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Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

User3100 — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:59:47 GMT

Hi, The building is around 400 meteres from the road across a field. There is a fibre pole in the field by the road that connects a closer property, 100m from the road, at gigabit speeds.

I've dug in pipe supplied by BT with multiple manholes and drawstrings to the building. This has been supplied with the intent of using it for a copper line, however I can't see the point in having a 7mbit copper line vs a 1gbit fibre line.

Although when having engineers out from the closer building (100m) from the road they have mentioned the maximum cable length may be 350m.

Are BT likely to be able to install a fibre line and if not are there any other options to get fibre to the building over 400m? Without paying out huge amounts for a lease line.

Would really appreciate any advice or help. Thanks

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:03:23 GMT

@User3100

It would be Openreach that provide the connection, once they receive an order from a Service Provider.

Are you a BT Business customer?

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

licquorice — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:04:05 GMT

Openreach install the network, not BT, you would need to ask them what the topology of the network is at your location. Nobody here can help I'm afraid.

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:11:46 GMT

@User3100

You could start here, if you have not already registered your building https://www.openreach.com/building-developers-and-projects/fibre-for-developers/registering-your-site/single-residential-plots

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

pyrotenax — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:46:03 GMT

I live on a new build estate and my route was longer than 400m.

There were a number of homes missed off the development for FTTP and it was a struggle to get Openreach to complete, blaming the developer and vice versa.

They pulled a new cable in through a duct, put something additional in a chamber in the footpath and connected to my home.

Results are below (just got BQM running on Unifi yesterday)

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

mikemod — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:54:18 GMT

My run was 360M and I had put the supplied duct and inspection boxes in as well.

The longest cable they had was 350M so they spliced the Fibre in the last inspection box, which was 20M from the house and then spliced it again in the external box to the ONT inside.

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

User3100 — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:54:14 GMT

Thanks, that's helpful to know. The openreach engineer at the time wasn't clear on whether they could splice the cable.

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

User3100 — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:00:07 GMT

Thanks I'll take a look. This is probably the solution and I'll try this to see what openreach say.

I was also interested in understanding whether it would be possible,as previous interactions with openreach have taken a long time to get a response.

Re: Fibre connection 400meteres from the road

User3100 — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:01:08 GMT

Good to hear, thanks