Connector block (screw down connections) and solid cat 5 cable are definitely not friends, stranded only marginally better.
Give that connector block a wiggle and watch the cores snap off.
I'm surprised he even bothered with the brown and blue pairs as sure for 100 base-tx all four pairs aren't required and laziness is definitely the order of the day here.
God help you if you got cat6a presented to you instead, cat6a termination actually requires a brain for any hope in hell of getting 10GigE support.
I hope hyperoptic are paying this guy peanuts....If they upgraded their fee to cashews I might just have to do it properly to satisfy my ocd.

Those blocks are 10 or 15 A - normally used for 2.5mm CSA cable. The depression in the receptacle under the screw will be larger than two cores of Cat5e/Cat6/CW1308.

Screw terminals can be used, but should be te type where the solid core is wrapped around the screw under a washer which puts the pressure on.

One of the blocks is for a voice circuit and the moment a screw comes slightly loose the user will know!

I would give the installer 1/10 - only because he fitted the covers.

edit to add:

There is what looks to be inadequate protection around the incoming 230v supply. There are no warning signs on the outside of the box or on the inside.

The main box fixings are in the "electrical safe zones" - locations where cables can be installed and other fixings should be avoided.

I'll change the rating to 0/10

Edited by MHC (Sat 31-May-14 01:37:13)

This is very poor, not future proof, not the correct procedures and would void guarantees of equipment such as the TP Link converter due to it being installed in a sealed unit and dangerous as MHC said the exposed 230v mains no warnings...

In reply to a post by MHC:

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

The other pages on that blog are even "better".....if that is the word!
see:

http://damientombs.me.uk/misc/how2strata/?p=103

I know, already seen those.

they can come and use connector blocks on mine if they are going to get 95Mbit out of a 100Mbit service.

Everyone moaning and criticising but it appears to have had no impact whatsoever on the connection ROFL.

Hmm that is a little messy...

B4RN's installs are better as they use a splicing tray and all-in-one fibre terminal.

I thought that Hyperoptic was FTTB and then Gbit Ethernet into the flats, so I'm surprised to see an install like this.

In reply to a post by Alnath:

they can come and use connector blocks on mine if they are going to get 95Mbit out of a 100Mbit service.
Everyone moaning and criticising but it appears to have had no impact whatsoever on the connection ROFL.

Given that its a 1Gb capable fibre connection direct to the flat they are actually getting 95mbps out of a 1gig connection.......So its hardly stressing the infrastructure.
I'd be impressed if they managed to get 995Mbps out of it though!
.and as others have said I likewise thought that Hyperoptic were only Fibre to the basement.

Maybe fine today ... but in a month or three ...

In reply to a post by zom22:

.and as others have said I likewise thought that Hyperoptic were only Fibre to the basement.

The source thread states that the flats had fibre installed into each flat when they were originally built.

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