What happens on installation day?

What happens on installation day?

Installation Guide

External

On the day of your install, our engineers will mount a small receiver dish to the outside of your property. This dish will usually be held with two screws drilled into the brickwork but on certain properties we can also fit the dish’s to chimneys using a no-screw method of attachment.

The dishes are sprayed to blend in with the surroundings (typically mottled black, brown, grey).



Cabling

The engineer will run cabling down the outside of your house from the dish and drill a small hole in the wall to bring this cable inside. The cabling is secured with small wall cable clips at approx 1ft intervals. A small drip loop is created to stop water running down the cable and stop excess tension to the end of the cable causing connection issues. Where possible we use existing features such as drainpipes and trellis’s to make the cabling as unnoticeable as we can. 



Internal

The cabling is brought into a room of your choice through a hole drilled in an external wall and a termination box is installed. This is then connected to your router which should be sited on a flat surface near to the termination point. The router must be near a plug socket which will power both the router and (via power over ethernet) the external dish too. 



Renting

Please note that you will need permission from the home owner before we can install your wireless internet service. We endeavour to cause as minimal damage as possible and fully remove all equipment and pins on de-installation of the service. In some situations we can use existing holes to feed the cable through into your living room (for example) eliminating the need to drill another hole.

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