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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by armadillo on Mar 19, 2024, 22:34:29 »I would also like them to install the external box where the current FTTC / Phone cable comes in to the property, as it would then be in an external cupboard, offering some protection from the weather, etc, but the last guys that came were talking about installing it on the front of the property underneath the window where the drilling will go, so as to avoid long running cables.
My feeling is that I would rather have a long fibre cable routed round the outside of the property than a long ethernet cable routed inside. Certainly, that is why I had Openreach go over the garage roof and round. They said it is ok to route up to 50m of fibre outside. Anyway, fibre is not lossy and not subject to interference as far as I am aware. The only drawback with the outside routing is vandalism if some idiot decides it would be fun to cut it. Fortunately, I live in a very safe area.