ᐅ Is a telephone connection box still required?

The service provider installs a main distribution frame (MDF) after the building entry point and, if applicable, a "first NTE" as the handover point to your property.

For your internal house wiring to the individual rooms, you can safely consider the NTE as "a relic from the ISDN era." Today, wiring is consistently done with eight-core cables to each outlet, and the modern connection interface is Western 8P8C, commonly known as "RJ45."

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Thank you all for the replies. We will get DSL later. However, I didn't fully understand it. If we don’t have a telephone connection socket (TAE socket) installed now, as the builder suggested, where will the Fritzbox get the "internet signal" from? Does a network cable go directly from the main distribution point (ApL) to the Fritzbox?

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We will get DSL later. I don’t fully understand it yet. If we don’t have a TAE socket installed now, as the construction supervisor advised, where does the Fritzbox get its "internet signal" from? Does a network cable go directly from the main distribution point (MDP) to the Fritzbox?

You will still get a TAE socket. This is usually installed by the telecom provider or similar, next to the main distribution point (MDP). You then plug the Fritzbox into this TAE socket. However, there won’t be any additional TAE sockets inside the house.

Yep, that's how it looks. Have the telecom provider install the telephone outlet where you plan to connect your modem. These outlets are actually unnecessary since you’ll need an adapter to RJ45 right after anyway, but with telecom companies, things just tend to take a bit longer...

I also smiled a bit two years ago when they installed a socket in a new build that I had already removed in my old house 10 years ago (because I switched to cable). But it doesn’t really matter. It won’t be used for the foreseeable future anyway. Maybe never...

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Does a network cable go directly from the distribution point to the Fritzbox?

The line termination point is the transition from the local network (controlled by the telecom provider) to the customer network (also initially controlled by the telecom provider). Only at the telecommunications connection unit does the transition to your area of responsibility occur.

This "first connection unit" is nowadays also the last one, since the technology used inside the house network is outdated.

Usually, you will install your patch panel near the distribution point and connection unit. From there, connections are made in a star topology between the router or Fritzbox and the wall outlets (Western "RJ45", commonly 8P8C connectors).

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You don't need to understand it yourself if the electrician understands it and sets it up accordingly.