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#280957 21-Jan-2021 17:17
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Has anyone recently had there fibre line into their house moved ? And what was the rough cost? . Currently my fibre runs from the street on a diagonal line to the front of my house roughly 7 meters , we are planing to extend our house outwards by 5 meters . The foundations would sit over the cable possibly squashing it. I was thinking of asking my isp if chorus could just temporarily hook it to the fence and then when the new structure is build then run it to a new point. I do also want to move the ont from behind the tv to a new study. I rang Chrous to ask for advice they suggested call your isp , who have said need to get Chrous out. The cost for moving the ONT is quoted at $300 but that wouldn’t be the price for rerunning the fibre to the house. What would be the best approach? ask to have it moved when needed and just go with 4g for awhile or ask to move it temporarily and then move it to new entry point when completed?

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  #2639808 21-Jan-2021 17:20
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The foundations would sit over the cable possibly squashing it.

 

That doesn't sound right. Could we see some pictures?

 

 

 

Unless the ETP is on a wall getting (re)moved or you're excavating deep this shouldn't matter.




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  #2639821 21-Jan-2021 17:46
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SomeoneSomewhere:

The foundations would sit over the cable possibly squashing it.


That doesn't sound right. Could we see some pictures?


 


Unless the ETP is on a wall getting (re)moved or you're excavating deep this shouldn't matter.



The ETP is on an external wall which is going to become an eternal wall for an ensuite, the extension will come out 5 meters from where the ETP is the fibre cable is not very deep and runs on the angle to the street. Hope these pics help





  #2639825 21-Jan-2021 18:01
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As long as the ETP can stay where it is and they don't dig into the cable itself, you're fine. The cable doesn't care about how much weight there is.

 

Talk to your builder about how deep and where the piles/foundations are, and find out how deep the cable is.

 

If it does need to move, get a new trench dug in a safe location while they're digging piles/stormwater/sewage, and get your sparky to drop a green chorus duct in it. Then it's probably a 1-2 hour job for them to disconnect the old cable, pull a new microduct and fibre, and splice it.

 

 




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  #2639849 21-Jan-2021 20:18
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SomeoneSomewhere:

 

As long as the ETP can stay where it is and they don't dig into the cable itself, you're fine. The cable doesn't care about how much weight there is.

 

Talk to your builder about how deep and where the piles/foundations are, and find out how deep the cable is.

 

If it does need to move, get a new trench dug in a safe location while they're digging piles/stormwater/sewage, and get your sparky to drop a green chorus duct in it. Then it's probably a 1-2 hour job for them to disconnect the old cable, pull a new microduct and fibre, and splice it.

 

 

 

 

It’s very shallow was shocked when they put it in, thank you for the advice really appreciate it 


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