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Hi,

My ISP (BT) restarted the network on my Smart Hub 2 today (they did not reboot the router, just the network).

I notice the the Connection Type has changed from:

Fibre Broadband (G.fast)

to

External FTTX

Is there an explanation of the difference anywhere?

TIA
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RayG

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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

RayG <x@invalid.net> wrote:

Hi,

My ISP (BT) restarted the network on my Smart Hub 2 today (they did not reboot
the router, just the network).

Probably a firmware update.

I notice the the Connection Type has changed from:

Fibre Broadband (G.fast)

to

External FTTX

Is there an explanation of the difference anywhere?

FTTx is a catch-all term for various kinds of fibre network - the 'x'
denotes where the fibre ends. Could be FTTC (cabinet), FTTN (node; G.fast
is usually a box up a pole) and FTTP (premises).

I'm guessing you have an external modem box and this is the router saying it doesn't know what type of FTTx you have.

(FTTC usually puts the modem in the same box so they know if you're doing
that, but for Openreach FTTN and FTTP the modem is external and all the
router sees is Ethernet, so it may not be able to tell)

Theo
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On 20/01/2026 14:11, Theo wrote:

RayG <x@invalid.net> wrote:

Hi,

My ISP (BT) restarted the network on my Smart Hub 2 today (they did not reboot
the router, just the network).

Probably a firmware update.

I notice the the Connection Type has changed from:

Fibre Broadband (G.fast)

to

External FTTX

Is there an explanation of the difference anywhere?

FTTx is a catch-all term for various kinds of fibre network - the 'x'
denotes where the fibre ends. Could be FTTC (cabinet), FTTN (node; G.fast
is usually a box up a pole) and FTTP (premises).

I'm guessing you have an external modem box and this is the router saying it doesn't know what type of FTTx you have.

(FTTC usually puts the modem in the same box so they know if you're doing that, but for Openreach FTTN and FTTP the modem is external and all the router sees is Ethernet, so it may not be able to tell)

Theo

The Fibre is up to the ONT in my office and then Ethernet to the hub, and no, there was no firmware version change.

Nothing else changed except for that wording.
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Regards

RayG
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RayG wrote:

The Fibre is up to the ONT in my office and then Ethernet to the hub

Then I'd say you weren't on g.fast before whatever change happened,
because g.fast is a copper-based service.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

On 20/01/2026 17:24, Andy Burns wrote:

RayG wrote:

The Fibre is up to the ONT in my office and then Ethernet to the hub

Then I'd say you weren't on g.fast before whatever change happened,
because g.fast is a copper-based service.

Agree, should never have stated G.Fast in the first place if the hub is connected to the Internet via its ETH-WAN port.

A G.Fast service would be connected via the RJ-11/broadband port.
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Bob Pullen
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