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demsley · ‎31-10-2023

This is the standard of installtion Virgin has put into my home. Unbeleivable.

Cardiffman282 · ‎31-10-2023

I do believe it is upside down.

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Cardiffman282 · ‎31-10-2023

I do believe it is upside down.

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jpeg1 · ‎31-10-2023

But easier to see the connections!

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jpeg1 · ‎31-10-2023

Unfortunately all those cables are needed to supply the service. It's hard to see how they could have been hidden away.

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Adduxi · ‎31-10-2023

@Cardiffman282 you are absolutely correct. The only reason I can think this was done, is it makes it easier to see the sockets etc. when plugging in the wires. It really should be a revisit by VM to turn it the right way up, and some attempt made to pin the cables down. Of course, until VM finally get rid of co-ax cables, most installs will be pretty clunky.

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nodrogd · ‎31-10-2023

No doubt the choice here was to mount the correct way up higher up the wall to avoid fouling with the skirting board, or mount wrong way up but at the correct level on the wall.

No win situation really.

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carl_pearce · ‎31-10-2023

I'm a little confused by this install.

Is that box a fibre to coax convertor?

Why not just use the HUB 5x?

I'm assuming it's due to the OP having a TV service, however, that wouldn't work over fibre?

Roger_Gooner · ‎31-10-2023

The hub 5X is only for the new XGS-PON areas, otherwise fibre installations are RFoG. VM used to mount the ONT on the outside of the exterior wall with a small internal termination box, but an inside ONT can cause problems.

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goslow · ‎31-10-2023

@carl_pearce wrote:
I'm a little confused by this install.
Is that box a fibre to coax convertor?
Why not just use the HUB 5x?
I'm assuming it's due to the OP having a TV service, however, that wouldn't work over fibre?

Looks like this kind of setup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxlQTCZkeYU

and here

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/Fibre-installation-issue/td-p/5432097?lig...

Odd (IMO) arrangement of multiple fibre connections from outside wall box to inside converter unit.

Roger_Gooner · ‎31-10-2023

Not so, there is just one (fibre) cable coming in and two coaxial cables for a hub and a TV box. If you look at the photo, from right to left is fibre, power and coaxials. I have to say, though, that I'd expect the fibre to have been neatly clipped to the skirting board but the lazy installer didn't do that.

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