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You have the same checker result as myself (also in N.Ireland) - My line is armoured (DIG) - There may be a duct in place, but they will check when they arrive, if not they will need to dig at the front. to bring the line in.

Hard to say reallly until they come and check it out.

I believe here its normal to not have ducts leading to an exterior wall, and they can be internal or like mine buried

Edited by BuckleZ (Mon 10-Jan-22 16:26:20)

Was that front ramp put in for wheelchair access by the previous occupant? It looks like it's bridged the damp proof course so you might want to get that looked at before it causes problems.

I remember when you posted about it, an interesting reply to your thread was

In reply to a post by Iniltous:

’turnkey’ is a phrase used by Openreach to signify that the work is to be done by a contractor rather than direct labour.

the ramp was built in from the start to comply with building control regs and has been passed

really looking forward to the full fibre package im currently in a house with ftc- max speed 35mbs so big step up!

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i like the word turnkey - it implies everything done by one entity with no fragmentation of the project

Edited by alanb2001 (Mon 10-Jan-22 17:12:31)

Certainly doesn’t come with the baggage or negative connotations that terms such as ‘subcontract’ or ‘outsource’ have….

i found this install solution on the BT community forum and it would be ideal for me

in my case the Openreach engineer used the existing copper cable in the master socket to pull in the fibre cable via underground duct from the street.

he tied the FFTP fibre (which was a dual cable having copper wire for phone) on the outside (street end) then gave a massive pull to the old copper wire on the master socket to pull in the new cable. It suited me to put the ONT near the master socket, but I guess the internal FTTP wiring could have been extended if needed.

So I have the master socket still operational. The copper cable (part of dual FTTP cable) is connected to the Master socket. The phone works through copper. The actual fibre part cable comes out of master socket (just below it actually) and to the ONT.

I found all this most elegant of solutions i.e. no drilling elsewhere. The whole FTTP installation was done in one visit. in about 30 minutes !!

question - in this case given previous replies will the CSP then be internal which is a lot neater and as you have all pointed out a csp is recommended as opposed to a direct connection to the ONT

Yes, the CSP would be mounted next to or in place of the existing master socket and the ONT located close by.

This all assumes that the cable will pull through the duct and it's not been cable clipped in place once it comes out the ground, or run round tight corners.