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Post by jardiniere on Aug 19, 2021 11:07:59 GMT 1
Viewing a house tomorrow and just noticed in the announcement additional information "cable tv". Does this mean for some reason you can't have a satellite dish? Or is it a good thing? Would appreciate your advice as I'm so excited about this house but can't get through to the agent. I have to be able to watch Gardeners' World etc!
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Post by lapourtaider on Aug 19, 2021 11:10:43 GMT 1
I would say anything that gives you another option is a good thing. Do any surrounding houses have satellite dishes? Is there a reasonable debit internet connection?
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Post by jardiniere on Aug 19, 2021 11:22:59 GMT 1
Oh dear, not looking good. According to Orange, ADSL download speed between 0.25 and 5 mbps!
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Post by jardiniere on Aug 19, 2021 11:42:26 GMT 1
Just about to write that it looks like back to Bougyues 4G again when I see something saying fibre will be available at this address within the next 2 months! Whoopee! Can this be true or am I dreaming? Watch this space!
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Post by Polarengineer on Aug 19, 2021 14:42:17 GMT 1
If it is anything like the cable TV I had in Holland, it is just a cable network that a provider sends down a TV bundle of stations. You pay according to the choice of TV stations in the bundle that you choose. It usually has internet as well, all at a cost. Yes, if you want to stick to your sat TV, or any other tv/voip/internet feed you can. But don't forget to cancel the cable contract or you will be wasting money.
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Post by jardiniere on Aug 19, 2021 14:59:33 GMT 1
You pay according to the choice of TV stations in the bundle that you choose. Is there likely to be a bundle that includes foreign channels?
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Post by robertarthur on Aug 20, 2021 7:49:48 GMT 1
@ Jardinière, cable tv in France has been something for the cities. Once upon a time there was a cable provider by the name of Numericable for these services. In 2014 a take over by SFR, so you will probably have to look at what SFR has to offer. The old fashioned analogue "tv-only" has been replaced by an everything digital signal including internet access. So mentioning the word cable is only hardware related, you should ask more information about the provider. In several cities they bring fiber to the your street or frontdoor and from there use the existing coax cable infrastructure inside a building complex. What has SFR to offer? See this list. About receiving the BBC and others in France: rarely included as one of the channels in the standard "packages" offered by the French providers. In the SFR packages I see only BBC World News under " Info internationale 10 chaînes". More information, translated from this website, about cable in France. Where DTT is of course in French "TNT". " Cable reception is mainly used by residents of towns and cities with cable access for individual and collective housing. In order to guarantee access to free national DTT channels when the only available reception mode is cable, the law imposes on the cable network operator an "antenna service" as well as a takeover obligation for subscribers. It obliges the operator to make a commercial proposal for the take-up of free-to-air channels to the manager of a collective building. Thus, on a digital network, the operator must offer free DTT channels at a cost that must remain marginal. In particular, households benefiting from an "antenna service" should not be forced to sign a rental contract for the adapter that allows them to receive digital channels. Various solutions are proposed to enable viewers to access free DTT channels under conditions comparable to those for terrestrial reception."
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Post by jardiniere on Aug 20, 2021 8:16:01 GMT 1
Thank you for the detailed information. From that I can't see how I would benefit from cable tv. I have spotted a satellite dish on a neighbouring building so I should be able to carry on with satellite reception for UK tv as I do here. I'll try to get more information about internet from the agent today but it's confirmed fibre will be available within the next 2 years (not months!) Fibre - ooh là là!
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Post by robertarthur on Aug 20, 2021 8:54:35 GMT 1
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