Fingers crossed for you, that's sounds like good news for your FTTP service! Don't get confused though with the subject matter in this thread is all about leased line services - completely different animal altogether.

Your FTTP service will simply terminate on either a little cigarete packet sized Huawei or Nokia ONT.

The only available interface is a regular 1000BaseT RJ45 port. No DAC's or SFPs required...just a Cat5e/6 cable!

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Fingers crossed for you, that's sounds like good news for your FTTP service! Don't get confused though with the subject matter in this thread is all about leased line services - completely different animal altogether.

Your FTTP service will simply terminate on either a little cigarete packet sized Huawei or Nokia ONT.

The only available interface is a regular 1000BaseT RJ45 port. No DAC's or SFPs required...just a Cat5e/6 cable!

No No, this is BTNet wires only 1GB/1GB terminating into an ADVA.

Ah my mistake. When you said optical node I presumed *wrongly that you were talking about an FTTP/FTTC aggregation node.

Good news anyhow.

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Ah my mistake. When you said optical node I presumed *wrongly that you were talking about an FTTP/FTTC aggregation node.

Good news anyhow.

Yes sorry, I'm not exactly sure what he called it, but basically where he will connect my new fibre from is 20 metres away and he lifted all the lids and I have ducting all the way to my exterior wall. The current ducting has a 20pair copper to my building, but plenty of room to pull the fibre. Interestingly he said it wont be blown, but pulled through.

I believe they term it a mini-node. We have one now installed outside in the footpath chamber. They blew a 12-fibre 'bundle' from there to the next nearest mini-node about 150m away. It then runs another 700m approx. to the main node which runs back to the local exchange.

Unfortunately for us the biggest (totally unexpected) drama has been the internal cabling. Which I'm still trying to get resolved...

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Interestingly he said it wont be blown, but pulled through.

As I understand it, blowing is normally done through subducts: tubes with a bore only slightly larger than the fibre cable.

In some case they will pull a subduct, and then blow a fibre cable through that.

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In reply to a post by alanplum241276:

Interestingly he said it wont be blown, but pulled through.

As I understand it, blowing is normally done through subducts: tubes with a bore only slightly larger than the fibre cable.

In some case they will pull a subduct, and then blow a fibre cable through that.

Openreach will often blow the fibre internally also.

Here is a section of twin tube Mark 3 BFT internal grade twin 3.5mm (internal bore) /5mm (external diameter) courtesy of Openreach. From the outside it just looks like regular twin and earth...the actual blown fibre bundle (12 fibres) is tiny not much bigger than a single core coated fibre.

https://postimg.cc/sQ4hb5FB

https://postimg.cc/PpPgRQvy

Another image with the tubes poking out, with the ripcord.

https://postimg.cc/gLnXBQGJ

Edited by Pheasant (Wed 17-Feb-21 15:38:13)

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There’s definitely no PPPoE on (wires only) leased lines provisioned by Openreach.

I have PPPoE but only on Openreach based FTTP. Which is of course an entirely different product.

Has OpenSheep sorted yours out yet?

Internal cabling (or should that be tubing) nightmare was sorted yesterday finally. New BFT duct all run.

Openreach were back this morning and literally pushed in the blown fibre bundle from the external splice to the fibre tray.

We are finally physically connected back to the exchange this morning, now waiting on carriers tests and commish to complete....

I'm getting my fibre installed tomorrow from the mini node.....

Fingers crossed all my internal ducting is good

Here’s a (hopefully) good omen for you; our final commissioning took place this morning. Had I had the VLANs IDs could probably have been dusted late last week, but we’re cooking with gas (hydrazine!) now....

https://postimg.cc/rDYDVqj5

Edited by Pheasant (Mon 08-Mar-21 16:00:25)