So, after what must be double digits in years with VM I've decided to move on.
Several network outages here and there over HFC in the last 12 months have pushed my decision.
FTTP on Openreach has been available for several months, and I'm just around end of contract, so today I've used OTS to IDNet on their 1200/120 subscription (12 months).
I'll post updates for anyone interested in progress, and what a new Openreach install looks like.
Returns package (One of them!) arrived today and HUB packed and dropped off at a local newsagents (Yes, I kept the receipt!).
They provided a coax end cap and plastic spanner, which I duly affixed:
OK, here's mine on EE. The fibre follows the old copper wire route from the pole to the strain relief on the house wall and then in through the same hole. Nothing else outside. Termination box and OTU indoors, tucked away out of sight over a wardrobe.
The only problem is that the WAN IP changes with every interruption to the mains power. Fortunately I have the very reliable Draytek DDDS
BQM of DDNS Latency is pretty good!
with every interruption to the mains power
I use an Eaton 3S mini UPS for the ONT, gives a few hours of uptime. The ONT is too far away from the other APC UPS.
We like to keep things tidy here. We never had a VM box on the outside wall, and didn't want an OR one.
I had taken down the copper phone wire when VM was first installed, so when OR was available I ran a trace wire through the original holes in the cavity wall and soffit. The fixing hook was still there, so the OR contractor was only too happy to pull the fibre straight through inside. Said it was the easiest job he had done.
HUB returned:
I hope this means VM don't try to charge me for kit!
Well wonders will never cease:
