Proximus drängt mich immer wieder dazu, auf Glasfaser umzusteigen.
Worauf ich keine eindeutige Antwort bekommen kann, ist, was tatsächlich physisch erforderlich ist, was Änderungen an der Verkabelung in meinem Haus zwischen der Straße und dem Modem betrifft.
Ich habe derzeit einen DSL-Switch wie auf dem Foto, das ich oben gefunden habe. Muss das Kabel von der Vorderseite des Gebäudes bis zu diesem Punkt zwei Stockwerke tiefer ausgetauscht werden? Es scheint, dass jede Komplexität der Installation zusätzliche Kosten erfordert – keine Ahnung, wie das bewertet wird.
Gibt es außerdem irgendetwas, das mich davon abhält, kurz nach der Proximus-Installation zum EPD-Netz zu wechseln? Ich habe verstanden, dass Proximus die Installation ohnehin für andere Anbieter übernimmt.
Vielen Dank
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Von RwyAhead
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Yes. The copper wire needs to go, the fiber needs to come in. The DSL splitter you’re showing will be removed. They will probably do it on the buildings facade (outside). From what I understand, if they do it while working in the street, it is free.
Your potential internet speed will increase 2000% (but you’ll have to pay for faster speed :)).
I’m not sure but I *think* you can get the free installation straight from EDP; I don’t think it is related to what provider you choose.
Yep, it needs a new connection to be brought in from outside, and they’ll install two new plugs.
They done this with me too. They were going to cancel my copper subscription if I did not swith to fiber. They will need to bring in a cable inside and then they put a totally new set up in your home. You will need an electricity socket near the socket in the image or else they will definitely drill a hole in the wall to get the cable to the nearest electricity socket where they can set up the modem and some other tiny boxes. It took 2 hours.
Thank you for all the information!
So if they have already installed the external boxes all along our street, they will still need to drill into the external wall to run a new cable? Would this would need to run to the same position as the current DSL switch? Thinking it might be simpler not to, if the modem, switch and copper all become obsolete.
I cannot work out how to trace the entry point of the copper (which is next to the new external fiber box) to the exit 2 floors below 😳
Trying to understand how to limit the potential drilling. I read in one commune they were told to halt the works as their contractor made such a mess of the external work. Doesn’t sound promising!
Slightly off topic but something to consider: can you actually use the speed increase from fiber at your door, inside your house? For example, do you have crap wifi in house that will need to be upgraded to wifi 6?
Fiber or “glasvezel” is a tiny tube of glass and a laser goes through it. They use light to transfer data.
According to some Japanese scientists. You can reach 500 Gbps with a fiber cable which is impossible in copper.
Also all copper cables (DSL, Coax) have already reached end of life and are starting to degrade.
Fiber lasts 50 years+ and are extremely easy to replace compared to copper.
The fiber coverage in most EU countries are 80%+. Belgium has like 30% coverage.
We relied wayyyyyyy too much on copper and now we are extremely behind.
Fiber also uses very little electricity compared to copper/coax.
One thing i wish they told me when making the appointment to install fiber, is that it needs a power socket, which i didnt have in the cabinet where utilities enter the house, so i had to run an extension cable through my living room untill i could install one.
Sigh… I wish to be in your shoes. I’m stuck with unreliable VDSL waiting for fiber here.
Dus een koperen dsl telefoom lijn is fiber in belgie ?
Off topic but this post got me thinking: the „light speed internet“ advertisements are misleading. Electricity through copper travels at light speed too. It’s just that it needs more hops compared to fiber (because of interference I guess ?)
Just got fiber installed in our apartment. I submitted a simple easy switch request to EDPnet, and they handled everything internally. A Proximus technician came by to set up the fiber, and since I opted for self-installation, EDPnet sent me the new router. I connected everything and did the basic configuration ladida, super fast internet!
I think Proximus ontsteken installed fiber in my little borough, but I took a contract with EDPNET.
In the photo there’s not a „DSL switch“. The white „thing“ is a filter to allow the old telephone system and the dsl to coexist.
Regardless, the fiber installation can be done in two ways. If into your basement there is enough space, a cable will be brought in from the outside and a white connection point will be installed. I don’t know how it’s called by proximus but this is this is known as an ODB. Basically a 1:24 splitter. You should already have a similar system for the DSL: From outside there is a cable with 24 pairs then this is terminated to a box and one (or two) pairs then go from this box to the apartments.
Inside it looks like this:
[https://www.fibreopticbox.com/photo/pl24889093-fdb0324_white_pc_sc_fiber_optic_termination_box_odb_osb_24_port_hinge_design.jpg](https://www.fibreopticbox.com/photo/pl24889093-fdb0324_white_pc_sc_fiber_optic_termination_box_odb_osb_24_port_hinge_design.jpg)
Then a thin cable goes from this box to your apartment using the same conduits used for dsl. Inside your apartment the thin fiber will be terminated into a box like this:
[https://www.thebulletin.be/sites/default/files/styles/big_article/public/fiber.jpg](https://www.thebulletin.be/sites/default/files/styles/big_article/public/fiber.jpg)
If you have an old sagemcom router that doesn’t have a fiber input, then they will put a media converter that takes a fiber input and output a RJ45. From it, you will use a regular patch cable to the red port of the sagemcom and voila!
[https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/proximus-fr/attachment/94e579e0-69e0-4fc0-93fe-4f1566a84f6c.jpg](https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/proximus-fr/attachment/94e579e0-69e0-4fc0-93fe-4f1566a84f6c.jpg)
I think they have also routers that take directly fiber, but probably they install those just for more expensive subscriptions.
The second type of installation that I’ve seen is through the facade. They will bring a fiber from an outdoor ODB, drill a hole an leave outside a small black box like this. On the inside, nothing change. It will be a same system: a new connection box, then either with a media converter or directly with a new router.
[https://www.proximus-cdn.com/.imaging/focalarea/CardSixteenNineSocialMediaShare/768×432/dam/jcr:fd0ba3e7-66ea-4732-82fd-7b755c6a5393/fiber-where-w768-h512.jpg](https://www.proximus-cdn.com/.imaging/focalarea/CardSixteenNineSocialMediaShare/768×432/dam/jcr:fd0ba3e7-66ea-4732-82fd-7b755c6a5393/fiber-where-w768-h512.jpg)