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Chris_Hodge5
Joining in
2 years ago

New Fibre pre install prep work

Good evening all, Long time BT customer here, still in the dark ages with 38Mbps connection. Virgin media recently laid and installed cables and exchange boxes close by to my home, Ive ordered Fibr...
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    jpeg1
    2 years ago

    Lots of questions there, that will need a lot of answers.

    The first suggestion I'd make is for you to read through the reports of installation experience that you'll find in this forum. They will advise you of the pitfalls that you may encounter.

    The contractors that Virginmedia employ will generally use the quickest, easiest route for running the cable to your house. This is not necessarily the method you would prefer, if you are not there at the time. They will not usually lift block paving. 

    I'm sure others will come along and offer more advice. 

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jpeg1
Alessandro Volta
12 months ago

@Chris_Hodge5  Here's a suggestion to consider.

Let them put their Hub box directly inside where the outside box has been fitted.  Then run a Cat6e ethernet cable to your own supplied router, sited next to your other equipment or wherever you want.  The VM box is simply set to modem mode, and your own router does the heavy lifting.

If you were to stick with the VM box on the longer coax run, you would very likely find like many others, that the VM router is inadequate for your use, particularly if you want WiFi coverage throughout the house.  Your own router will perform better in every respect than the VM supplied one, and could cost less than £100.

Just a thought...