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[farmer92]

Hope I'm posting in the right place.

So our internet (just like almost everybody else out in the sticks) is blooming' awful.

The nearest village has fibre optic, and we have come up with a bit of a plan. Our land borders the edge of the village, close to where there is access to the phone lines. (This would be copper, as it comes from the exchange which has finer optic, in the middle of the village - they say the last bit going into people's homes is always copper). Anyway, we want to put a fibre cable from the farm house, all the way to the edge of the village and join up with the phone line there. That would mean it comes out of the exchange as fibre, turns into copper for a street's length, and then back to fibre optic on our land. Has anyone got any experience with this? Can the cable go from fibre to copper and then back to fibre?

The internet is so bad here that we are keen to get this sorted this year!

 

[marshbarn]

Perhaps @sleepy can Help.
Another option to consider is fixed wireless access (FWA) network, we have moved to one of these its a lot better than fixed line openreach.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Same problem but no local fibre.

Looking into finding a property within range that can see ours with fibre and putting a line of site dish up - saves on trenching costs and speeds are apparantly very good

 

[Timbo]

Can the cable go from fibre to copper and then back to fibre?

No.

Set up a line to your bordering land with 5 or 12v whatever the fibre router / wifi bridge runs off. A 200w solar panel and couple 12v leisure batteries etc. Thief proof of course.

Beam the signal back to your property.

http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-outdoor-bridging.htm

 

[upnortheast]

Help guys at Solwise are very good if you have a chat with them
http://www.solwise.co.uk

 

[Greenbeast]

I had the broadband terminated with the power in a cab by the road here and then ran everything down a trench 150m to the house, appreciate some of you guys have much longer runs so the wireless options may be the best

 

[Ukjay]

That would mean it comes out of the exchange as fibre, turns into copper for a street's length, and then back to fibre optic on our land. Has anyone got any experience with this? Can the cable go from fibre to copper and then back!

No.

I am going to be doing a similar thing using media convertors for cctv, which I think may be able to help in your situation, so it is possible I believe.

Media Converter examples, and you can find lots of info on line about them.

For me I need to run fiber to the gate 300mtr away from my house, which is too far for ethernet without adding jumpers every 90 mtrs - which is a pita, then I will have rj45 each end, as you have the media converter fitted both ends, which converts the signal to light etc, as the cctv cameras are IP, and have rj45 female terminals.
You just need a 12v power supply both ends, which you can install at the same time as pulling your fiber cable in the trunking, but I would advise two separate pipes.

 

[Greenbeast]

I am going to be doing a similar thing using media convertors for cctv, which I think may be able to help in your situation, so it is possible I believe.

Media Converter examples, and you can find lots of info on line about them.

For me I need to run fiber to the gate 300mtr away from my house, which is too far for ethernet without adding jumpers every 90 mtrs - which is a pita, then I will have rj45 each end, as you have the media converter fitted both ends, which converts the signal to light etc, as the cctv cameras are IP, and have rj45 female terminals.
You just need a 12v power supply both ends, which you can install at the same time as pulling your fiber cable in the trunking, but I would advise two separate pipes.

yes this is regularly done in schools between buildings

Not a bad idea actually, i could have done it here