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So for some reason there was major interference with my WiFi (and no appliances were running either).

You can have interference on WiFi that does not show up on a "WiFI channel checker" because the interference itself is not a WiFi signal. E.g. it could be a neighbour with a faulty microwave, or some industrial machinery nearby, or even an airport.

The bands used by WiFi are not exclusive to WiFi, they can be used by other "unlicensed" users.

Indeed. The MOD choppers that fly back to Woodbridge often trigger a 'radar found' fault on some of my external Ubiquiti AP's on 5GHz.

Part of the problem of unlicensed ISM bands used by wee-fee is that every man an his dog can use them for a whole bunch of unrelated stuff, causing congestion and [censored] the SNR margin

That explains why I sometimes see APs detecting radar in London - they fly Apaches over fairly regularly so the radome must be setting it off.

I'm also awaiting connection to faster fibre from talk talk. Could you please update how did you get on with yours? What sort of equipment did they install in your property and how is the assus RT-AX82U coping with the new speeds as I'm thinking of buying it as well.

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I'm also awaiting connection to faster fibre from talk talk. Could you please update how did you get on with yours? What sort of equipment did they install in your property and how is the assus RT-AX82U coping with the new speeds as I'm thinking of buying it as well.

'Faster Fibre' was TT's old name for FTTC, not FTTP, did you mean you are awaiting 'Future Fibre'?

You are correct. I meant future fibre, sorry.

Mines been pushed back to March 17th by openreach. Something to do with Covid, and because I’m getting over 31mb currently I’m not a priority.

Okay I have an update on this. BT openreach came today unexpectedly to pull the fibre to my property. Mine is already underground to the front of my house, but I wanted it on the side of my house under the stairs.

So I asked him if he could put it there and he said the wire will be pulled in the same place (at the front of the house), but when openreach come next time, they’ll splice it and run it around the outside of the house. I asked don’t they need to dig up the drive for them to do this, he said no, only the fibre being pulled at the front of my house needs to be underground.

However I just checked outside and there’s a big bundle of fibre wire there, look at this pic link: Bundled fibre cable picture

So with so much fibre cable, surely this can’t go around the outside of the house right? Isn’t it meant to go underground?

Or will they splice and put the box there and then run another cable around the house?

I mean I don’t care if the fibre cable goes on the outside of my house, just a bit confused whether if this fibre cable is allowed to go around the outside of my house or will have to go underground, or they splice it there at the front and then run it round?

Just seems like a lot of slack not to use and put it around the outside of my house, that’s why I find it confusing.

Any guesses peeps?

There was a fair coil of fibre when they did the first part of mine but they only used about 8 feet of it for the actual install - I think it is cheaper to leave a lot of spare than to risk having to redo that first part.

Its external grade cable. So its perfectly fine to go on the outside walls etc. of your house. Just not inside, which is what there's an external splice point where it transitions to internal.

The cables from CBT to CSP are in pre made lengths, so the stage one has been done, and that’s the spare.

A CSP will be fitted to the top of the BT101, which will house both copper and the fibre. The ONT will be fitted, and fibre runout and externally to the CSP.

You are perhaps ‘overthinking’ this. Relax.