YouFibre Installation

I wrote this elsewhere but thought it might be useful to any of the good people here curious about it.

It's all PIA, there is a splitter node in the Openreach pit closest to us with a CBT fed by that splitter in another pit, so the fibre goes from the CBT in a neighbouring pit past the splitter node then to the property, about 70 metres.

The existing Openreach duct was used with a very, very tidy bit of work to spur off and feed the Netomnia CBT.

https://freeimage.host/i/izghg4

Swift trip along the wall under the window:

https://freeimage.host/i/izgWqG

Then, on the fence side of the bay window, out of view from the front door, a little loop and into the brick:

https://freeimage.host/i/izgMss

The cable cover on the other side is underneath the desk, well out of view, paint chips not their fault:

https://freeimage.host/i/izg0bt

It goes into a flange and patch cable where it makes its way into a cabinet and the ONT, the device on the left as you look at it, on the shelf:

https://freeimage.host/i/txqZ5G

The ONT itself is an Adtran 622v, provided because the 10G port was needed. They'll provide this if you take their phone or 10G service else it's a 621i.

Great install from YouFibre's contractor Nanofibre.

The YouFibre service itself is great.

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

Download is solid, upload is slightly off but that's due to my equipment, not YouFibre.

The CityFibre build arrives soon but is a bit late to the game

https://freeimage.host/i/txq9Sa

Thank you. High resolution images with a brief description are always appreciated.

Obligatory speedtest / traceroute:

https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/b96394d1-0c85-...

Tracing route to one.one.one.one [1.1.1.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 45.92.47.33
3 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms 172.16.1.117
4 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms 172.16.0.209
5 6 ms 6 ms 7 ms ixmanchester.as13335.net [195.66.244.71]
6 20 ms 6 ms 6 ms 162.158.32.11
7 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms one.one.one.one [1.1.1.1]

That speed-test result looks somewhat asymmetrical . . .

Yes indeed. Think I've misbehaving SFPs. The support guys have been helping a ton. No evidence of faults on their side so suspect I'm hitting the kind of obscure issues that many will find as our connections get faster.

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

Yes indeed. Think I've misbehaving SFPs.

Please keep this topic updated as and when (for curious black cats and two-legged uprights).

In reply to a post by burakkucat:

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

Yes indeed. Think I've misbehaving SFPs.

Please keep this topic updated as and when (for curious black cats and two-legged uprights).

Looks like some curiosity with speedtest.net. The below is during an iPerf3.

https://freeimage.host/i/misjLP

My area (Londonderry) is on the plan for 2022 - Hoping to get the chance to get a proper symmetrical service.

Just had a letter from Netomnia about their installation starting soon (looks like mid November given the planning info on roadworks).

How much is residential 10g from YF? Their other prices are significantly better than Openreach based suppliers.

Where abouts are you based?

West Yorkshire. My connection routes via Manchester.

is there a way to check when Fibre roadworks are happening in my area?

I see Openreach vans here quite often.

In reply to a post by Supermax:

is there a way to check when Fibre roadworks are happening in my area?

I see Openreach vans here quite often.

Yep: https://bidb.uk/

In reply to a post by Skie:

Just had a letter from Netomnia about their installation starting soon (looks like mid November given the planning info on roadworks).

How much is residential 10g from YF? Their other prices are significantly better than Openreach based suppliers.

We had a letter late last year saying coming soon... its still not live in our area even though cables were laid some time ago...

In reply to a post by Skie:

Just had a letter from Netomnia about their installation starting soon (looks like mid November given the planning info on roadworks).

How much is residential 10g from YF? Their other prices are significantly better than Openreach based suppliers.

Don't know about price, but would be interested to know how they manage contention, as in theory one user could saturate the whole PON. I expect in practice the number of 10G customers who saturate their link for extended periods on a regular basis is quite low, but hopefully there is more to it than that