New house and Garage connections options

[Connor74]

Hi, Im building a new house and garage, would like the best coverage possible for the garage also. What are my options as nothing has been installed other than ducting laid underground. Electrician has laid I presume a copper wire type cable to an ethernet box in garage, would this suffice with a mesh? or if you had the choice would you ask Openreach to install the same fibre cables to main house and garage? thanks in advance. 

[Keith_Beddoe]

@Connor74 

If you want Openreach to connect your new house, you must register with them.

https://www.openreach.com/building-developers-and-projects/fibre-for-developers/registering-your-sit...

https://www.openreach.com/building-developers-and-projects/fibre-for-developers/registering-your-sit...

[Connor74]

Thanks Keith, although its a specific question on best idea or or option to ensure best coverage within the garage, thanks.

[licquorice]

Openreach can only connect to a single point which is the ONT (optical modem) this in turn connects to your router. Anything beyond the router is your responsibility, Openreach will expect the router to be co-located with the ONT. If you require the router and ONT to be remote from each other, you need to ensure there is a Cat 5e or better Ethernet cable to your required location.

[gg30340]

If you are running Ethernet through out the house have an Ethernet socket installed/allocated  to/in the garage as well.

This will allow you to install a wireless access point or a mesh system if need be and that will allow you to have both a wireless connection and an Ethernet connection should you wish to connect a wired device.

[countrypaul]

If you are putting Ethernet between the garage and house, which presumably are detached since you mention underground ducting, bear in mind that the ethernet cable should be some distance from your electricity cable if they are parallel. This is might mean running two ducts physically separate. If you only have one duct and that is already completed than consider running fibre optic for Ethernet between garage and house. If using fibre you may want media converters each end fibre to cat5e/6.