routing of fibre cable within the house

[Misnomer]

Openreach today connected the FF cable to a new grey box on the front wall. From what they said i'm worried about the route the Sky engineer might seek to use to get to the hub, which is currently in the cupboard under the stairs. There are no power points anywhere near for the ONT which I understand will go on the inside of an exernal wall.  If we do that, how is the fibre cable going to be routed to the hub without being unsightly? If there's no satisfactory solution  wil lwish to decline the offer of FFB and stick with my Superfast.

[TimmyBGood]

@Misnomer 

The optical pigtail goes between the external box (CSP) and the ONT, and that's where the responsibility of  Openreach (or Sky acting on their behalf) ends.  If you choose to locate the Hub away from the ONT it's up to you to work out a route using ethernet cable.

[Misnomer]

Thanks for this. Do you know if there are any maximum lengths for the cable between the CSP and the ONT,  and between the ONT and the Hub? The engineer has been booked for this work and I'm trying to prepare for the choices he will ask me to make. 

[cookiemonsteruk · Accepted solution]

@Misnomer 

The standard install is the ont can be placed 10 metres from where fibre enters the building and 3 ft from the nearest electric socket but this can be negotiated with openreach when they attend

In terms of the ont to router a cat 5e ethernet cable can easily run 100 metres from ont to router