Bt Fibre to Cabinet

mopmaN · 13 Dec 2010 at 15:04

ghost101 said:
Meh, I download upto 300GB a month without any slowdowns at 35Mb/s+. I'll stick with the cheaper "inferior" product if it will save me hundreds of pounds over the contract term.

If they start shaping usenet, then I will come back and say you were right.

hmm bt infinity only allow 3 connections on usenet download @ 60-70kbps each, so max dl is 200kbps. How are you getting 35mbp++?

KIA · 13 Dec 2010 at 17:03

mopmaN said:
hmm bt infinity only allow 3 connections on usenet download @ 60-70kbps each, so max dl is 200kbps. How are you getting 35mbp++?

That isn't true. The USENET provider sets the connection limit unless BT have started to offer Binary USENET?

mopmaN · 13 Dec 2010 at 19:19

yes they outsource to giganews and allow 3 connections max which sux. Unless you pay for a preium service or setup a vpn you wont get any faster speeds.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Need-help-setting-up-a-new-Usenet-Newsgroup-account-please/td-p/6262

Locky · 13 Dec 2010 at 20:00

So BT are shaping usenet ie Astraweb etc?

DragonQ · 13 Dec 2010 at 20:26

Locky said:
This is a speed/distance graph for FTTC (VDSL).

So if you don't get more than 10 Mbps from ADSL2+, there's no point getting FTTC? I thought FTTC was like Cable, where you always get ~90% of the advertised speed at least. :/

muon · 13 Dec 2010 at 20:27

Locky said:
So BT are shaping usenet ie Astraweb etc?

No. I use 30 SSL connections and max out my connection and use astraweb pay as you download (180GB).

Caged · 13 Dec 2010 at 20:35

DragonQ said:
So if you don't get more than 10 Mbps from ADSL2+, there's no point getting FTTC? I thought FTTC was like Cable, where you always get ~90% of the advertised speed at least. :/

That graph's pointless since the line lengths change so much. Rather than the line length being from the exchange, it's from your cabinet.

#Chri5# · 13 Dec 2010 at 21:36

Caged said:
That graph's pointless since the line lengths change so much. Rather than the line length being from the exchange, it's from your cabinet.

Indeed. I was getting 3 to 4Mbps on ADSL2+, now 35Mbps+ on FTTC.

Locky · 13 Dec 2010 at 21:48

Most lines are with in 1km from the Cab, so most will see 30mbs+

DragonQ · 14 Dec 2010 at 00:15

Ah, fair enough.

KIA · 14 Dec 2010 at 09:36

mopmaN said:
yes they outsource to giganews and allow 3 connections max which sux. Unless you pay for a preium service or setup a vpn you wont get any faster speeds.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Need-help-setting-up-a-new-Usenet-Newsgroup-account-please/td-p/6262

I see. It sounds like traffic shaping. You shouldn't need more than three threads to max out your connection.

mopmaN · 15 Dec 2010 at 00:26

bt infinity going super speed since yesterday both with p2p+usenet anyone else have this?.. I was getting like 1110KB/s upload speeds. And usenet went crazy at one point was somthing like 16000KB/s for afew secs

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sid-180 · 15 Dec 2010 at 10:00

lurkio said:
Nope , aquiss , they are doing better deals

Nope TitanADSL or Eclipse offer better Fibre packages in comparison to Aquiss and most Fibre providers out there.

I used to work for Zen as a network engineer and can say looking at various Fibre providers that TitanADSL or Eclipse have better deals.

KIA · 15 Dec 2010 at 13:52

sid-180 said:
I used to work for Zen as a network engineer and can say looking at various Fibre providers that TitanADSL or Eclipse have better deals.

As in more usage for less money? Not always a good thing. I hate the idea of unlimited weekend usage.

<3 Zen.

sid-180 · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:27

fluff said:
As in more usage for less money? Not always a good thing. I hate the idea of unlimited weekend usage.

<3 Zen.

Well i do agree but as you can see ADSL24, Aquiss also offer unlimited weekend usage!

KIA · 15 Dec 2010 at 15:29

sid-180 said:
Well i do agree but as you can see ADSL24, Aquiss also offer unlimited weekend usage!

Indeed, something has got to give. There's no such thing an unlimited BT wholesale product without paying £££. I left ADSL24 ADSL2+ because I experienced regular packet loss during the "unlimited" weekend period.

Caged · 15 Dec 2010 at 20:16

A BT Infinity cabinet is currently being installed on my street, about 20m straight line distance from my front door. Woop.

Nymins · 15 Dec 2010 at 20:23

I have noticed loads popping up around Northern Ireland recently. Seems NI is getting a major overhall with this fibre network.

Sareth · 15 Dec 2010 at 20:25

Caged said:
A BT Infinity cabinet is currently being installed on my street, about 20m straight line distance from my front door. Woop.

Now you just have to wait for the utilities to give it power and BT to connect it up... spring ?

KIA · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:39

Caged said:
A BT Infinity cabinet is currently being installed on my street, about 20m straight line distance from my front door. Woop.

BT FTTC.