No worries. There's a fair few AltNet providers that use Adtran SDX 600 series boxes (e.g. Community Fibre, Swish, Trooli etc).

In reply to a post by Intoxicating20:

I’ve got Zzoomm installed, the grey box outside is just the splice enclosure, they then feed the cable inside the property to the ONT.

Zzoomm only give you one router these days unless you pay extra for the extender add on.

The ONT is 10Gbps with the ethernet port supporting 100mb 1/2.5/5/10G so is pretty much future proof.

When I saw your post I went to have a look and yes, only one router, something called a icotera, never heard of them.
That is a bit of a shame, if I went for zzoomm, I would have got them to run the cable up the outside of the wall between the two routers, save having a cable running down the stairs.
I suppose they have to make cutbacks to pay for the free 6 months they are giving people.

I saw a zzoomm van a couple of roads away yesterday, I thought maybe they were starting up here, but I think they may live there, I don't think they will start around for months yet, the map says spring/summer, but I would not hold my breath.

I still go by what I have said before, about staying as I am if plusnet offers me a good price when the contract ends next year.

I don't think I can cope with the hassle of them digging here to bury the cable in my driveway.

How did you find their installation service? There are a few complaints about them here, someone took a photo of the way zzoomm left their inside wall after installation, it was not good, plaster cracked and falling. Surly, it is best to drill from the inside and not the outside of the wall. Also, how is it working now it is up and running?

"zoomm left their inside wall after installation, it was not good, plaster cracked and falling. Surly, it is best to drill from the inside and not the outside of the wall"

Probably easier to repair a bit of plaster than to replace a broken brick if done your way.

If a small hole could be drilled from out to in and then enlarged from either side, it would be neater but far more time consuming therefore costlier.

In reply to a post by broadband66:

"zoomm left their inside wall after installation, it was not good, plaster cracked and falling. Surly, it is best to drill from the inside and not the outside of the wall"

Probably easier to repair a bit of plaster than to replace a broken brick if done your way.

If a small hole could be drilled from out to in and then enlarged from either side, it would be neater but far more time consuming therefore costlier.

I already have two holes in the wall, one which Sky drilled for the dish many years ago and one where all pay drilled for my wireless broadband, again many years ago. They are painted over, but easy enough to see. From what I remember, they were drilled from the inside. It is only a small hole, should not break a brick and if it just fix it.

If plaster break and there is wall paper there, the wall paper will rip.

If a brick is broken or it spalls then how easy is it to replace?

In reply to a post by broadband66:

If a brick is broken or it spalls then how easy is it to replace?

Very, just knock the house down and rebuild!

Saw one recently where half teh face had come off almost 1/3 deep and broke the mortar bond on both that brick and the next one too!

In reply to a post by broadband66:

If a brick is broken or it spalls then how easy is it to replace?

Pretty easy if you know what you are doing. I have seen my Dad do it a couple of times in walls, not the house wall as our house was built from huge slabs as it was a Cornish house.

Finding a decent matching brick, if there are no old spares lying around, is often more difficult than keying it into the brickwork.

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In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Finding a decent matching brick, if there are no old spares lying around, is often more difficult than keying it into the brickwork.

That is the problem, My Dad made his own bricks, must have been ok, when I went past my old house a couple of months ago the walls were still standing, and they have been there since I was a child and i am 57 now.


Still easier than trying to replace a patch of wallpaper that you may never be able to get again. Sure some people will keep some paper back, but then it will look a different shade because of dirt and light and normal living.
Makes no difference to me, I have Anaglypta, so i just paint over,, ok some cheap copy of Anaglypta


Anyway, In no rush to get Wi-Fi 6 since i have nothing that works with it and to be honest, I doubt I will for a long time. But they really need to stop giving routers out like sweets.