topic Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated in Broadband

Need my openreach ONT relocated

Melissa56 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:48:09 GMT

Hi I need my openreach ONT moved.

Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated

Mark39 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:15:04 GMT

You'll need to speak to Sky. I don't know if Openreach will charge for relocating it.

Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated

grayerbeard — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:38:56 GMT

What I did when ONT was installed was to get Sky to run a long cable so my router could be located in the Hall from where the WiFi has better coverage aroun the house.

You could try getting Sky/Openreach to do something similar or you could just buy a long network cable and fit it yourself.

I doubt very much that the ONT can be moved.

Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated

TimmyBGood — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:05:38 GMT

@grayerbeard wrote:

You could try getting Sky/Openreach to do something similar or you could just buy a long network cable and fit it yourself.

I doubt very much that the ONT can be moved.

Typically neither Openreach or an ISP will do ethernet cabling like that: it's a DIY job.

ONTs can be relocated by re-splicing a replacement pigtail at the CSP (which is why the junction is there) but isn't a trivial task.

Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated

grayerbeard — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:37:33 GMT

Well Openreach did a 5 mm Meter Ethernet cable run for me without question.

Re: Need my openreach ONT relocated

grayerbeard — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:03:11 GMT

To clarify, I am not suggesting moving the ONT. The connection from the ONT to the Router is a standard network cable.

So you can leave the ONT where it is and put the Router in (say) the next room connected by a longer network cable.

You could buy a network cable the length needed and terminate the ends with a plug but for most people that is hard.

However you can buy a long enough cable e.g. search Amazon for "network cable 15m".

The wiFi will work much better with the router in a central position in the house.