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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Fractal Design Torrent case

    I'm in the process of speccing up a new PC. This is the case i will be opting for. Be ace if PCS stocked it.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    Hahha as far as I know it's just tarmac. There's nothing underneath it. The engineer was telling me the builders probably bodged the ducting when the house was built. He was showing me pictures of bodged ducting on brand new houses. I would have preferred to be able to use my own ducting, as...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    Hi all. Just a little update to my saga. (Incase any one was interested) So the engineers came back out this week and I had a good chat with one of the guys. The guy had a chat with my neighbour and he wasn't keen on allowing them to dig the hole to fix the ducting. However the engineer...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    @ubyusa I had tactfully suggested that the company could take him to court and his response was that they can if they want. However after a discussion with me he said that he'd ask the new owners and that he'd need their permission. They haven't formally sold the yet, but his reasoning was...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    @hol135 Thanks for the reply. I don't even know the new owners name lol. Never mind his details to put in a contract. I did ask my neighbour for the new owners number, but he refused. I guess he's worried about the house sale falling through. Interestly though, I've done some research and...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    Ty for the for reply. I did try to suggest that but cable installers said it wouldn't work.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    @ubusyary for the reply Yes I could wait until the new neighbours have moved in, however I've absolutely no idea when this is going to be. The house "sold" a week after going on the market and the buyers have been waiting since (September). The current neighbors have have already had once...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    Thanks for the replies. Very helpful. I'll try to answer the points raised in one big post rather than quoting each of you. I've spent a good few days searching Google and going by the cable installers it is a common problem, however, I couldn't find many searches in Google that would evidence...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Neighbour Blocking FTTP Installation

    Hi All, Wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction... thanks in advance. I live in a small town in the north of England and we our own property. In our town a smallish company called Youfibre is building a FTTP network. Im currently getting a dismal service from sky and I work from...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST BSOD's following windows update

    Hi, Looking for some help please. Last night windows decided to update something as it was shutting down. I'm not sure what update it was as I wasnt particulary paying attention. After the update the PC shut down as normal. I turned the PC on this afternoon and before I even got to the login...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Upgrades, - Will this bottleneck?

    Hi all, Quick question, I'm pricing up a new PCS system for next spring. - Most likely an AMD system, either this gen Ryzen or next and probably with AMD's next line up of AMD GPU's. - Whenever that is of course. I only play at 1080P at the moment but my current PC (see signature) is...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nvidia GTX 1180 Founders Edition looks set to rock PCs in July

    Just read an interesting Article on Techrader re the new GPU line up. https://www.techradar.com/news/nvidia-gtx-1180-founders-edition-looks-set-to-rock-pcs-in-july Time to get saving I think. Hopefully all the Miners wont buy them all up straight away and push the prices up again.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST steam link?

    Hi all, Anyone have a steam link? http://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/ I picked one up in the sale for 16quid, thought i'd give it a try. Anyone anyelse got one?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST halloween steam sale

    So guys, anyone bought anything? i bought the two resident evil remakes. I didnt think 50% off wasnt too bad.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST World Of Tanks

    Hi, Just wondering if we have any World Of Tanks players on the forums? I've been addicted to it since September, although its completely rigged I do find it very enjoyable. I'm Looking to find a few decent players to team up with. :)
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