Ultrafast Installation?

[Hoaxkirkby]

Hello, 

Just wondering if anyone knows if I gave this right about installation. 

I have just upgraded to Ultrafast 1 (fibre) and was told openreach would install a box to the outside of house, and then an engineer will set up a connection inside. 

I may be just daft, but I thought having fibre meant a hole would need to be drilled through the outside wall for a cable? 

[Highlinder]

@Hoaxkirkby  The box outside is what takes the cable that comes from either a pole or a duct from your street. The box inside is fed from a cable that is fused to the one on the outside giving you the connection and then you connect to that via an ethernet cable to to the router.

This will bypass all of the copper line that you have in the property.

If you want to know more look up YouTube about fibre installs and how they are done.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Hoaxkirkby wrote:

 I thought having fibre meant a hole would need to be drilled through the outside wall for a cable? 

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Yes, it does.

[Hoaxkirkby]

@Highlinder @TimmyBGood thanks both. 

I'm confused because the sky agent told me no hole would be drilled. 

I kept asking but was repeatedly told no, it was just a box fitted (no hole/drilling), then engineer set up. 

I'll have to phone sky back because I just agreed to the deal. 

[lettice]

Your fibre install will be exactly as @Highlinder  mentioned above.

A small hole will have to be drilled for the cable from the outside to inside box.

A new install or upgrade to fibre install described with the engineer visit details here;

https://www.sky.com/help/home/broadband/join-sky-broadband/new-phone-line-installations/articles/sky...

[TimmyBGood]

@Hoaxkirkby 

Ultrafast 1 (150Mbs) can be delivered without drilling, but only where provisioning is over G.fast using existing copper phone line rather than FTTP and a purely optical circuit.  G.fast covers about 10% of UK addresses, and isn't now being expanded into additional areas.

[Hoaxkirkby]

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UPDATE:

I have contacted sky again and it turns I was heavily misinformed by an agent doing my deal - confirming that NO drilling would be necessary. 

But like everyone has stated, it would, as confirmed by another member today. 

It's just that I have a landlord and live in a model village so can't just have holes or digging etc happening., so have to rethink what to do.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond and advise me! 

[Highlinder]

@Hoaxkirkby  What a lot of people are going to have to understand is that this is how internet is going to be delivered to their homes and that if ducting is not already in place that drilling will have to happen.

Just be a fact of life that people will want fast broadband access. Plus they can use this as something to get tenants in the future as it only needs done once.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Hoaxkirkby wrote:

It's just that I have a landlord and live in a model village so can't just have holes or digging etc happening., so have to rethink what to do.

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Note that in an FTTP area, only FTTP can now be provisioned.  That means no ISP switching, no moving home and no new broadband is possible if the necessary modification cannot be made to a property.

Putting the address into the BT Wholesale Availability Checker should indicate which provisioning type is applicable.

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome 

It's the table and the two text lines below it which are most useful.

Remove any personal information (such as the address itself) if you post an image.

[mormegil]

So if landlord does not allow the fttp to be installed then I would be asking for a discount on rent otherwise they will soon find they have an unrentabke property 😉 got for their wallet it works wonders lol