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danielvost
Joining in
4 days ago

Full fibre rollout, old cables upgrade

Hi, I'm doing major renovation works at my property, including rewiring. I have an old VM external box with coaxial cables. I've heard that those being phased out and will be replaced with full fibre cables. Is this true and is there a way to find out rollout plan across different areas/postcodes/streets? the VM post code checker doesn't specify whether it's HTTC or HTTP, just confirms that "we're in your area"... My goal is to future proof the property and prepare the fibre tubes for the new cables to be blown in...

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  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person
    4 days ago

    When that project finally sees the light of day, the new fibre cable will be run to your property at the same location. The Hub will be inside with a direct fibre cable.  There will be no other cables installed as FTTP only carries broadband.  TV is now IP TV streamed either over WiFi or Ethernet cable.  There’s not really a lot to prepare conduit for. You would be better served by running Ethernet cables and sockets etc. and terminate all cables in a central location with a network switch.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    4 days ago

    Best to establish a comms cupboard to house hub, router, splitter, etc, with three 2-gang (or two 3-gang) sockets. If you foresee more devices in there then install at least two more 2-gang sockets on a dedicated circuit (to prevent tripping a breaker if you add more equipment). Run cat 6 cabling from the cupboard to all rooms which may need it and terminated at RJ45 sockets.