Reply To: FTTP Query Hi all, Looks like my parents are considering FTTP but I’m curious how it will work. At present, Telephone line comes to the house via a pole so i presume…

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FTTP installs are supplied with a Optical Network Termination (ONT) device which takes the light (optical) from a fibre cable and converts it to and electrical signal – so think of it as you new modem and then you just plug in you current router to the ONT via an Ethernet cable and you are good to go.

FTTP is supplied by BT as well as other (City Fibre – Virgin  ) so unless and usually dig up pathways and you parents may have a Fibre Termination point at the end of the drive already, if so then the engineers will just use this to make a conenction to house with either digging up a small trench between the end of your drive to your parents home.

If no such termination point is available at the end of the drive – then yes the fibre will follow the same path as your parents current DSL service (overhead).

BT do offer another service which is called Fibre to the Premises (on-demand) and this is where you do not live within a FTTP area but you current Street Cabinet supports VDSL and thus an engineer can run a pure fibre cable alongside you current DSL (copper) cable and you gain a  FTPP this way,

Alas FTTPOn-demand is very expensive and runs into the £1000’s

No idea about battery pack for ONT kit

 

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