that they will put in. The new tube will then run towards your house.

 

Here's what the joint will look like:

 

 

The discs are there so that they can find where they buried the tubes, they aren't actually part of the network.

 

 


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