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| 1348724 | 2013-07-12 09:14:00 | It's been suggested we get an electrician in to check our internal jackpoints/wiring before we go ahead with a UFBB install. Just ran an Auckland to Hamilton speedtest here - www.speedtest.net The result looks pretty good. From my uneducated eye it doesn't look like our internal wiring which will connect to the new fibre optic connectable is degrading/affecting connection performance. What do you guys think? Has anyone recently been through UFBB connection/installation? Advice? |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 1348725 | 2013-07-12 10:32:00 | Electricians are not internal phone/broadband wiring experts. Some of them have learnt and are pretty good at it and others have no Idea. It's not like electrical wiring at all. I don't see how it's an issue anyway, the UFBB uses new fibre to the house and after that should work the same as what you are currently using. the only exception possibly is if broadband is delivered to a different point in the house and you need to cable it back to where it is now. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1348726 | 2013-07-12 10:35:00 | Yeah whoever suggested that was misinformed... That, and for new VDSL2 installs, Chorus now install it to a dedicated Jackpoint as of June 2013 so it's not an issue any longer :) As mentioned though, many Electricians don't actually know structured cabling terrible well... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1348727 | 2013-07-12 11:38:00 | No need for electricians or any consultants. UFB uses a new line. This is delivered to a point of your house or if like us it is a buried cable (whatever that means), they may run a fresh new cable from the pathment right to your living room brand spanking new. Where they install that white box generally next to your TV there is also a fiber box outside on the wall. If you want your phones running again, even if you only have a VOIP phone in your ISP package you get it free. They take a phone jack next to the TV (eg) and plug it to the router therefore the rest of your phones in the house will continue to work - they prob do some wiring with the master jack there but dunno about that, just know it works :D |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1348728 | 2013-07-12 11:50:00 | No checking is needed b/c you won't be getting UFB thru the other phone jacks. They are just phonecalls. Your router is fixed to one location so it's just wireless or if you get a pro in to run some network cables like offices and install some wallplates in the room. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1348729 | 2013-07-12 20:06:00 | Years ago, when I did my Krone course (cabling), it was me and colleague and a bunch of electricians. Most cable firms used contractors, so they were there to learn it. Apparently I got top marks out of all of them. I'd finished early and didn't hang around so heard later. We used to have to supervise them at the University, they'd tender out for the main part of the cabling, then we'd do the rest after. You would think they would have known not to do things like run the cables along the power cables, right? But I had a few "discussions" with some of them..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1348730 | 2013-07-12 20:15:00 | Yeah, an electrician who doesn't know data cabling may degrade your throughput. Traditional house wiring is just knowing neutral, phase, and earth. How the cables travel is largely irelevant. However, with data cables, the pattern in which the 5 or more wires are twisted about each other becomes important, right down to the twists at the plug / socket termination point. An installer unfamiliar with this will pay it no heed and will (in theory) reduce the cables performance simply by trying to make their installation easier for themselves to perform. It's part science, and partly a learned art. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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