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Re: FTTP who to buy it from - Recommendations please

Another couple questions, when Openreach pull the cable and fit the ONT inside the house do they also connect it up to the modem and test it out or is that upto me to wait for it to go live after he's left?

Can anyone please provide a photo of what I should expect in the way of an ONT box inside the house, I'm hoping it'll be one little box next to a mains socket but a Google search leaves me unsure.

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Is the router a self install?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209490)

Is the router a self install?

I'll be sent my modem 4 days before the Openreach install date, I was just wondering if an Openreach engineer would then plug it in to test the service, but as all modems are different I guess it'll be left to me to do it, possibly.

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36209487)

Normally Openreach will make sure all is working before leaving provided it is already acttivated by the ISP.

Otherwise they will check they will check the connection to the head end.

The ONT (modem) is about 3"x 3".

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1769169363

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36209363)

I found this site very helpful knowing what works being done and by who and when things go live, it's how I found out Openreach went live months before I got the first house mail or email saying something was available to order. Just put in your address in top right.

https://bidb.uk/

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Thanks, I'll use the socket behind my living room door so I won't be able to see the lights.

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Has anyone had any experience with the AVM Fritz!Box 7530AX modem supplied? I only have a 2 bedroom house so I don't need to purchase my own.

I'm just hoping there are no limitations so I don't have issues with my IPTV services being blocked where I can't stop it by clicking a setting?

https://uk.fritz.com/products/fritzb...tzbox-7530-ax/

Yes I have the 7530AX, they supply it to those using 500 or 900 mb. Seems a decent bit of kit compared to the VM offerings, had no problems with it and the interface has far more options than the VM hub offered. You can also get the 3000AX repeater off them for a monthly fee but I bought one direct from Germany, works well as a mesh system.
The ONT has a power supply with a fairly short cable. probably less than a metre so if possible get them to install near a mains socket though i suppose you could use an extension cable to get juice to it.

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You're welcome, you will get a router allredy configured for you ISP (other settings may be avaiklable to you). The ONT is also what you call a Mo0dem or acts in the same way, it changes the light signal into an electrical one that the router can understand.

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All very interesting thanks all.

I remember reading that you had to wait a while for a connection to settle once switched on with older broadband, is it the same with FTTP?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36209525)

I remember reading that you had to wait a while for a connection to settle once switched on with older broadband, is it the same with FTTP?

No, it should just work.

Openreach will test the fibre connection to the ONT is working.

You will have to connect your router into the ONT's ethernet port.

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As per others, it'll just work from the get go.

Good engineering practice however is to ensure a good light reading before syncing the ONT. Generally check whether the light is between the required range of -13db to -27db whilst a lot of testing is carried out during build, you still want to eliminate a bad splice somewhere from the house to the CBT splice at the node.

What ONT you get depends on the headend rack at the exchange. Adtran ONTs only function with Adtran racks. Huawei, Nokia and Zyxel all function interconnected.

Huawei is being phased out and the standard install now appears to be leaning towards the 2.5g ONTs across the board. The Nokia and Adtran offerings basically just look like the one Pip posted above. The Zyxel ones on the otherhand are big units (Below article is old and Zyxels are now in the network)

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...and-lines.html

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No idea what make my ONT is.
I cant see anything on the front or side.

It looks identical to this one ;

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...chmentid=31618

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36209587)

No idea what make my ONT is.
I cant see anything on the front or side.

It looks identical to this one ;

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...chmentid=31618

I did an AI image search and it says it's made by Adtran SDX611 GPON ONT.

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Serial numbers for Adtrans all start with ADTN:D

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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc (Post 36209595)

Serial numbers for Adtrans all start with ADTN:D

That confirms mine then, it starts with ADTN.

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My unit looks pretty different. Had it for 5 years when the house was built.