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on 13-01-2026 05:36 PM
We are looking at going to full fibre with TT. We got asked a couple of years not long after new telegraph poles were installed on our street but felt we were ok as the service was good. We are aware that the old school copper broadband are on the way out and also recently been told they wont be updating the security on the WIFI (unless i part with £80.00) which seeing as im out of contract and paying more than most people i wasnt impressed by. Anyway i have a few quick questions. Im guessing the telegraph pole outside my flat will be used to to stretch a wire straight into my living room? Do we need a double socket and if so why?- i use one of these with an extension for a monitor and laptop i work on so id have to rethink where everything will plug in. The old telephone boxes - i have the original one in the back bedroom (think it goes out to an old telegraph pole in the back streets and a secondary one in the living room the side where the new poles have popped up - do these old phone boxes just get ignored when the wiring up occurs or are they used at all? And finally whats peoples opinions on the Full Fibre. Thanks for any help
on 14-01-2026 07:00 AM
Thank you @KeithFrench, @ferguson.
on 13-01-2026 10:13 PM
Just to add, any added phone sockets will become redundant, you will only have one connection point.
on 13-01-2026 09:57 PM
How the feed from the pole is routed is between the installer & yourself. You will need power for the ONT (a small box that is the termination of the fibre, inside your property). Then another socket is required for the router. If you are having digital voice to replace your landline, then any phones (such as a cordless phone system) that requires power will still need this.
However, the ONT & router do not need to be next to one & other, just extend this via a longer Cat 6 minimum Ethernet cable. Extension leads will suffice for any of these electric connections.
Keith
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