I think Bill100 was asking how many FTTP connections can be supported in total by the incoming fibre feed to a property.

AFAIK the Kevlar encased fibre cable terminating at the Customer Splice Point has 2 fibre strands, however only 1 of these is spliced onto the 'EZ bend' optical cable which terminates at the ONT. The other fibre strand is left as a spare inside the CSP. I guess technically it may be possible to have 8 FTTP connections once the second fibre strand is spliced to a second ONT (2x4) but realistically I can't imagine anyone going for > 4 simultaneous connections. So Openreach probably keep that second fibre strand as a backup.

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Jun-17 08:27:41)

Thank you that's just what I was after.

Once the new single port ONTs come in, the options to install additional connections boil down to:

1) Replacing the ONT with a multi-port one (would they do this free as part of the install for the second connection?

2) Connecting the spare fibre to a separate ONT.

Which one would Openreach go for?

When placing the initial order with the cp/isp there would no harm in specifically asking for a 4 port ONT to be installed, I imagine OR would still have a stock of them somewhere. Or if you can find a 4 port Openreach branded ONT (Huawei HG8240?) for sale on eBay then order one beforehand and ask the Engineer to install and activate that one for you instead.

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Jun-17 10:29:14)

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

AFAIK the Kevlar encased fibre cable terminating at the Customer Splice Point has 2 fibre strands,

Mine has 4 individual colour coded fibre strands, 1 used, the remaining 3 are coiled up on 'trays' within the CSP.

In reply to a post by Rastus:

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

AFAIK the Kevlar encased fibre cable terminating at the Customer Splice Point has 2 fibre strands,

Mine has 4 individual colour coded fibre strands, 1 used, the remaining 3 are coiled up on 'trays' within the CSP.

Same as mine.

Paul

Strange, I could only see 2 fibre strands in my CSP Anyway it's fair to say there will be at least 1 spare strand meaning additional connections & splicing may be possible.

Yep, 4 is the 'usual' when it's blown fibre to a CSP.

I've a link to some photos I took, but need to be home to find it ... unless RobertoS is reading this, he knows the link I'm on about.

Here ya go ....

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bz5vlj70n92z9m5/AACWDXMoM...

...94 to 99 showing the inside of a CSP. You can see the three 'spares' coiled in the centre circle

Neat work eh ?

Thanks, will take another peek inside the CSP.

I may need to visit Specsavers