New-build house, what is this box?
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I've just bought a new house and from having a look around, this box is installed in the living room wall:
The person we spoke to wasn't certain, but stated it may be a fast fibre box, and despite being unbranded, stated it was from BT. Can anyone clarify this? I'm wondering if this needs to stay in place or if, like I currently have, a normal router is required.
Thanks.
The person we spoke to wasn't certain, but stated it may be a fast fibre box, and despite being unbranded, stated it was from BT. Can anyone clarify this? I'm wondering if this needs to stay in place or if, like I currently have, a normal router is required.
Thanks.
Estate said:
The person we spoke to wasn't certain, but stated it may be a fast fibre box, and despite being unbranded, stated it was from BT. Can anyone clarify this? I'm wondering if this needs to stay in place or if, like I currently have, a normal router is required.
It's odd that it's unbranded - https://www.ournetwork.openreach.co.uk/resources/s...Moving it will be tricky as it's attached to an optical fibre. In which case plonking it in a corner of the living room seems a bit daft in a era where most people stick the telly on a wall.
It's an ONT. You'll still need a router for Wi-Fi etc.
A little unfortunate they've put it in the living room, hopefully somewhere it can be hidden. Our developer ran some ducting and internal fibre so that it popped up in the hall cupboard.
Only a small percentage of UK homes have FTTP, welcome to the club
ETA: I wouldn't suggest moving it. Dealing with BT regarding FTTP is nothing short of a nightmare as very few of their staff actually understand or have been trained on FTTP.
A little unfortunate they've put it in the living room, hopefully somewhere it can be hidden. Our developer ran some ducting and internal fibre so that it popped up in the hall cupboard.
Only a small percentage of UK homes have FTTP, welcome to the club
ETA: I wouldn't suggest moving it. Dealing with BT regarding FTTP is nothing short of a nightmare as very few of their staff actually understand or have been trained on FTTP.
Edited by Laplace on Friday 20th July 23:43
As said above, it's an Optical Fibre termination point for Fibre to the premises giving speeds of up to 1GBps both ways. Once Openreach get their fingers out anyway. At the moment it's limited to 330Mbps down and 30 up. Or it might be 50 up now. Not sure anyway but you can still order 40 or 80 or (I think) 150? The only ISP's that I'm aware of that currently offer FTTP are BT, Andrews & Arnold and Zen.
MrDan said:
As said it’s a BT FTTP termination.
Whispers were BT were canning this due to cost and ISPs not being able to cope with the amount of bandwidth.
I read they're using it more, filling in holes in coverage where there's a small group of houses that don't warrant the usual Infinity street cabinet. A colleague is getting it in his tiny hamlet in the next few weeks.Whispers were BT were canning this due to cost and ISPs not being able to cope with the amount of bandwidth.
That’s the book I’ve been waiting for 3 weeks for Openreach to come and install this in our new build but getting a response from them is worse than waiting for paint to dry ... they don’t have any facility to take inbound calls and only communicate via email and haven’t responded to me for 9days now ... I’m jealous!
Agree with other comments. It is (or should be) a fibre receiver for super super fast broadband.
However the developer / installer / electrician / architect should be hung drawn and quartered for thinking the middle of the living room wall is acceptable.
So simple to think it through a little and put it under the stairs or in a Utility cupboard.
V.
However the developer / installer / electrician / architect should be hung drawn and quartered for thinking the middle of the living room wall is acceptable.
So simple to think it through a little and put it under the stairs or in a Utility cupboard.
V.
VEX said:
Agree with other comments. It is (or should be) a fibre receiver for super super fast broadband.
However the developer / installer / electrician / architect should be hung drawn and quartered for thinking the middle of the living room wall is acceptable.
So simple to think it through a little and put it under the stairs or in a Utility cupboard.
V.
Absolutely.However the developer / installer / electrician / architect should be hung drawn and quartered for thinking the middle of the living room wall is acceptable.
So simple to think it through a little and put it under the stairs or in a Utility cupboard.
V.
We are lucky that our developer decided to put ours in the hall/under stair cupboard.
Chatting with the site agent though I can appreciate why the may not bother and feel lucky that ours (Miller) did.
In order for the hall cupboard to be cabled up for FTTP is requires the developer to run an internal section of fiber to the external splice point, during construction. If this section of internal fibre is damaged during the remaining fixes who takes responsibility for the cost of locating and repairing the fault? It certainly won't be BT so I can see why developers just let BT put it on the easiest external wall.
From what I could gather it was very much down to the site agent through discussions with OR and what he was prepared to undertake.
We don’t have a cupboard under the stairs which may explain it’s chosen position. There is an L shape sofa going there anyway, so shouldn’t be too much of an issue. I’m just happy we have optical fibre, now I just need the developer to confirm that it is “ready for service” before BT can show us on the map as able to connect...
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