Fibre or not fibre

iniltous

If you wanted the ONT near the existing router location, but that would be an impractical internal ‘run’ , they would provide the ONT somewhere ‘practical’ and it would be for you to either relocate the router closer to the ONT , or provide your own Ethernet cable between the ONT and the router ..the provider pays OR a certain amount for an basic installation, there is a mechanism for a more complex provision, ( basically more time allowed  ) but this costs the ISP more , and ultimately the consumer,  obviously some installers may do more than is strictly necessary to keep the customer happy , some ( especially contractors who get paid per job ) will not spend ( for example ) 3hrs on a job , if the spec says it’s 1hr for the internal wiring , 1 hr for the network, ( 2hrs total) as that could potentially mean doing 3 jobs in that day instead of 4 , 
Cable ran internally is surface mounted , so along skirting boards , over and around door frames etc , some installs going from one side of the property to the other , may be quick and simple , some not, it depends on the property ,
I’m not saying they don’t run internal cable , but if someone were lucky enough that their property were such a size , it were 50+ metres from where the cable entered the property from the CSP to where they wanted the ONT , and that would take hours to complete, the tech could ( politely ) refuse unless the ‘premium’ install were purchased by the ISP.

armith

Yes, I'm wondering about this too. Our existing (copper) line has it's master socket slap bang in the middle of the house - our house is on a concrete rectangle - the master socket is about the most central point on this rectangle.

I'm sort of hoping they feed it through the existing duct through the garden and into the house and it miraculously pops up next to the existing master socket.

35har1old

armith said:

Yes, I'm wondering about this too. Our existing (copper) line has it's master socket slap bang in the middle of the house - our house is on a concrete rectangle - the master socket is about the most central point on this rectangle.

I'm sort of hoping they feed it through the existing duct through the garden and into the house and it miraculously pops up next to the existing master socket.

With luck it should appear in the master socket. You say  it's in a central position is this a hallway it will also require a power supply close bye. My master socket is in the hallway in behind the front door with no power supply any where near it not so good.
The Broadband at the moment is run of a extension with router beside it