![]() However about 75 metres from the distribution point it all stopped. In my case the fibre distribution point was something approaching 200 metres away. Yes, blow it, with air from a large fan/blower device, the vortex in the pipe carries the fibre filament along. Once this duct is connected they blow the fibre filament along the duct. ![]() The way fibre is installed is that the engineers have to connect a small duct from the Omnipoint (where the external fibre connects to the internal fibre) on the outside of your premises, all the way to the fibre distribution point somewhere up the street. I recently had an underground cable duct installed to carry my phone line as part of a bigger relandscaping of my front garden, so getting the fibre connection from the Toby box in the pavement (sorry, can’t work out why they’re called that) to my house was trivial. This was relatively straightforward, but took about four weeks from placing my order to having working broadband. We hardly use our landline any more, it simply carries the broadband, so I’d probably get rid of the landline if I were to switch to Swish permanently. This, including telephone line rental – necessary for ADSL, costs £32/month, but that’s a special deal, the full cost when that offer expires will be £37/month, so not a lot less than Swish, but Swish doesn’t require, or include a phone line. Over my home network, which is a combination of Powerline adapters (yes, I did upgrade them) and Wi-Fi access points, I can achieve around 60Mb/s download, wired or wireless. I can usually get 70-80Mb/s down and 18-20Mb/s up. I currently have Sky Superfast Fibre Broadband, which is fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) at the end of my street and then carried over my telephone line. I also can’t imagine what you’d need 900Mb/s broadband for so for my free trial I’ve opted for the 400Mb/s service. I didn’t see the point in this, as I didn’t want to get used to the fastest service and then be disappointed when it dropped back. I was told that many people are trying the 900Mb/s service free, dropping back to 400Mb/s at the end of the free period. I registered my interest as soon as I was aware of the project, and was recently offered free installation and six months’ free subscription which I thought I’d take up. This is not usually the case with domestic broadband, indeed the “A” in ADSL stands for “Asymmetric” meaning faster download than upload. This is a symmetric service: upload speeds are the same (similar anyway) as download speeds. If you subscribe for 12 consecutive months Swish will increase your speed to either 500Mb/s or 1Gb/s. The Swish offering is simple, either 400Mb/s broadband for £45/month or 900Mb/s for £75/month on a rolling one-month contract. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that because what you have is called “Fibre” that you actually have a fibre connection to your home. Note: What most ISP’s call “Fibre” is actually fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) which is then carried as ADSL over copper – your normal telephone wire – to your house. ![]() “Full fibre” is marketing speak for fibre to the premises (FTTP), meaning high speed fibre-optic cable all the way to your house. Updated 19th November following a visit from a Swish engineer.įurther updated June 2022 after I cancelled the contract.Īs I mentioned in a previous post, Swish Fibre has been digging up the pavements and verges in my neighbourhood recently, with the promise of “full fibre” broadband with speeds of up to 1Gb/s. ![]()
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