Hi,
I am about to move to a rental property that has standard copper phone/ broadband line. I have been told by bt that the line has to be upgraded to full fibre as they have upgraded the local cabinet so that it now only uses full fibre. Ideally I do not want full fibre due to the additional equipment that needs to be installed within the house and also as the house is grade 2 listed I have to be careful where the outside connection is positioned. Can I insist on keeping the copper line or is this just not possible. Amy advice would be appreciated.
FTTP does not come from the street cab so any upgrading is nothing to do with FTTP
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How do I post the results? My screen shots are to large to upload. Here is some information from the property search
It states ADSL Multicast as available
WLR withdrawn as No
SOADSL Restriction as yes
It says the premises/line is associated with exchange which is NOT part of current fibre priority program.
FTTP NETWORKservice information. Single dwelling unit. Residential UG partial direct in ground.
FTYP is available and a new ONT may be ordered.
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As a phone line also has to have an entrance to the house, I would imagine they can run the fibre into the hole for that if the copper is no longer connected so the external would look pretty much the same apart from a slightly larger (ok more than slightly, but not excessive) box on the outside.
Inside the ONT they are fitting is about 3' square so very small, and you would need a router nearby even with VDSL.
I imagine you would need the owners permission though, but as FTTP would be a selling point in the future, I would imagine they would be open to it ?
@Gary_C wrote:
Inside the ONT they are fitting is about 3' square so very small, and you would need a router nearby even with VDSL.
think you got size wrong 3' (ft) square is not small