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Multiple ONTs: turn off the unused ones?

Currently, I don't have any FTTP, but I am thinking to the future where I might end up having an Openreach FTTP service for a while, alongside other providers (eg Netomnia, since they are building nearby).

Considering you need an ONT for each wholesale provider in a property, if their network has been built, it feels like it would get very difficult to keep all the ONT's powered 24/7, so the question is: if you are only getting internet services from one of the providers that has fitted an ONT in your house, is it normal to de-power all of the other ONTs that you are no longer using?

In my example, lets say Netomnia built out their FTTP network [after Openreach has done theirs] and I decide to move from my Openreach service to Netomnia [aka YouFibre], but I want their ONT to be placed next to the Openreach one: would I just simply unplug the Openreach ONT from the power supply and put the Netomnia one in its place? IE only powering the ONT that provides the service that I am actively paying for?

TIA for any answers on this one, I haven't been able to find much info on best practice with this. 😊
 
Yes. Just cut the power to the unused ONTs. But don't remove the ONTs themselves. You don't want to risk getting the connectors on the end of the fibre cable dirty or damaged.
 
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Thanks both! Yeah, whenever I get full fibre and have to consider multiple ONTs, I'll just be cutting the power and leaving them exactly where they get fitted, so as to avoid any damage to the incoming fibre wire. 👍👍
 
Thanks both! Yeah, whenever I get full fibre and have to consider multiple ONTs, I'll just be cutting the power and leaving them exactly where they get fitted, so as to avoid any damage to the incoming fibre wire. 👍👍
Yeah, if you ever move then the next owner has access to the Openreach network almost straight away then or if you get a better deal with an Openreach ISP as well
 
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