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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 14:14:36 +0100, John Rumm
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On 05/08/2020 13:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Following a thread on uk.telecom this might be of use to people here
contemplating FTTP* as well.

https://vps.templar.co.uk/index.php?...20installation


What is in the external box?

Looks like they have "cost reduced" the install and done away with the
battery backup for the PON terminal. (they used to include the
termination and the battery backup both installed in a larger wall mount
box:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...nitWithPSU.png

(the box on the right has 4 AAs in it).

Interesting they actually made use of the copper pair in the drop
wire... On mine they just wound it up near the termination and saved it
for some future time if required (there are already 2 x pots drop wires
into the house). They did moan that the very thin teflon insulated wire
was very difficult to strip and use!


I have seen this on the other thread. If you are over 65, can you
just register as 'vulnerable' and tell them you need a reliable system
that works 24/7?