FTTP to an Upstairs Home Office

[TT888]

I'm currently on FTTC with the master socket located in the upstairs home office with the router and all of the office equipment. If I move to FTTP how will EE get the new connection upstairs to the router in the office? I'm assuming that they'll bring the fibre in through the external wall from where the duct emerges outside but how do they then get it through the house to where it needs to be? I can't relocate the router to the ground floor because all of the computers, printers and phone etc are located in the 1st floor office and need to be connected to the router and the house is not CAT cabled.  Does anyone have any experience of this situation?

Thanks

Tim

[Mustrum]

Without knowing more details of the layout of your property it is hard to say. But when the Openreach Engineer comes to install the fibre and ONT you would have the chance to discuss with him what is possible. Depending on how feasible it is, and maybe how good your coffee/tea making and choccy biscuit supply may determine how much they are able to achieve.

[TT888]

I find it difficult to believe that no one has had this experience yet...

[Mustrum]

Its not the chattiest of forums, people tend to post when they have problems, plus the number of people with FTTP is still quite low.

[XRaySpeX]

Many have! See them on the BT Community. As there was probably not any issue nobody bothered to report it here.

[ckent2014]

fttp will be cabled with an ONT module inside the property where the router plugs in you could have this upstairs or downstairs as long as it is on the same side of the house where the line comes in. if you keep it how you currently are with your router downstairs I would run a cable to the office of buy a mesh system which has ethernet ports on the wireless modules then put a small POE switch in your office and either plug the cat5/6 into the mesh system or plug the cat cable into the switch from your router nice and easy setup  

[Ian06]

As mustrum says it's very difficult to comment without knowing a lot more about your house, the layout, the construction etc...  There is some stuff on the Openreach website about FTTP installs (OR Fibre Install Process) , but each one is different.  Best to talk to your ISP when you are ready to order to see if the can offer help.  

I had FTTP installed a couple of weeks ago, the OR engineer was very helpful and happy to route the fibre through some trunking I had already fitted to take it to a new location away from where the old master socket was.

See the OR website but the will run a reasonable distance of cable during the install and I think you can request additional work (premium install - at more expense) when you order the FTTP install.