We've got a reasonably major reno starting in a month or two.  We currently have an ADSL connection, but we've recently finally got fibre to the street.  So the logical thing is to connect fibre for after the reno, remove copper and retire the ADSL modem.  Chorus are coming around tomorrow morning to scope it and I think install as well, if there aren't any complications.  

Currently phone/power is buried to the house.  I'm hoping fibre can come through that duct (but not sure till tomorrow).  The duct enters house in basement level at front of the house.  The location of new data cabinet is level above (ground level), near the rear of the house, on the inside of an external wall.  I see two options:  

1. Get fibre through coduit to basement, then under house part way, then outside along base of house and in through wall of new study and terminated where new cabinet will be.  So ONT in cabinet.

2. Just get fibre terminated in basement where conduit enters.  Then in reno, get Cat 6 cabled from Cabinet down to ONT in basement.  So ONT not in cabinet, but router, switch, patch panel are.

Are there any major pros or cons of either of these two approaches?  I guess with 2. all the cabling and boxes are internal, but ONT is in separate location.