Orange, Fibre, No commitment Alternatives

Badger · 1 September 2023 16:46

Good grief. Please see my recent topic…

Positive news about Orange/Sosh fibre Technology

I know that Orange (& therefore it’s cheaper offering, Sosh) are often a source of complaint & ridicule by many people on & off this forum so, for once, I’d like to tell a positive story. Without warning in late June this year (2023) Orange’s subcontractor in our area (14500), Sogetrel, installed the 1100m of fibre from the main road to our hameau of 4 houses. A couple of weeks later they installed the termination box from whence individual clients are connected. Although we (nor my nearest neighbour) never received a direct notification that fibre was now on offer I did notice it was an option when organising the swap of our Livebox after it got fried by lightning 4 weeks ago. I finally got around to applying for fibre (via Sosh’s website) on a Wednesday evening, 23/08/2023. I had instant acknowledgment of my order, & asked to set a rendezvous for the connection, which could have been as early as the following Wednesday! Due to a previous commitment I pushed that to the following …