Fibre Optic

[Vapin' Joe]

What's involved in connecting a fibre optic router? PlusNet are sending an engineer to get me running on Friday, so I assume it's not just a case of plugging it in to the phone socket like a conventional one?

 

[vickster]

My virgin one is attached to a cable that comes into the house from outdoors. Hole drilled in wall to feed cable through

So no, it's nothing to do with the phone line. I assume plusnet use BTs network and junction box thingy

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Mines just plugged in and set up like a normal one once the engineer had done his stuff. I think mine is only fibre optic as far as the green BT 'cupboard' in the street though

 

[13 rider]

Yes optic fibre just to green box . house end should just be a plug into master socket if property is cabled correctly.some provides due self install some arrange an engineer

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Mines just plugged in and set up like a normal one once the engineer had done his stuff. I think mine is only fibre optic as far as the green BT 'cupboard' in the street though

So's mine.

PlusNet are sending me the router before Friday, is there any reason I can't just unplug the present one and plug the new one in myself?

 

[stephec]

If I remember rightly our BT fibre had another box tagged off the wall socket, no extra cables needed bringing into the house.

 

[fossyant]

You can plug it in yourself but the engineer usually changes the master socket. There is an additional socket on our master socket for the BT hub5

 

[Deleted member 23692]

So's mine.

PlusNet are sending me the router before Friday, is there any reason I can't just unplug the present one and plug the new one in myself?

Depends..when I first went onto fibre I was supplied with a separate modem and router. The engineer installed a new socket, then nipped across the road to play in the green cupboard and on his return he plugged in the modem I did the rest.

When I had the router upgraded about a year ago, the new router negated the need for a separate modem. I did all the setting up of that myself

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Thanks for the helpful replies. I'll leave it to the PlusNet techie after all.

 

[Andy_R]

For those on SKY who are thinking of fibre, you'll need to get a router of your own as the wireless router they provide is shite - it doesn't do 5ghz and the signal strength is quite low. Use the Sky box to get broadband into the house, then piggyback your own router via ethernet to act as the wireless part of the network

 

[13 rider]

So's mine.

PlusNet are sending me the router before Friday, is there any reason I can't just unplug the present one and plug the new one in myself?

Some routers are specific to there own company's broadband so it may not work until change over .You won't get fibre broadband until connected in green box and that's done on the day of change over. New routers are fibre ready so no need for an extra box that used to be required .Are you sure an engineer is visiting most connection are self install these days .

 

[drummerbod]

Majority of domestic products are fibre to the street cabinet, that includes Virgin and BT Infinity. It's a big con as many people think, and rightly so, that the fibre is to your house.

FTTC = fibre to the cabinet = Virgin Media Cable and BT Infinity
FTTP or FTTH = Fibre to the premisies or house. Both BT & VM can do these products but you pay HUGE amounts of money.

There are some London providers such as Hyperoptic that proved FTTP and reasonable rates. Speeds of 1Gbps are achieved.

 

[raleighnut]

Are you having fibre optic to the house or fibre optic to the green box (totally different systems)

 

[raleighnut]

Majority of domestic products are fibre to the street cabinet, that includes Virgin and BT Infinity. It's a big con as many people think, and rightly so, that the fibre is to your house.

FTTC = fibre to the cabinet = Virgin Media Cable and BT Infinity
FTTP or FTTH = Fibre to the premisies or house. Both BT & VM can do these products but you pay HUGE amounts of money.

There are some London providers such as Hyperoptic that proved FTTP and reasonable rates. Speeds of 1Gbps are achieved.

Beat me to it

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Are you having fibre optic to the house or fibre optic to the green box (totally different systems)

Fibre to cabinet.

To 13 Rider, engineer booked for Friday am - with a warning of a £50 charge if no one's home. That's what I'm going to bill PlusNet for if he doesn't turn up.