Hi folks.
I am currently on an FTTC connection. Copper from the street cabinet terminates on a master socket in my back bedroom/ office. I am considering upgrading to full fibre, which has been available in our street for a few years. Most of the info I have read seems to indicate that when full fibre is installed, the ONT is normally placed as near as possible to the cable entry point, typically at the front of the premises.
The issue I have is that there is nowhere downstairs suitable for the ONT to be placed. The front of ther house is the kitchen, so ONT would need to be placed under the sink, where mains water supply comes in. I am led to believe that is a non-starter on safety grounds, and anyway there is no nearby mains power. Only other place would be in the hallway, but the only logical place for the ONT would be on a partition wall between hall and kitchen. There is one power socket there, but there is also a radiator, leaving no wall-space.
What I would really want would be to have the ONT upstairs, where the current copper connection terminates. This would involve extensive (about 12 metres potentially) internal fibre to be run from the cable entry up the staircase, across a landing and into the bedroom.
Does anyone know whether (Openreach?) would be prepared to do something like this? Has anyone had an installation involving extensive internal fibre as described above?
