topic Re: Fibre to Cabinet in Home Phone

Fibre to Cabinet

richardkendell — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:51:37 GMT

Our home phone relies on power through the copper network. I am aware that if I switch to full fibre the phone will stop working (or need an additional power source) but if I switch to fibre to cabinet will the phone continue to work as at present or will I need a power source as with full fibre?

Re: Fibre to Cabinet

Baldrick1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:56:23 GMT

@richardkendell

With FTTC the phone wiring is not touched so the phone will still work during a power cut.

Re: Fibre to Cabinet

jab1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:56:38 GMT

@richardkendell FTTC still uses the copper cable from the street cabinet to your home, and works as normal. With FTTP, you will not have a landline phone service, rather you will need to set up a VoIP service - currently, PN do not supply this.

Re: Fibre to Cabinet

richardkendell — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:10:19 GMT

Thanks for the prompt help

Re: Fibre to Cabinet

bmc — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:40:55 GMT

@richardkendell

Do you have a choice? Use the following to check.

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL

FTTC shows up as VDSL. For FTTP you need to see WBC FTTP in the left hand column. If one of hte Alternative FTTP operators has installed a fibre netwrok in your location then your OpenReach connection would be untouched by an install from that source.

Brian