Fibre ONT placement

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yhw1983

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#243942 10-Jan-2019 11:30

Just a question about the placement of the ONT.

Chorus Tech just came to my house for the initial scope for ONT placement, and I've been told that the ONT can only be installed in the corner of my garage, which is the farthest point to anywhere in my house, or else I'll have to hire an electrician to route the cable to where I want the ONT to be if I wish the cable to be routed inside the wall.

Is this really the standard way? Do I really have to hire an electrician myself? If an electrician is able to do the routing, surely they should be able to do it too?

I've seen other posts about this where it "involved bringing fibre under the driveway, up the side of the house, through the ceiling and finally down into the cupboard". For me it feels like they are just picking a place convenient for them and call it a day...

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#2157415 10-Jan-2019 11:32

What's the reason it can only be installed at the corner of the garage? Most installations will be inside the house - is this because the garage obstructs the path to the house?

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#2157421 10-Jan-2019 11:33

They are absolutely picking the easiest place for them to put it, no question. This is because they are paid per install not per hour.

I've done a lot of runs of hybrid from the ETP for an ONT position in houses, but we have to charge by the hour whether quoted or charge up.

An alternative if you're talking about router placement in the garage is to use a powerline adapter for the GE1/LAN1 port of the ONT to the WAN port of the router. Just make sure you pick one that supports the speed you expect (i.e. gigabit if you plan to be on a gigabit plan). You'll need a power point for this as you would with the ONT and router anyway. They also get flaky if not plugged directly into the power socket (not recommended to plug into a power strip)

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#2157423 10-Jan-2019 11:34

You should really ask to have it installed inside the house. And they have to do a good job of it.

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#2157431 10-Jan-2019 11:41

How much ceiling space do you have? Maybe safety reasons prevent someone going into your ceiling.

Also, they won't run cables inside walls. They will only surface mount the cables. So there will still be some exposed cable to get it Into the ceiling.

If you are insisting on all fibre cables to be 100% hidden, I can see why they are only offering to install the ONT in the garage. (assuming backing onto the ETP).

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#2157432 10-Jan-2019 11:43

snnet:

They are absolutely picking the easiest place for them to put it, no question. This is because they are paid per install not per hour.

I've done a lot of runs of hybrid from the ETP for an ONT position in houses, but we have to charge by the hour whether quoted or charge up.

An alternative if you're talking about router placement in the garage is to use a powerline adapter for the GE1/LAN1 port of the ONT to the WAN port of the router. Just make sure you pick one that supports the speed you expect (i.e. gigabit if you plan to be on a gigabit plan). You'll need a power point for this as you would with the ONT and router anyway. They also get flaky if not plugged directly into the power socket (not recommended to plug into a power strip)

have you ever had a good experience with PowerLine? I never have, in multiple locations, and now just stay away from it.

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#2157436 10-Jan-2019 11:49

nathan:

snnet:

They are absolutely picking the easiest place for them to put it, no question. This is because they are paid per install not per hour.

I've done a lot of runs of hybrid from the ETP for an ONT position in houses, but we have to charge by the hour whether quoted or charge up.

An alternative if you're talking about router placement in the garage is to use a powerline adapter for the GE1/LAN1 port of the ONT to the WAN port of the router. Just make sure you pick one that supports the speed you expect (i.e. gigabit if you plan to be on a gigabit plan). You'll need a power point for this as you would with the ONT and router anyway. They also get flaky if not plugged directly into the power socket (not recommended to plug into a power strip)

have you ever had a good experience with PowerLine? I never have, in multiple locations, and now just stay away from it.

I have heard people say this but I haven't had an issue with any of mine where I've put them in, the brands I've used so far are EdiMax, Netgear and Netcomm (including mixing in with existing TP-Link on one job). I've only seen two ONTs on my travels that have used the adapters for their install however, but never had an issue with them.

I only use them when the customer doesn't want to patch and paint, surface mount or exterior surface mount cabling. Of course wired is always better.

Edit: I should reiterate there are limitations such as circuit lengths and also the powerstrip issue. They should always be plugged straight into an outlet because of the extra electronics and "surge protection" the strips have (side note I usually put a surge arrester/lighting arrester in the switchboard to get around the need for these pretty useless things)

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#2157467 10-Jan-2019 12:37

i wouldnt use powerline ever, and technically chorus is being chorus, i though i read some where that they have to install it where you want them to install it unless its over a certain distance from the etp or somthing like that

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#2157469 10-Jan-2019 12:43

You could have ONT in Garage, and have a long Ethernet cable from garage to your Router? you don't need both together?

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#2157478 10-Jan-2019 12:58

yhw1983: I've seen other posts about this where it "involved bringing fibre under the driveway, up the side of the house, through the ceiling and finally down into the cupboard". For me it feels like they are just picking a place convenient for them and call it a day...

The install you're quoting was done in 2014; Chorus has "cheapened out" a bit since then.