In reply to a post by candlerb:

fs.com shipping for a single coupler is £12.00 (I just checked).

Free delivery if you exceed £79, so if you need to stock up on patch panels / CAT5e cables / SFPs etc then it's a no-brainer.

Swings and roundabouts. I was just thinking for a one off Amazon is usually not too bad. The couplers are sure dear though.

As well as FS, I've bought plenty of gear over the years from EuroDK who are a huge network reseller based out of Latvia. A box of 50 Ubiquiti UFiber labelled SC/APC couplers there is £5.70 (admittedly before VAT) but still around 12p per coupler and shipping is £7.70 if you can wait around 10 days for the post. Obv. bigger orders it makes sense to use a faster shipping method.

Edited by Pheasant (Wed 11-Aug-21 16:31:57)

Another option could be:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284161864987

Not cheap, but quick.

Cheers!

Sheesh yeh someone's whiffed a 'business opportunity' there...😂

Essential parts, from a UK network wholesaler. Delivered total £12.79

https://postimg.cc/pp8J7zRp

Edited by Pheasant (Wed 11-Aug-21 16:48:14)

My experience of those ‘little white boxes’ is that they are pants … high loss central, add to that, folk doing it themselves … getting dirt and bends where none existed previously …..

cue the stream of, “it’ll be alright” posts.

I think this thread highlights how important it is to get the ONT fitted in a place where it can stay for the long haul rather than it needing moving after a short period of time.

I know as time goes on people will move home and won't have a choice (as it will already be fitted) but for me personally a lounge wall is possibly the worse possible place for the end users although possibly the best place for an Openreach engineer to fit it.

I always found RS Components excellent when in business. Their "APC Connectors" page.

(I've no idea if anything there is relevant! Just thought it worth posting another alternative).

Your link won’t open for me Bob.

Hmmm. I'm not sure why.

I just googled
RS Components

Then in their search box entered
APC connectors

The raw link is https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/?sra=oss&r=t&searchTe...
but if that still doesn't work then do as above?

Let me know how it goes please .

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

My experience of those ‘little white boxes’ is that they are pants … high loss central, add to that, folk doing it themselves … getting dirt and bends where none existed previously …..

Not to mention that the eBay product introduces not one but two additional non-spliced joints in the fibre. A pretty poor way of doing it.

How much is typically 'spare' in the Openreach PON loss budget? How long until someone installs one of these which works as it's the right side of borderline, but subsequent work to the Openreach plant eats into the margin, breaking that customer's service...

Strange, opens for me, but nothing shown looks of any use!

Cheers!