This is more of a general advice post, and looking to gather reasons to persuade my board to upgrade to fibre in my condo building.
I am a data scientist who recently bought a condo in Etobicoke (closing date end of March). I work majority of time from office, but do work from home 1-2 days a week.
The building management mentioned fibre cables, but it turns out we just have a FTTN connection and the building itself still uses copper. I just wanted to know what the steps will look like for having our connection upgraded so the building has FTTH available. I do have plans to join the condo board here in April when I move in and they accept new members.
The issue is that the current owner said this discussion was brought forth a few years back to lukewarm reception, especially since it's an older crowd. What are some good talking points to mention to help convince people? I know more reliable internet is important for me, but it might be less important to others on this board.
Also, what do the steps look like for this process? If the condo board eventually agrees (fingers crossed that happens sooner rather than later), is there a standard timeline for this kind of process, or is that discussed between the condo board and a Bell representative? And, potentially a stupid question, is there a possibility to get fibre to my unit if the board doesn't want to do condo-wide fibre? Or is that not allowed/not worth the trouble?
Important information: Bell has an existing telecommunications agreement with the condo corporation, and the condo has 314 units.
If anyone else has gone through this or is trying to with their condo, let me know what has and hasn't worked for you. Thanks all.
