What’s this BT box mean?

[Mr Whippy]

New build I’ve reserved has this in it.

Is this a good or bad thing?

Does that network cable go into my network router?



Many thanks for any help!

[bobthemonkey]

Mr Whippy said:

New build I’ve reserved has this in it.

Is this a good or bad thing?

Does that network cable go into my network router?



Many thanks for any help!

It’s an ONT (Optical Network Terminal). Basically a fibre modem for BT’s fibre to the premises service.

Means you can have up to 900mb/s broadband - normally sold under the the ultrafast name.

Cable will indeed go into your router.

[bigandclever]

Same as this I’d imagine.. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[AJB88]

Also means BT will charge you £££ a month for the pleasure of having FTTP.

[anonymoususer]

When clicking on the picture it states "a bathroom with a sink and toilet"

I think it must be an error

[interstellar]

I have fttp from bt. £29.99 a month for 18 months.

[AJB88]

interstellar said:

I have fttp from bt. £29.99 a month for 18 months.

my mate got well ripped off on his new build think hes paying about £60p/m for the 100 connection.

He was well annoyed when I go Vodafone FTTP 500 for £28p/m

[Mr Whippy]

Very fast, but very expensive.

24 mo contract and CPI+3.9% price increases per annum.

Cripes.

Will definitely look beyond BT given those prices!

[Lagom]

interstellar said:

I have fttp from bt. £29.99 a month for 18 months.

I haggled £27.99

[colin79666]

Mr Whippy said:

Very fast, but very expensive.

24 mo contract and CPI+3.9% price increases per annum.

Cripes.

Will definitely look beyond BT given those prices!

You might be stuck with BT for a while. On new build estates there is often an exclusive deal for the ISP in return for putting in the infrastructure.

[simonrockman]

anonymous said:

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That's what they say. In practice they are pretty much joined at the hip.
Still having fibre installed is pretty good. The lead time on Openreach Fibre on Demand is seven months.

[x5tuu]

colin79666 said:

Mr Whippy said:

Very fast, but very expensive.

24 mo contract and CPI+3.9% price increases per annum.

Cripes.

Will definitely look beyond BT given those prices!

You might be stuck with BT for a while. On new build estates there is often an exclusive deal for the ISP in return for putting in the infrastructure.

Yep - the network is essentially locked to a very small number of providers for the first few years of a new estate being built.

Our cabinets were opened up to other mainstream providers 3.5-4yrs after the first people moved onto the estate - we’d been on 2.5 at this time. Our initial contract was c.£60 for 500mb, it was renewed (on a min 24mth contract) for £50 for 900mb.

Not sure who I’ll move to when the contracts up but it’ll certainly be someone a whole load cheaper!

On the plus side the speeds haven’t wavered and service has been literally faultless

[Blockbuster]

colin79666 said:

You might be stuck with BT for a while. On new build estates there is often an exclusive deal for the ISP in return for putting in the infrastructure.

It's not that. The OP can go with any provider that sells Openreach FTTP. it's just there's not that many of them about at the moment. As well as BT, Sky sell it too and a handful of smaller ISPs who tend to charge a bit more.

[Alucidnation]

Not convinced that's an ONT in the OP's picture.

This is what they will be using from this year, to replace the massive units they currently use..

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/01/a-lo...

But then again...

Just realised it’s a DSI for connectorised fibre.

If that’s the case, take it all off and do it again when you move in.



https://www.openreach.com/content/dam/openreach/op...

Edited by Alucidnation on Sunday 1st August 07:19

[Sheepshanks]

It’s the new ONT casing for use by developers - the ONT itself is inside.

[essayer]

Why are the sockets so close to the ceiling?

[Alucidnation]

You should see how close the light switches are to the floor!

[Mr Whippy]

This is all new stuff to me. Thanks for the in depth info.


I’m with BT off-contract for now as we were expecting to move.

Thus an opportunity to stay with BT on a “deal” seems likely to me.

I’ve generally found them flawless on 70/20 for years and the idea of just plugging the dangly black wire on the unit in the picture into my ASUS zen wifi thingy and let it do everything is appealing.

[surveyor]

That is a lot smaller than the FTP box we have hiding in our tank cupboard, which looks like the one on this thread. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Welcome to wizzy Internet!

[Sheepshanks]

Your's probably has a battery backup in the box - they don't bother with the backup now. If your phone is over broadband too then you lose the phone in the event of a power cut. If there's no mobile coverage than they should still provide a battery.