BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

ringo747 · 30 Mar 2011 at 13:29

ci_newman said:
I got a date 6 days after order, so I don't think that can be brought forward by much My estimated speeds are similar to yours

I was trying to push it back though as I'm not even in the house yet.

ci_newman · 30 Mar 2011 at 16:06

ringo747 said:
I was trying to push it back though as I'm not even in the house yet.

Ah... that is less useful then!

Guitarman0 · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:13

I just had BT call me up and offer me BT infinity. I told them that I was already getting it and had an engineer date but they didn't like to accept the fact that I have 2 lines in my house: 1 for the phone and one for broadband lol.

timmy85 · 30 Mar 2011 at 22:37

ci_newman said:
That will depend on the demographic of the average user It might be 14k homes, but 13k of them might be OAPs and have no interest in high-speed broadband. You must remember that they have to install new road-side cabinets too.

I don't have inside information, but a business case would have been produced for all of the exchanges and then put in an order of priority. There will some logic in there somewhere, it's not that they just don't like you

[Edit] And I'm as excited as a child at Christmas! (Ok, as excited as I am at Christmas!)

Yea common sense really I suppose.

I live in an area that has been referred to before as 1 of the most economically deprived areas in the EU so I have been told.

So the majority of 'potential clients' wouldn't fork out the 40 quid a month for infinity I suppose.

gits!

Kanpai · 31 Mar 2011 at 10:44

Right guys, finally got BT Infinity!! =D

Previous:

Now:

Everything was done on time and the engineer was very friendly.

J273 · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:13

Hi all .....Infinity has just been enabled today for me to order.

Ive just checked online and its telling me:

Your broadband speed

We estimate your maximum download connection speed will be 27.7 Mbps*

The actual speed will typically be between 2M Mbps and 6M Mbps

We estimate your maximum upload connection speed will be 6 Mbps*

Im confused by the actual speeds being between 2 and 6 Mbps ,does this mean this is all il get or do i go off the 27.7Mbps?

I currently get just under 4meg with my current provider.

Thanks

Kanpai · 31 Mar 2011 at 15:20

That doesn't sound right J273, I think you should call them and ask for an estimate over the phone and see what they say.

Yerman · 31 Mar 2011 at 15:22

J273 said:
Hi all .....Infinity has just been enabled today for me to order.

Ive just checked online and its telling me:

Your broadband speed

We estimate your maximum download connection speed will be 27.7 Mbps*

The actual speed will typically be between 2M Mbps and 6M Mbps

We estimate your maximum upload connection speed will be 6 Mbps*

Im confused by the actual speeds being between 2 and 6 Mbps ,does this mean this is all il get or do i go off the 27.7Mbps?

I currently get just under 4meg with my current provider.

Thanks

I ordered BT Infinity today and mine said something similar about 'actual speeds'. I think it's just a mistake, they're probably using the ADSL 'actual speeds' for your line.

ci_newman · 31 Mar 2011 at 19:04

Speeds as of 7pm this evening on my DSL Max service:

Watch this space for tomorrow

(That ping is particularly high for some reason!). I've got my router configured and ready to go!

Kanpai · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:05

Slower than 73% of uk today, faster than 97% tomorrow!

You've got similar line stats to me before I switched over to Infinity today, you'll love the switchover, trust me

Let us know how it goes

House · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:31

Today im at
Tomorrow we will see if they turn up. I still dont trust them

ci_newman · 1 Apr 2011 at 08:09

House said:
Today im at
Tomorrow we will see if they turn up. I still dont trust them

The race is on

happy_2008 · 1 Apr 2011 at 09:29

Lucky gits

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2011 at 10:08

Insane!!!!

Darkhadou · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:52

Ukh I dunno what is is that's stopping me from jumping on to this/ Virgin's 100Mb service.

KIA · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:54

Your wallet?

Darkhadou · 1 Apr 2011 at 13:00

Never an issue- just checked it's cos I got neither in my area till 30th of June ¬_¬ Which is retarded cos I literally live 260 metres from the exchange.

ci_newman · 1 Apr 2011 at 14:37

ci_newman said:
The race is on

It's alive! Some fine tuning left to do with my router before I post stats

That's a job for tonight

Darkhadou · 1 Apr 2011 at 16:30

BTW can either of you guys talk about the traffic shaping? Some people telling me they throttle p2p connections right down to 10KB/s at peak hours which I really cba to deal with.

Scream · 1 Apr 2011 at 16:50

I have been enabled now for over a month and I still haven't moved to fibre. Would like to stay with zen but their price is too much and I am worried about traffic shaping with infinity and the quality of service as the months go on when everyone starts moving to it.