In reply to a post by zom22:

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

They have no choice but to use fibre if the run between basement switch and apartment is over 100m.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by zom22:

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

They have no choice but to use fibre if the run between basement switch and apartment is over 100m.

Could just put a sub-cab in a riser like they do in most apartment buildings.

If you read the FAQ on their website the router they supply tops out at 829 Mbps, for anything higher the PC has to be connected directly to the ethernet port and be capable of handling the speed.

Depending on the situation they will use PON, active fibre as here, or copper.

I am surprised they are using active fibre here actually.

I have their one gig service and I've never seen it go higher than about 600mbit/sec. To be honest though at that speed everything is fast enough.

I have managed to get close to 1gig every now and then.

From looking closely, I don't think the mess in the ONT box (especially the electrical safety) is of HyperOptic's doing. There's clearly a load of coax in there too. The dodgy 240V connector isn't actually supplying owt. And as there's a wrap with the label "Fisual" around the TP cable that's joined at a choccy block, I think that's carrying A/V, not data.

It looks like HyperOptic added another box above the ONT box for their media converter. Wise people.

Looks like the builders are the ones to blame.

I tend to agree, I suspect the builders had to fit a box and power supply.The only thing in that box to do with Hyperoptic is the yellow fibre cable.

The choc blocks look like some sort of phone extension, one side goes to the master socket, the other two cables go in to the wall.

Edited by R0NSKI (Tue 03-Jun-14 18:47:07)

Wow! Shocking install.

I'd have them back to make good and safe.

Bad practise, poor quality and I'll make sure they never get within 1km of any buildings I manage & have any involvement with...

Like I said, look closely at the pictures, deduce what was there before and what HyperOptic installed, and the re-consider who's responsible for this disaster. HyperOptic's addition is the box on top, which is 100% safe.