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Router location is at back of house

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Nucky
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‎03-04-2026 06:26 PM

I have EE part-fibre but want to switch to full fibre which is available to me. My router is at the back of  my house. I have read horror stories about OR contractors not wanting to run cable around a property, especially if sharp corners are involved, which of course is necessary as my house is not round!   How can I avoid a confrontation?  I have chosen a side of house location for the new router to save further runs of cable internally, but this involves extra power points and changing the SSID which I have to do when the cabling etc is finished. Will BT allow me time to do this before shutting down my part-fibre broadband?

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Nucky
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In response to XRaySpeX

‎04-04-2026 06:19 PM

I didn't know that!  Thanks for the heads up.  Very useful to know!

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XRaySpeX
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In response to Nucky

‎04-04-2026 11:31 PM

Isn't it possible that the fibre comes up close to where the copper landline came up?

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Nucky
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In response to XRaySpeX

‎05-04-2026 02:28 PM

That's what I expect to happen.

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