FTTP Dual Provider etc..

Hi, Currently have two services running over fttp
1.BT Home FVA port for Phone and Infinity BB on port 1 of the ont,
2.after my second adsl2 line was migrated over to fttp on plusnet it uses port 2 on the ont.

BT Infinity contract up in september which i want to cancel, as i have plusnet broadband over port 2 on the ont for static ip purpose, but it will run the whole network when the bt line has been cancelled.
is it possible to keep the BT phone line only in a contract for fva port only and continue with plusnet broadband over port 2 for the internet. so makes port 1 inactive in theory.
Any one able to shed a light of if this may be possible?
Thanks in advance.

There�s a sheltered accommodation complex round this way where the rooms are served by FTTP.
A proportion of these currently provide just an FVA service as the elderly tenants don�t want the internet, so it IS possible just to take an FVA service from BT Retail.

Zarjaz

On a 4 port ONT, is the same fibre strand from the CSP to the ONT used for additional FTTP connections? If not, where do the other fibre lead in cables plug into? My Huawei HG840 ONT has only a single optical port with 3 spare fibre strands coiled in the CSP.

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

Zarjaz

On a 4 port ONT, is the same fibre strand from the CSP to the ONT used for additional FTTP connections? If not, where do the other fibre lead in cables plug into? My Huawei HG840 ONT has only a single optical port with 3 spare fibre strands coiled in the CSP.

That is a good question, also what happens when BT starts to sell 1Gbit packages and we have more money than sense and get 4 lots of 1Gbit connections.

I wonder if that single fibre strand would handle 4x1Gbits, hell, would the ONT even handle 4 lots of 1Gbit going into it lol.

Paul

Why not port your phone number to a VOIP provider e.g. Voipfone then you can use what equipment you like. You would avoid paying the BT line rental.

Yep, the same single strand. Just different remote configuration to make the subsequent ports live.

Quite how, technically, I�m not sure ... employed for my looks see

It�s just a single strand to the splitter for 32 connections ... I would guess the pinch point would be on the links at the head end ... but this is just a guess (see previous reply to Baby F)

As further down the road you will have more than 4 people sharing the same fibre, i.e. how GPON and XGPON works.

The XGPON on the 1 Gbps service costs more as needs new optical hardware to support the service and coexist with the standard GPON.

Many countries with 1 Gbps actually use GPON, as does TalkTalk in York and believe Vodafone will. Hence the cheaper Gigabit, i.e. Openreach is doing its usual over engineer things.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Yep, the same single strand. Just different remote configuration to make the subsequent ports live.

Quite how, technically, I�m not sure ... employed for my looks see

Thanks, good to know. I'm guessing those with the newer single LAN port ONT will need additional ONT(s) if they wanted to order extra FTTP connections? Doesn't make sense why Openreach would scrap the extra LAN ports as it could get quite messy having multiple ONTs installed. Granted, those ordering additional FTTP connections will be in a tiny minority but still...

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

Why not port your phone number to a VOIP provider e.g. Voipfone then you can use what equipment you like. You would avoid paying the BT line rental.

Unlike non-Openreach based FTTP providers, I don't think BT Retail sell a 'FTTP only' service, it has to be taken with a phone line whether its on fibre (FVA) or on copper. So the OP might as well make use of the voice element of his line as he will be paying for it regardless.

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