Anyone Got An Internal Fitted CSP ?.

Anyone Got An Internal Fitted CSP ?.

With my 'Cowboy' install I have a Internal fitted 'External' CSP
Note my BT Duct is internal.
This guy had Pre-terminated (both ends) fibre cables in his van but could no be bothered to measure my 80m 'ish BT duct length so he used a full 100M roll with only the CBT plug on one end so had to 'splice it'

Anyone with an Internal BT duct have you also got a CSP * inside.

* CSP = Customer Splice Point .

Edited by APTMAN (Fri 13-Aug-21 09:15:08)

In reply to a post by APTMAN:

Anyone Got An Internal Fitted CSP ?.

With my 'Cowboy' install I have a Internal fitted CSP
Note my BT Duct is internal.

Anyone with an Internal BT duct have you also got a CSP * inside.

* CSP = Customer Splice Point .

How internal, even though the bt bods here might know more? the csp is there for seasonal heat expansion and redundancy

Seem logical to me if the duct is internal the splice point is likewise, no. Wouldn't you be complaining more if they had to take the lead-in cable from the internal duct, up and drill a hole outside to an external CSP, then drill another hole again to run the cable back inside again...? Maybe drill a big ole hole and run both 🙃

[I never had a CSP on my install, maybe I should I ask Clive for one for FOMO 😎]

In reply to a post by Taras:

How internal, even though the bt bods here might know more? the csp is there for seasonal heat expansion and redundancy

Nope if there is heat emanating, then there is an issue, as it just glass fibre with light pluses inside. Nothing active (electronically anyway) in there. Nothing seasonal to worry about, fibre does expand and contract but really quite minuscule amounts 😀

"Redundancy" (actually more like spare capacity); yes if they ever need to chop the cable and re-splice the internal and external sections somewhere to stick a metre or two of fibre. That's about it. Tis just a box with a few coils of fibre and a splice protection tube in there.

In reply to a post by APTMAN:

I have a Internal fitted CSP

For clarity he fitted an external CSP (because thats all he had) inside your property?

I have an internal CSP..

My line is armoured and they dug into garden and brought the feed in through vent,

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Edited by BuckleZ (Thu 12-Aug-21 23:37:52)

Yes, the fibre drop cable is held by the "curly-whirly" and then goes through the soffit and into around 7m of 20mm conduit, and into a small comms room/loft where and external CSP is fitted.

It looks a bit "industrial" but is out of the way and not seen. An internal one may have looked niocer but it is not an issue.

The alternate would have meant a drop from the eaves down to ground level, the CSP there, then back up to te eaves and into te conduit. That would have meant more work for the technicians (Kellys) and poitential damage to some of my wifes plants along with annoying cabkle runs.

I was happy with it, the technician was happy as it took about 3 hours rather than 4.

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In reply to a post by Taras:

How internal, even though the bt bods here might know more? the csp is there for seasonal heat expansion and redundancy

Nope if there is heat emanating, then there is an issue, as it just glass fibre with light pluses inside. Nothing active (electronically anyway) in there. Nothing seasonal to worry about, fibre does expand and contract but really quite minuscule amounts 😀

it is small amounts yes, but i meant movement as well. 😁(sorry i've been unwell for the last two weeks)

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

"Redundancy" (actually more like spare capacity); yes if they ever need to chop the cable and re-splice the internal and external sections somewhere to stick a metre or two of fibre. That's about it. Tis just a box with a few coils of fibre and a splice protection tube in there.

True, or when you had the 4 port version you just nab a second fibre from the csp.

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it is small amounts yes, but i meant movement as well. 😁(sorry i've been unwell for the last two weeks)




True, or when you had the 4 port version you just nab a second fibre from the csp.

Multi-port ONTs don't have multiple fibre connections. The old 4-port ONTs (Huawei or possibly ECI) just have the one fibre lead-in connection, just like single port ONT's.

If you want a second FTTP service, right now, (as the new Nokia multi-port ONT has not yet launched) then Openreach would need to connect you to a second CBT port, install another drop cable from the street, another CSP and another internal lead in and separate ONT.

The CSP is really just there to house/protect the splice. It's not there for any expansion/contraction of the fibre.

Yes thanks I added that to my 1st post.