dauckland: Having my fibre installed this coming tuesday.
What's the difference between the "testing" box and the ONT?
I was told there will have o be a box mounted outside the house as well.

The guy said it was ok to run trunking along our concrete wall but not sure why they didn't elect to thrust the cable through the same in-ground path that the pre-existing copper is installed (no overhead wires in the street).

Damian

chevrolux: Moving an ONT is really never going to be too much of an issue. It's just a bit of splicing.

In reality though it would be heaps heaps easier to run a copper cable to the ONT. Joe Bloggs can run a copper cable fairly inexpensively. However, it takes a bit of experience to splice a fibre not mention $20k worth of splicing kit.

Don't over think this. It is a relatively simple decision and you need to think long-term. Personally I don't see the ceiling space as EVER being an option for anything unless gaining access is like walking in to the next room (ie with a built in pull-down ladder).

Also think about how they will run the fibre to the ceiling space. You don't want ugly plastic trunking going up a wall somewhere.

So to reiterate, put the ONT where it suits you but also where it suits the installer. Then run a copper cable to the ONT from your patch panel.

surfisup1000:

chevrolux: Moving an ONT is really never going to be too much of an issue. It's just a bit of splicing.

In reality though it would be heaps heaps easier to run a copper cable to the ONT. Joe Bloggs can run a copper cable fairly inexpensively. However, it takes a bit of experience to splice a fibre not mention $20k worth of splicing kit.

Don't over think this. It is a relatively simple decision and you need to think long-term. Personally I don't see the ceiling space as EVER being an option for anything unless gaining access is like walking in to the next room (ie with a built in pull-down ladder).

Also think about how they will run the fibre to the ceiling space. You don't want ugly plastic trunking going up a wall somewhere.

So to reiterate, put the ONT where it suits you but also where it suits the installer. Then run a copper cable to the ONT from your patch panel.

does the ont need power? was ust thinking how it would work in my house....i have a cat6 cable running out to the little white box with the vdsl filter on the side of the house . hopefully the ont can go there, or would they need to feed the fibre into my house /cabinet? that could be tricky. 

ChorusVan:

dauckland: Having my fibre installed this coming tuesday.
What's the difference between the "testing" box and the ONT?
I was told there will have o be a box mounted outside the house as well.

The guy said it was ok to run trunking along our concrete wall but not sure why they didn't elect to thrust the cable through the same in-ground path that the pre-existing copper is installed (no overhead wires in the street).

Damian

On the outside of the house we install an ETP (External Termination Point) which is where we run the fibre from the street to.  From there the fibre is extended to where it needs to go in the house.  The ETP is normally installed in place of the existing copper entry point (usually gray plastic box, smaller than a cigarette packet).  If required we run hybrid cable (both copper & fibre) from the ETP to where the ONT will be installed.

At the point where fibre is terminated inside the house (likely behind your TV or behind your PC) we install the ONT (Optical Network Terminator) - the thing you  plug your router into.

If there is a phone service delivered out of the POTS ports on the ONT (or from a connected ISP provided Gateway device)  then the copper cable can be connected - carrying the phone service back to t he ETP where the original house phone cabling is terminated.  This means the VoIP phone service can be delivered to all the existing jack points without major rewiring.