FTTP - location of the ONT

goldndelicious

Hi all

I'm considering getting FTTP for my house in the UK and wondered what say I will have on where the ONT is placed.

We are on a new build which has the trunking to the house, so install should be simple enough just to blow the fibre through. However....

My current phone line goes through that trunking and in through the house on the right hand side of the door. The closest power socket is on the left hand side of the door, and I'm keen to avoid cables having to be visibly routed around my door if I can.

Next to the right hand side where the current position be line terminates is a downstairs toilet, with the fuse box, but no sockets.

The best location for the ONT (in my opinion) would be in my first floor lounge (3 storey house) - but this would require running fibre from the trunking on the ground, up and across to the spot in my lounge... Probably about an additional 15m of fibre on the outside of my house, to then enter through the wall.

How flexible are the engineers? Any ideas, or will they just go with the first possible location, regardless of what unsightly cables might then have to snake over door frames?

Thanks!

Highland76

If you've already purchased the new build, speak to the developer and inform them where you would like the ONT installed. Openreach normally have a limit of 30m for the 'e-z bend' fibre cabling from external CSP to the ONT location if its blown fibre - otherwise its 160m from the DP to the ONT if a connectorized install. But Openreach may already have installed the ONT to a location of their choice in which case it might be difficult to get it moved. Speak to the developer.

Highland76

This is where mine is installed:

Owain_Moneysaver

You can normally have 30 metres (might have been reduced to 10m?) of "easy-bend fibre" (looks like white or black TV/satellite coax) between the CSP (customer splice point) box on the outside of the house and the ONT (optical network terminal - 'modem') run internally. I don't know if they will run it outside; an internal/fibre person might not have a ladder?
This is what it looks like:
https://postimg.cc/nX9Z1yMK
https://postimg.cc/Lqzpcjtn

Highland76

Owain_Moneysaver said:

This is what it looks like:
https://postimg.cc/nX9Z1yMK
https://postimg.cc/Lqzpcjtn

That's in my home

Croft12

goldndelicious said:

Hi all

I'm considering getting FTTP for my house in the UK and wondered what say I will have on where the ONT is placed.

We are on a new build which has the trunking to the house, so install should be simple enough just to blow the fibre through. However....

My current phone line goes through that trunking and in through the house on the right hand side of the door. The closest power socket is on the left hand side of the door, and I'm keen to avoid cables having to be visibly routed around my door if I can.

Next to the right hand side where the current position be line terminates is a downstairs toilet, with the fuse box, but no sockets.

The best location for the ONT (in my opinion) would be in my first floor lounge (3 storey house) - but this would require running fibre from the trunking on the ground, up and across to the spot in my lounge... Probably about an additional 15m of fibre on the outside of my house, to then enter through the wall.

How flexible are the engineers? Any ideas, or will they just go with the first possible location, regardless of what unsightly cables might then have to snake over door frames?

Thanks!

YMMV but I got them to fit my ONT in my back door cupboard and drill though the wall into my kitchen to fit the Modem socket there.

JJ_Egan

From drop wire across front of the house in through top of front porch . ONT  box bottom of stairwell off the front hall .Power point within 1 foot of ONT and Ethernet a few feet to router .

unforeseen

Owain_Moneysaver said:

You can normally have 30 metres (might have been reduced to 10m?) of "easy-bend fibre" (looks like white or black TV/satellite coax) between the CSP (customer splice point) box on the outside of the house and the ONT (optical network terminal - 'modem') run internally. I don't know if they will run it outside; an internal/fibre person might not have a ladder?
This is what it looks like:
https://postimg.cc/nX9Z1yMK
https://postimg.cc/Lqzpcjtn

And probably does not have external grade fibre or pipework to run it in. 

Owain_Moneysaver

Highland76 said:

Owain_Moneysaver said:

This is what it looks like:
https://postimg.cc/nX9Z1yMK
https://postimg.cc/Lqzpcjtn

That's in my home

It took me more than a minute to find suitable photos from one of the forums. 

Owain_Moneysaver

unforeseen said:

And probably does not have external grade fibre or pipework to run it in. 

Easybend fibre is okay for external on a house wall, and comes in black or white. 

cajef

Owain_Moneysaver said:

unforeseen said:

And probably does not have external grade fibre or pipework to run it in. 

Easybend fibre is okay for external on a house wall, and comes in black or white. 

Mine came in brown, I am sat in front of the ONT looking at it.