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BenMcr · 06-09-2019, 07:41

Except Fibre installs work complete differently to coax ones as far I know.

Fibre installs have the fibre cable blown down the duct, not manually pulled using some rope or existing coax, so to convert a coax install to Fibre you'd first have to add an appropriate conduit for each house to allow that to happen.

Considering how full some coax ducts already are with the existing cabling, that means digging up the roads and pavements again

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BenMcr Virgin Media Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1 Posts: 17,929	Re: Coaxial/FTTP? Except Fibre installs work complete differently to coax ones as far I know. Fibre installs have the fibre cable blown down the duct, not manually pulled using some rope or existing coax, so to convert a coax install to Fibre you'd first have to add an appropriate conduit for each house to allow that to happen. Considering how full some coax ducts already are with the existing cabling, that means digging up the roads and pavements again __________________ I work for Virgin Media but all views are my own. Last edited by BenMcr; 06-09-2019 at 07:45.