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Same router for broadband and fibre?

Can anyone confirm that the broadband router I have will also work with a new fibre package I am getting when I move home? A customer service rep said it would which is really great but I've not heard of a router being able to do both - does the telephone line go in and just work? I figured an engineer would have to come and install a new line dedicated to faster internet but the rep advised that the existing line will plug in just like my broadband one and the router is compatible with both standards.

 

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Michael

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Yes that’s correct. The same router can be used for either broadband service (the lower speed ADSL or the FTTC fibre to the cabinet).

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Yes that’s correct. The same router can be used for either broadband service (the lower speed ADSL or the FTTC fibre to the cabinet).

Anonymous User
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That's great to hear, thanks! Never heard of that before but I guess it's been a while since I last had fibre!

It’s been a thing with Sky routers since the SR102 a few years ago (of which the first NOW router was a variant).

@Anonymous User  It’s been a thing with Sky routers since the SR102 a few years ago (of which the first NOW router was a variant).

Anonymous User
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i myself am in a fibre active area and yes it still puzzles me how ADSL is considered Fibre since BT and Virgin Fibre are usually connected with a coaxel cable and not a standard ADSL cable to guarantee Fibre speeds 

@Anonymous User  ADSL is not “considered Fibre”. ADSL is entirely over copper wire from exchange to home. VDSL/VDSL2 is “considered Fibre” due to being fibre from exchange to street cabinet, but still over copper wire from the street cabinet to home. As far as I know, it’s mainly only Virgin Media who run over co-ax (BT not at all). Blame OFCOM for terminology...