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Vodafone, Pure Telecom, RuralWifi, Sky - Which FTTH provider?

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  • 08-01-2022 7:55pm
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    spuddy
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    They're all €35 pm for 12 months according to Bonkers. Only requirement is whatever router they provide it can be put into modem only mode, as I'll use my own router. Which company should I pick/avoid?



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    _Kaiser_
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    Have Sky myself and replaced their router entirely with my own. No problems at all.



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    spuddy
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    After some googling, looks like Pure Telecom offer a Fritzbox which I'd be surprised if it couldn't be put into modem only/bridge mode. Vodafone's looks like an own brand job, can't tell what RuralWifi offer, what router does Sky provide?



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    dam099
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    If you aren’t using the phone service of whatever provider you choose, you can usually bypass the ISP router completely and plug your own router into the ONT if it supports VLAN.



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    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭alec76


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118442865#Comment_118442865

    About that. Fritzbox or any others doesn’t have integrated fibre modem. They are all routers only , nothing really to bridge. Modem for FTTH is ONT box ( optical network terminal) on the wall.You just plug your own router into it and that all.

    Do you have any decent router ? It is hard to beat Fritzbox .Unless you got some AX ( WiFi 6) router ( or advanced Mesh system)I wouldn’t bother.



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    spuddy
    Registered Users Posts: 793 ✭✭✭spuddy


    That's great advice, thanks!



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