Virgin full fibre

[weimaraner95]

This is mine and it has its own psu unit, similar to the VM one that has its own also.
First cable is psu, second wan/lan cable to router and third is fibre cable.

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Hi can you have that box anywhere, my current VM internal box is on the wall straight after the cable inlet , then 4m cat cable to the hub3 in the other room.

 

[cokeaddict]

Hi can you have that box anywhere, my current VM internal box is on the wall straight after the cable inlet , then 4m cat cable to the hub3 in the other room.

They tend to fit them in the easiest place, i.e. just like VM, on the inside of the wall that the fibre line comes into the property.

 

[userlee5267]

Think all full fibre needs the small ont box on the wall.

 

[Aristotle]

Hi can you have that box anywhere, my current VM internal box is on the wall straight after the cable inlet , then 4m cat cable to the hub3 in the other room.

They asked me where I would like it.
I asked for it behind the tv near a power outlet and near my Router.
I don’t see why they couldn’t run the cable to the other room then mount the ont box in that room. But needs to be mounted fairly close to a power outlet for the psu power cable.

 

[cokeaddict]

They asked me where I would like it.
I asked for it behind the tv near a power outlet and near my Router.
I don’t see why they couldn’t run the cable to the other room then mount the ont box in that room. But needs to be mounted fairly close to a power outlet for the psu power cable.

The main reason is the fibre cable is very thin and therefore easy to break, so they like to keep it as short as possible I think.

Ahh yes, I forgot that a power outlet needs to be close by also.

They say you need 2, but if like me and your router is in another room, then you only need 1, just to power the ONT.

 

[Aristotle]

The main reason is the fibre cable is very thin and therefore easy to break, so they like to keep it as short as possible I think.

Ahh yes, I forgot that a power outlet needs to be close by also.

They say you need 2, but if like me and your router is in another room, then you only need 1, just to power the ONT.

Yes I have the cable inside a plastic cable tidy strip with some other cable’s.
I had it close to the router so I didn’t have to have a long wan/lan cable from the ont box to the router.

 

[cokeaddict]

Yes I have the cable inside a plastic cable tidy strip with some other cable’s.
I had it close to the router so I didn’t have to have a long wan/lan cable from the ont box to the router.

I'm using a 10m ethernet cable from the ONT to router.

Doesn't cause any issues:

 

[mike123]

Vodafone is powered by BT open reach which is interesting.
Their full fibre deal is lot cheaper than my BT contract.
Do you have to have a box like virgin between your own router.?
Woth BT I'm connected straight from the incoming fibre connection

Yes an engineer told me. You are not actually on BT equipment so it's not actually the same. As its Vodafones equipment in open reach cabinets

 

[mike123]

They will put them where you want with in reason. Aslong as its easy enough.

 

[Aristotle]

Yes an engineer told me. You are not actually on BT equipment so it's not actually the same. As its Vodafones equipment in open reach cabinets

Mine is CityFibre infrastructure equipment with overhead fibre cables to my house and Vodafone supply the router and fibre contract.

 

[cokeaddict]

Mine is CityFibre infrastructure equipment with overhead fibre cables to my house and Vodafone supply the router and fibre contract.

OpenReach and CF operate differently, hence most (maybe all) on OR don't get symmetrical speeds and Voda costs more per month on OR than it does on CF as OR charge them more for the connection.

 

[mike123]

That's probably a offer to you.

When I've looked on there website I can't get anything over 150mbs for £40.

That offer is probably for long standing customers.

The Vodafone offer is

Mine is CityFibre infrastructure equipment with overhead fibre cables to my house and Vodafone supply the router and fibre contract.

The only issue it's like a lot of them if you get a issue getting them to send out open reach is a nightmare. Because they have to pay.

1st you go through nonsense on phone
2nd they send a Vodafone guy out. Who just checks router and connection
3rd you will need to wait for openreach appointment

When your with BT or Virgin they just send out the engineer

 

[Aristotle]

The only issue it's like a lot of them if you get a issue getting them to send out open reach is a nightmare. Because they have to pay.

1st you go through nonsense on phone
2nd they send a Vodafone guy out. Who just checks router and connection
3rd you will need to wait for openreach appointment

When your with BT or Virgin they just send out the engineer

CityFibre manages their own network infrastructure and have their own engineers.
Open reach don’t do any work for them as they are separate companies.