Hyperoptic install, in pictures

Found this blog post over at another site showing what to expect if you're lucky enough to have Hyperoptic available.

Two comments:

1 Gbps service that only tests at 94Mbps

and

A very cowboy install using Choc Blocs for Cat5e and phone connections.

In reply to a post by MHC:

1 Gbps service that only tests at 94Mbps

AFAIK the person selected their 100Mb offering.

Maybe, but the text on the page says:

It�s done! Strata SE1. FTTH. Up to 1Gb internet. Finally here.

From original forum -

Ah I only pay for 100mb/100mb, the 1gb/1gb option was a bit too pricey when I'd never come close to making use of it (yet!)

I can't believe how cheap and nasty it all looks. They've ran fibre to the apartment and then used a £30 1000LX media convertor to convert it to copper, almost defeating the point of originally using fibre. A cheaper and smarter way would be to just run cat6a to the apartment via the same route they've used for fibre, future proof for 10Gb/s if that's what they're after...

The "choc blocs" method is nasty as MHC has said. I also don't under why they've ran a patch cable from the media convertor, terminated it into an RJ45 wall module, then plugged another patch cable in and ran that to the router, pretty poor attempt at a demarcation point, adding more clutter to the whole setup.

I was expecting more from the much hyped Hyperoptic.

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Connector block for cat5 connection, that is extremely poor.
So much so I'd complain and get them to come back and redo it.

In reply to a post by kkynaston:

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Bah! I was waiting for the photo.

Yes, the pairs should be twisted together right up to the connection point.