Looks like FTTP hardware on block of flats?

Anyone know what this is - I don't know if its OR or an Alt Net, the area (Fleet, Hampshire) has Toob (alt net) on poles in the vicinity, and no declared OR position yet. My friend living nearby has FTTC, and we know Virgin Media DOCSIS coax is available.

https://postimg.cc/DSfb83qm

https://postimg.cc/yD6SkCFx

On the side of one building, containing 6 flats, is this interesting installation, a large box with what looks like thin fibre going in and out, and then what looks like three external CSP type points. No branding on any part of this.

What is interesting is the fibre is hanging from a metal cable, has been routed around a doorway with separate tensioned metal cabling, to the other half of the block and another three external CSP type points.

I can't tell where the fibre is fed from, no connection to a pole or visible underground source; so it currently looks self contained.

The assumed CSP points are all in a row which seems odd as each flat is on a different floor, unless there is something internal.

thanks.

It doesn’t look like any of the OR FTTP I knew.

The CSPs are unbranded Dexgreen…

https://dexgreen.com/products/fiber-optic-demarcatio...

Edit: looks like the ODF / splitter enclosure is one of theirs too.

https://dexgreen.com/collections/bep-building-entran...

Edited by Pheasant (Sat 01-Aug-26 20:41:03)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

What is interesting is the fibre is hanging from a metal cable, has been routed around a doorway with separate tensioned metal cabling, to the other half of the block and another three external CSP type points.

That is classic catenary wire cable support. Is fairly old school way of running / supporting aerial cabling. Not often used these days as most fibre which is designed for overhead or aerial installation - has integrated wire support within the cable construction itself.

It's how Community Fibre have done a lot of their social blocks, I wouldn't expect it to be them at this location though.

I’ve seen it / had it done with other cabling types too. It’s very neat and secure if done correctly.

Thanks. Wonder why there is no visible feed input to this collection of hardware. There is hope maybe for my friend in a block the other side of the square, with OR FTTC at the moment. He was previously attempted an install but they realised he wasn't line of sight (pesky trees in way) to the pole they erected in car park.

Without knowing the reticulation routes / runs, and how far along the install process they are. Or who “they” are…it’s to mis-quote the late Mr Rumsfeld, ‘…too many unknown unknowns, as opposed to the known unknowns” 🤩

Using thinkbroadband maps and BIDB, it really can only be Toob.. as VM have been around for years with coax, and OR is just FTTC in the town.

Fascinating… and thanks!

If they’re still using blown fibre, then I don’t see any microduct feeding that outside fibre distribution box….

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/threads/toob-build-...

Unknown unknowns 😅