On other news I just read this morning; ADTRAN have announced a take-over bid for ADVA. The latter being a key supplier to Openreach on their ethernet (EAD) portfolio.

Will be interested to hear from anyone who has seen or had a ADTRAN ONT installed via Openreach and how the dimensions and look of it compare to the Nokia ONT installed by Openreach.

I found the PR /news announcement referred to above, about the first customer on the Towcester exchange in Northampton being connected around February time, but not anything since then.

Perhaps OR will just install Nokia ONT's on ADTRAN OLT based exchanges and not bother rolling out a third ONT vendor.

Has anyone tried to install an Ubiquiti UFiber Nano G to replace the Openreach GPON ?

It won't work so it's not worth trying.

Thanks
Dan

In reply to a post by iwe:

Has anyone tried to install an Ubiquiti UFiber Nano G to replace the Openreach GPON ?

Theoretically on a Huawei based OLT…switch the profile / manufacturer ID on the ONT + you’d need to be able to spoof the existing GPON serial number to match with what the OLT was expecting to see. All theoretically.

Just for info. the new Fritzbox 5530 fibre has a built in ONT. Don't know if available in or work with the UK system.

In reply to a post by westlodge:

Just for info. the new Fritzbox 5530 fibre has a built in ONT. Don't know if available in or work with the UK system.

Yes there’s many consumer level routers that now have SFP ports or indeed GPON ONT transceivers built-in, but it’s not really a plug and play operation (for end users) with the GPON nets here in the UK.

We have several dozen AltNet’s and the incumbent, Openreach, all of which supply and support their own flavours and mix ONT or ONT/router manufacturer equipment, rolled in, fully supplied and supported as part of the overall service.

Supplying your own ONT is not really the done thing here - unless you’re into the curious, weird, wacky and experimental. Even then there’s no guarantee it will work and in any event the service provider will take a dim view of anyone that tries and messes up their connection and potentially affects other customers on the PON.

In reply to a post by dect:

Will be interested to hear from anyone who has seen or had a ADTRAN ONT installed via Openreach and how the dimensions and look of it compare to the Nokia ONT installed by Openreach.

Reviving this thread a bit (sorry!)

So whilst looking at other stuff related to All IP Programme found this snippet in the last Openreach newsletter, Issue 8 (dated June 2021). Under " Exciting GEA-FTTP Latest News"..

New Network Vendor
We have successfully connected the first end customer using Adtran-supplied network equipment and we have now extended live CP testing into further areas (in parts of Peebles, Londonderry and Kings Lynn areas) prior to wider deployment.

https://www.openreach.co.uk/cpportal/content/dam/cpp...

Ohh Londonderry, my area, but I'm on a new small huawei ONT