Looking at going over to FTTP

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I have been trying to do "homework" for several weeks but have not got anywhere. All that seems to happen is that I get offered different packages.
It helps if you know which questions to ask and whom to ask them of.

[#2]

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@RogerGround wrote:
Hi.
The current copper cable comes into the house on the left of the front door, and my office is on the first floor to the right of the front door.

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Then you will need to run Ethernet cable, either internally or externally.

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Thank you to you and everybody else for their time.
From what I have found out on this forum it all sounds a bit hit and miss and a faff.
I will take my late father's advice " leave well alone"

[#4]

Your choice, although I think the advice given is sound.

[#5]

Hi.

I am not questioning the advice.
It is the potential wrangling with whom ever is sent to do the install. From some of the answers it sounds as if it can be hit or miss.

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YOU (usually) find the installers will work with you, but they can only do the possible, within the constraints of their set instructions/possibilities.

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@RogerGround wrote:
I have been trying to do "homework" for several weeks but have not got anywhere. All that seems to happen is that I get offered different packages.

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Not sure what you mean by packages, but from what you have said you should be able to get fibre installed the same place you have your router now. Just need to decide what speed.

Many people do the same thing without thinking about where they use the internet the most and if latency is an issue.

For example gamers should have the router as close to their controller, but for me, TV and entertainment is important so my router is close to the TV/Firestick/On Demand box.

But I don't want my NAS in the same room, but do want a fast connection, so a mesh system provides that, and also connects up the varies hubs for Hive, Hue, Alexa and so on

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@Mustrum Cor, you are more 'connected' than me - I've just got the laptops/TV/satellite box. 😀 

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@jab1   it has taken a while,  but having a "comms  cabinet" aka a small white bedroom cabinet, to hide the router/NAS and hubs and powerline and switch feeding the entertainment stuff, was less than ideal.  So when the opportunity for fibre came I had the chance to rethink where to put stuff. 

Modern ONT's and many routers are much smaller these days, and the mesh speeds between router faster than ethernet and the incoming 1Gb internet. 

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The options available are

csp put inside the first floor in the office with the ont

csp at ground level and then  goes inside the front door and the ont installed there and then ethernet to the room in question

csp at ground level and then fibre  going up into the office with the ont placed there

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@RogerGround 

There's not a lot of wrangling to do with the installer on the day.

You have your desired location - they will either say yeah or neigh. If it's the latter, have a secondary location in mind on the ground floor.

If they go with the ground floor you'll need to get someone in to run an external ethernet cable from downstairs up to the study.

Although it costs money, this could be a better solution, depending on the WiFi signal in your property. You could leave the router downstairs for WiFi purposes and put an ethernet switch in upstairs for any connections you want in the office. You might also need a WiFi Access Point (WAP) upstairs. Or you could simply put the router in the study.

You would have the choice now and in the future.

As to which package - you only have to decide what speed you want. Remember you can upgrade speed at any time but downgrading speed costs money unless done at the end of the contract.

Brian