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…

[kev2021]

Hi, Thanks for info! ah great, my BT master socket is where I want them to put the ONT box so I’m going to leave the floor board up so the can drop the cable under the floor and I’ve put a plastic tube under the floor to cross the hall with  a cable running through it which they can attach the fibre cable and then pull it through which brings it up right next to the master socket and then there is space on the wall to mount the ONT box as required.  The router then sits on a shelf above this so easy to connect up plus my network switch etc is there also so all in one place for easy access etc.

10m is plenty long enough.  I have power sockets by the BT master socket so all simple to connect up.  By removing Draytek model and ASUS router (temporarily) I’ve freed up 2 sockets for ONT & new BT router.  I’ll remove remove the BT router and put back just my ASUS router once engineer is gone and I’m happy everything is working etc.

I’ve signup to a VOIP service provider. We have a gigaset home phone which I discovered has a ethernet port on the black box which I can connect to my network and therefore not need the RJ11 to BT socket cable and it is VOIP capable so I’ve put in the details for my VOIP provider but currently waiting account to become live before I can test it.  Landline is seldom used to place calls , it’s mostly to receive calls.

At present line rental runs to end of the year so if this VOIP service works ok, we plan to stop the line rental which means will just pay for the FTTP which is a reasonable price.  If this VOIP provider doesn’t work out or has issues etc then we still have some time to try out different providers before end of the year to hopefully avoid paying the line rental again as from what I understand I dont need a line to have fttp so effectively can drop it and save approx. £20 a month line rental. So get faster internet for few quid extra a month and drop line rental saving £20 a month = win win.  Even if parents find they use the landline more than they think, they can sign upto a call package which means they will still save £10 a month at worst case scenario but I’m hoping they use mobiles more (inc. minutes in plans etc) so should negate needing a call plan on landline and they just pay for any calls they make I’m hoping.

Kev

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