FTTH Install

[nlel1975]

Had FTTP installed today, they had a bit of a mare trying to get the fibre cable in due to blockages in the ducts but they got there in the end and its not something they've never encountered before. Over WIFI using a Netgear A7000 WIFI adapter this is the lowest result I got out of 18 speed tests…

I have had higher but this is because speeds have risen temporarily until 3rd September when they will go back to normal what I am paying for i.e. 236mbit/s down 46mbit/s up. Router is in another room about 11ft away through one wall.

 

[Sparx]

Nice, looks like a great connection, especially for wireless.

Enjoy

 

[nlel1975]

Connected with an Ethernet cable and got this...

Think I'll keep using the Ethernet cable until September 3rd when speeds are due to go back down to 236Mbps down 46Mbps Up. My WIFI adapter might be able to handle those speeds.

 

[nlel1975]

Here are some photos from my FTTP installation...

First thing they took the wall plate off...

Brought the toolbox in and connected up some kind of testing device...

Getting ready to pull cable in...

Fibre cable pulled in...

ONT fitted to wall...

New blanking plate to replace old BT socket...

Close up shot of ONT...

New Netgear router and cordless phone unboxed and connected...

Final shot of finished installation...

 

[Caged]

Impressive that they managed to pull the fibre into an internal socket - very rare to see conduit buried inside a wall like that.

 

[Sparx]

Must do things a little bit different in Jersey

Just had a look at Sure's website, nice prices £43pm for the 250/50 profile.

Price seems to jump crazily though! £230pm for 1Gb/100Mb profile, wow

 

[Caged]

£230 for a gigabit is probably aimed at hotels, businesses/people running co-working spaces etc. so it's priced accordingly - it's also still very cheap if you consider the market as a whole where Hyperoptic, Gigaclear and B4rn are outliers. If you make a £60 gigabit plan for a home user then you get people who end up costing the ISP more than they bring in, and adding capacity on the Channel Islands is a bit more work than just swapping out peering connections at LINX etc.

 

[nlel1975]

Price seems to jump crazily though! £230pm for 1Gb/100Mb profile, wow

No that's for the unlimited pro with a fixed IP and lower contention ratio, mine is just the standard unlimited. The standard unlimited gigabit is £ 63 a month + 5% GST.

 

[VaderDSL]

That's a nice small looking ONT! Wish the openreach ones were like that.

 

[Iron-man]

Looks like they did a nice tidy job