New Internet Service

[TheLyppardMan]

I've just seen engineers working in the street outside my home and on speaking to them, they told me that they are laying fibre optic cables for full fibre internet services, as opposed to FTTC which I have now. Will this mean that if I wish to take advantage of this technology upgrade, I shall need to either change from my current provider (Plusnet unlimited) or sign up for a new service with Plusnet? Also, will the current cable that I have running from the master socket by the front door to the top of the stairs where my DrayTek Vigor 130 Modem and ASUS RT-AX88U are located need to be replaced?

 

[ColinTaylor]

You should have asked the engineers what company they were installing the fibre for.

With FTTP you don't use a modem. The fibre is connected to an ONT in your house and you connect a standard wireless router (like your RT-AX88U) to it.

 

[TheLyppardMan]

I understand that they are going to be sending someone round to explain it all, alhtough I don't know when. Do you happen to know what type of cable is used to connect the ONT to the router? At the moment, I have an RJ11 cable running from the master socket to a DrayTek Vigor 130 and an RJ45 cable running from the modem to the adjacnet RT-AX88U at the top of the stairs, via a Cyberpower VP1000EILCD Value Pro.

 

[L&LD]

Regular Ethernet LAN cables, with RJ45 terminations, are used from the ONT to the router.

 

[TheLyppardMan]

OK , thanks for that. If I decide I'm going to go for the FTTH option then I'll replace the current RJ11 cable with an RJ45 (which, ironically, I had before, but then had to replace it with the current RJ11 cable so that I could move the DrayTek modem upstairs to take advantage of the Cyberpower UPS). I think the cable I removed may have been a Cat 7 cable and I may still have it amongst my box of data cables in the loft, so I could use that.

 

[TheLyppardMan]

You should have asked the engineers what company they were installing the fibre for.

With FTTP you don't use a modem. The fibre is connected to an ONT in your house and you connect a standard wireless router (like your RT-AX88U) to it.

Apparently it's CityFibre that is laying the infrastructure. The full details are here:-

CityFibre breaks ground on Worcester’s £21m full fibre rollout - CityFibre

03 June 2021: Work to bring full fibre connectivity within reach of almost every home and business in Worcester has now begun, with CityFibre breaking ground on London Road. The UK’s largest independent full fibre platform is investing £21m in a city-wide broadband network that will futureproof...

www.cityfibre.com