BT upgrade to full fibre question please

NE5 · Friday at 17:45

I have today told BT to upgrade my internet to full fibre, as I needed to renew my package and my old one (half fibre ) was not available to renew.

However, I COULD have kept it for a charge of an extra few quid a month, whereas the full fibre was the same price, with free upgrade.

I am now looking at the video etc and am very unsure if it is possible to upgrade this in my flat.

Currently, I have a line in, to the front living room, and the old socket and suppresor. From there i have a line along skirting boards into the back room where i have my router via another socket and suppressor. It has worked fine for years and still does.

As I understand, the full fibre works by drilling a new hole (or using the same one) into a power box, near an electric socket. I do have a double socket fairly close, but use it for my TV, freeview recorder, hifi amp and DVD.

So my question is, will they be able to use this socket for a new internet full fibre box, and can they use the existing wire from front room to the router in the back room, and continue as I am ?

Or should i cancel this upgrade if it is not able to work properly

Broken Hope · Friday at 17:56

I’m sure they will make it work and the ONT just needs power, you can use an extension cable with 6 sockets or whatever.

NE5 · 2025-01-11T08:22:29+0000

I have cancelled the upgrade. Because of the work involved, i don't want a landline phone, and also because my house is up for sale.

With 3 weeks left on my contract, i now have to decide on a Broadband only package (which suits me as I never use the landline and haven't bought a new one anyway since i went digital a year ago) from BT, or change to Virgin, plusnet or another company.

What do people recommend please ?

Will a new company be able to use all the BT wiring into the house ? I don't have, and don't want. Virgin or Sky TV, so is it just a matter of me replacing the router in my spare room ?

Typhoon · 2025-01-11T20:29:41+0000

FTTP means they bring a fibre cable into your property. No existing copper cables are used. The ONT is screwed onto an internal wall and needs a power socket ( extention cable will do). The router connects to the ONT by RJ45 ethernet cable. You can place this were ever you want. Your Fibre will be installed by Openreach regardless of the ISP ( BT, SkY, Plusnet etc) unless you go with Virgin who install their own dedicated cable.