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Discussion topic: Sky full fibre installation external boxes

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This message was authored by: Rivs

Sky full fibre installation external boxes

Good morning can anyone tell me why I have 2 external boxes rather than one like my son for full fibre and would this be detrimental to the fibre speed. 

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This message was authored by: Chrisee

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@Rivs the box on the left is the connection point between the fibre from the street to the connection to the internal ONT. The one on the right looks to be weatherproof connection for the hole into your home. It should not affect speeds at all. Not sure why the engineer used that method it is more common in satellite downleads, the Openreach engineer who installed my line used a clever two part plastic fitment with a dab of silicone.

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This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

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@Rivs 

 

As @Chrisee says, the unit on the right is a cable entry hole cover, not a box.  It's over the opening for the optical pigtail going inside the property to the ONT, which is fusion spliced to one strand of the main cable within the CSP box on the left. A circular cap is more usual, but that one should work just fine.

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This message was authored by: Rivs

Re: Sky full fibre installation external boxes

Thanks for the clarification cheers

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