Vodafone Fibre broadband question

vdk101 · 12-04-2015 08:35PM #1

I am soon to be swapping over to Vodafone Fibre broadband from DSL.

I currently have a phone extension cable running from the master socket to the router location (about 8m).

Will this setup still work once I get the new fiber router or will I need to run a cat 5 cable instead of the existing extension cable?

MrFrisp · 13-04-2015 12:34PM

vdk101 wrote: »

I am soon to be swapping over to Vodafone Fibre broadband from DSL.

I currently have a phone extension cable running from the master socket to the router location (about 8m).

Will this setup still work once I get the new fiber router or will I need to run a cat 5 cable instead of the existing extension cable?

The setup you have will be fine.

I'm using that method as it is, and I'm still getting 95Mbps.
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vdk101 · 13-04-2015 06:46PM

Thanks , that saves some work

ED E · 13-04-2015 07:12PM

Depends on the cabling. If its crappy untwisted stuff then you'll have a problem.

mass_debater · 13-04-2015 07:26PM

Flat cable isn't recommended for longer than 1m maximum, you will always lose some speed because of having no twists. Close to the cab/exchange it may not matter but if you are a long distance you'll feel it more.

You'd be better to throw the tech a few quid to run a data port extension, they are no longer allows run them for Vodafone customers as they don't get paid for them.

vdk101 · 14-04-2015 07:44PM

Thanks for the input.

It's a flat cable and a few Km from exchange, so it might be an issue.

I have a spare hub, so I think I will leave the router at the outlet and run a cat5 over to the other side of the room.

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