Fiber and copper. Depends on ur location and the building u are in.
Highrise->mostly copper
Landed-> see whether ur location is covered under HSBB or SUBB.

Should be no problem for future upgrade. If within contract period I'm not sure.

oh, will be much of a headache in the future for cable rework. I will try to get mine installed with FTB and see how installer says. They should coil the cable inside the house and hide them behind the desk/cabinet.

Wont they just charge till the day u terminate? eg: charge from 01-20 May?

1. Fiber cable coming from green Fiber Termination Point (on the ground) or white Fiber Termination Point (on the pole). Depends on ur location.
2. Fiber cable will terminate at a white Fiber Termination Box (FTB) outside of ur house.
3. Another internal fiber cable will continue from FTB to the Fiber Wall Socket (FWS) inside ur house.
4. One more thinner fiber cable will continue from FWS to the Broadband Termination Unit (BTU) (aka modem for ADSL users).
5. Phone will connect to the BTU with RJ11 cable for making calls. Residential Gateway (RG) (aka router) will connect to the BTU via RJ45.
6. Hypptv box (unavailable for Unfi Lite users) and ur PC/NAS/TV and stuff will connect to the RG.

Note: TM is not providing FTB anymore so the fiber cable from FIber Termination Point will go straight into the house and to the FWS.


Fiber Termination Point (on the ground): http://s1115.photobucket.com/user/gunblade...Unifi1.jpg.html
Fiber Termination Point (on the pole): http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/mx007/DSC00549.jpg
FTB: https://forum.lowyat.net/uploads/attach-16/...-1294450521.jpg
FWS: http://i.imgur.com/jKD7B9u.jpg

All images taken from the web.

I not sure, dunno whether the fiber running from FTB to FWS is black or white

Im not too sure. But from what I notice so far no one is getting the FTB anymore. Will ask my installer about the current situation when he come.

Oh i see, didnt notice that till u tell. I think they might refund u and will be reflected in your next months bill? (So u pay less for your first month unifi bill)

Or maybe they will continue to provide streamyx until the very last day of ur bill? (eg: u can still use Streamyx even after u terminate till 30 May)

My new home also have the green distribution point on the ground, and house developer preinstalled fiber cable + Fiber Wall Socket (FWS) in the living room. No outdoor Fiber Termination Box (FTB) given. This is expected since fiber cable all buried underground till the living room, no need for fiber cable to go up the wall.

I am installing for my old home. Fiber cable will come from the Fiber Termination Point on the pole along the lorong behind my house.

If they pull the black outdoor fiber cable into the house, they got to remove the metal wire that support the cable right (for indoor use)? Cause i remember the metal wire that prevent the cable from excessive bending/ breaking is quite stiff.

And BTW, if the fiber cable break (indoor or outdoor due to rat, fox that walk on cable), whos responsible for the repair? TM or me?

Oh, thats what happen when I downgrade Astro. Removed sports pack on early March and the CS said I still get to watch sports channel till end of March cause the amount is already billed. Wasted $$ as I never tune to those channels even once for the entire month.

TM should just reflect those -ve charges in the bill and debit it from the Unifi bill. Such an inefficient way of billing customers. Is TM still issuing separate bill for phone line service and Unifi?

We are discussing about the white box on the wall outside the house (called Fiber Termination Box, FTB), not the inside one (called Fiber Wall Socket, FWS).

The box inside will surely be given by TM, if not there will be no place for the BTU (aka fiber modem) to plug in.

The box outside the house, FTB, that might ease future upgrade/ repair, is no longer provided during installation.

What location is ur parent's home?

Having 2 separate accounts is the worst thing ever. Does it mean 2 mytm account == 2 email addresses?

And im retaining my existing landline number for RM1. Will there be 2 separate bills? One RM1 bill and one Unifi bill delivered separately?

Outside fiber cable always free unless u want do underground when u got pole. Inside house free 50m rj45/rj11, RM5 per meter if exceed the free 50m.

ya thats why im making sure they dont get any chance to charge me for extra installation.

Ya, TM get to save lot of $$ by removing that.

yup, break one point on the cable = replace entire length from FWS to fiber termination point (on pole or ground), which means have to dig again if u have underground fiber cable. $$$

Unless they can do fiber splicing or something to save the cable.

Really? Do you mean some of the installer use FWS to replace the FTB? (So there will be 2 FWS?) Any charges for that?

Since now there will be only 1 single long fiber cable running from Fiber termination box outside (on the pole/ ground) all the way to the FWS, if the internal one breaks, do we have to pay for the whole length for replacement (since they are one long cable?) Not sure how they will calculate in this case...