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Image 1 — Why would it be installed like this?
Image 2 — Why would it be installed like this?
Image 3 — Why would it be installed like this?
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Why would it be installed like this?

So the first photo is in this airb&b (where we are visiting) garden. A walled garden right at the back of the property, away from the road.

I'd guess that the grey thing is just the cover for the feed to the phone master socket, shown in the second photo.

That black (coax? fibre?) then is clipped along three walls to the front wall. Where it disappears into the wall and comes out inside into the small round cover. where a white (fibre? coax?) goes to a green plug on the big white box.

So, what are the names for all the above components, please? Is it fibre or coax? Why didn't they just put all the kit next to the master socket at the back? Where there is power...

Oh, absolutely green with envy. I can only get 10 ish megs at home. Neighbour has starlink. This is running at 900ish..

u/Susan_B_Good — 7 days ago
▲ 1 r/UKBroadband

Switch from OneStream 38 to 5G

So OneStream will charge 144 GBP if I cancel now (contract ends Sept) and have made a worse offer to stay than they are offering new customers. So much for "rewarding loyalty".

I've been thinking of going 5G - could I actually take the box anywhere in the UK and use it? That would be a real plus.

Even better would be a box that used EE or Vodafone - depending on signal strength. Does anyone do that?

Am I actually likely to get that 144GBP back from Uswitch?

Is this all a crazy idea and best to stick with fibre to box? No chance of fibre to premises..

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u/Susan_B_Good — 11 days ago
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Dripping Tap and a Belfast sink.. Cost to fix?

\"Orient Express\"

This is my sister's very slowly dripping tap. The taps themselves turn around 270 degrees from closed to open. Very little resistance.

Normally, I'd just fit a replacement for her. however, they are sat in a 15ft long joiner made worktop. With custom joiner-made cupboards underneath.

No isolating valves - the two water pipes enter from the back of the small cupboard underneath, through exact size holes in the back. Then a 90 bend. Then disappear through two exact holes in the shelf holding up the sink.

Beautifully made - not to be maintainable.

Any thoughts? I've no idea how to replace the taps short of total deconstruction.

So, faced with how to get at and replace the ceramic inserts. I don't normally attempt such things.

The top of the taps have a finely knurled disc holding the CHAUD/FROID ceramic labels.

I'd assume that I need to carefully unscrew those to gain access to a nut to remove the tap handle. Exposing a nut to remove the tap valve assembly..

Then measure the size of the ceramic insert, take some photos and try for a match?

Would a plumber even touch this job? What would they quote? It reminds me of those Japanese Puzzle Boxes - I can't even see how to dismantle this lot..

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u/Susan_B_Good — 1 month ago
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EEGB Broadband moving landline phone to broadband - cordless phone

I have a blind couple that have a BT (EE?) broadband (fibre to cabinet, I expect) and want a cordless phone with high audio volume and big buttons.

Would it be a good time for them to swap them over to internet based phone services and will their base router/modem support a plug in cordless phone base, directly?

Could they just arrange all this via BT/EE or would it be cheaper to buy their own?

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u/Susan_B_Good — 1 month ago