Broadband and telephones

[aveatry]

They will install the outside box near ground level. The cable from the pole to the outside box can be very long but the cable from the outside box to the inside box is limited to 10 metres. They are very flexible about where they install the inside box but I have never known them to install it in a loft. They might be willing to do that if your loft is essentially a room with stairs to access and proper flooring but they won't want to climb a loft ladder and balance on ceiling joists.

From my research when coming from a pole above they need to first bring it down to ground level because the connection in the box on the outside needs to be spliced/ welded and the equipment involves a built in microscope and is not something that can be done from a ladder.
Have a utube search and you will see.
The box on the outside is about the size of 4 bluray cases stacked on top of each other and the inside box is about half that.

 

[pcaouolte]

the length from the inside box to the router

It's a standard network cable so technically can be up to 100m.

The box on the inside (ONT) converts light from the fibre to a standard ethernet port. If you only had one device at home it would be possible to plug it directly into the ONT without a router.

 

[aveatry]

It's a standard network cable so technically can be up to 100m.

The box on the inside (ONT) converts light from the fibre to a standard ethernet port. If you only had one device at home it would be possible to plug it directly into the ONT without a router.

Ah I see. Thanks

 

[davelx]

It's a standard network cable so technically can be up to 100m.

The box on the inside (ONT) converts light from the fibre to a standard ethernet port. If you only had one device at home it would be possible to plug it directly into the ONT without a router.

Only if said device supports PPoE and you know how to configure it.

 

[pcaouolte]

Only if said device supports PPoE and you know how to configure it.

Not on YouFibre. The Router connects to the ONT using DHCP.

 

[aveatry]

Not on YouFibre. The Router connects to the ONT using DHCP.

Is this going to be like the smart meter malarkey where if you change suppliers the monitor doesn't work

 

[Mottie]

Not on YouFibre. The Router connects to the ONT using DHCP.

OMG WTF

 

[davelx]

Not on YouFibre. The Router connects to the ONT using DHCP.

And what, exactly, do you believe the function of DHCP to be? It is NOT a data-link protocol. Hint - it stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
I'd suggest you do some reading: https://www.waterstones.com/book/interconnections/radia-perlman/9780201634488