Hooray!!!  Today I witnessed about 6 telefonica employees laying fibre optic cable from the telephone exchange (next to Riders Surf Shop) and down the main street (Avd. Los Lagos).

When I enquired at the Movistar Shop in Corralejo last year, the guy laughed at me and said, fibre in Cotillo: not in my lifetime!!!

Hope the fibre cable gets to end end of the street, as I'm in the last but one building on the right!!

Tom.

[color=#333333][size=small][font=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif]Just wondering what the going rate is for normal line based broadband. I have been with Movistar for approx 4 years now and have seen the prices sneak up over that time. I am currently paying just under 60 euros per month which seems quite pricey to me. I started to wonder if I was paying for a calls package and maybe a tv package to be included which I don't use as I only use the internet service. Not normally a problem as it is f

Anyone actually managed to get Fibre installed in El Cotillo?

Here is my experience:

Got a phone call from a Movistar Agent in early August, did I want to upgrade from ADSL to Fibre (Fusion #0).  Yes, I said, but not before the end of the month as I'm on holiday. 

Mid-August: We are ready to install tomorrow. No thanks, I'm not in Cotillo until the end of the month. 

Text: install 25th August between 9 and 12. 

25th August: About 10 am, phone call from engineer, not attending

So far I haven't been willing to take out a lengthy (I assumed) expensive monthly contract for what I thought would be mediocre internet, especially when we don't live here permanently. So we've been relying on mobile data using a 4G router for our home internet needs. Those needs recently changed dramatically though with two kids home schooling and two people working full-time with lots of online meetings. Tethering on three different sim cards to try ensure sufficient bandwidth becomes qu