BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

varkanoid · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:55

bit off topic but during the BT Infinity process we had to change our number, and was told afterwards we could change it back (long story).

So we were given a new number, turns out it belonged to a Shopfitting company so we got loads of calls for them. After emails and phone calls to BT we were told it would be changed back to our original number, great we thought, until we checked the BT website and got an email saying we would get another new number and it ended in 666 !

Are BT the devil ?

So the saga continues.....

buckeejit · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:54

varkanoid said:
bit off topic but during the BT Infinity process we had to change our number, and was told afterwards we could change it back (long story).

So we were given a new number, turns out it belonged to a Shopfitting company so we got loads of calls for them. After emails and phone calls to BT we were told it would be changed back to our original number, great we thought, until we checked the BT website and got an email saying we would get another new number and it ended in 666 !

Are BT the devil ?

So the saga continues.....

BT really do seem poor tbh. A phone number ending in 666, I'd run a mile lol.

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:34

Had a call from BT last night offering Infinity, kinda got me interested now as I'm a fair bit from the exchange and any sort of speed boost would be rather nice. Anyone here a long distance from the exchange and still getting a reasonable speed ?

V_R · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:36

Its the distance from the local cab not the Exchange.

What does this say?

https://www.btwholesale.com/pages/s...unity/Coverage/ADSL_Availibility_Checker.html

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:41

V_R said:
Its the distance from the local cab not the Exchange.

What does this say?

https://www.btwholesale.com/pages/s...unity/Coverage/ADSL_Availibility_Checker.html

Yeah sorry the local cabinet, been outside today and think my head had a lot of sun (Swan Vesta like)....

I checked the link and it came back 'VERY UNLIKELY' that said I'm with Be on roughly 1.5mb LLU .

TheOtherOption · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:27

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st March 2012.

Seems so far away

but ...

downstream line speed of 40Mbps and upstream line speed of 13.8Mbps.

Not so bad although that is probably roughly what they tell everyone to begin with!

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:45

Not quite, they tell me I can get:

32.0Mb download
7.2Mb upload

buckeejit · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:13

DirtyJester said:
Not quite, they tell me I can get:

32.0Mb download
7.2Mb upload

Where abouts in N. Ireland are ya mate?

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:42

buckeejit said:
Where abouts in N. Ireland are ya mate?

Backend of beyond chum, close to Ballynure but my line goes through Ballyclare. Still think I'll give this a try as it's gonna be as good as it gets.

buckeejit · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:50

DirtyJester said:
Backend of beyond chum, close to Ballynure but my line goes through Ballyclare. Still think I'll give this a try as it's gonna be as good as it gets.

lol. what speed do ya get at the min?

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:56

buckeejit said:
lol. what speed do ya get at the min?

Well I'm on with Be (LLU) done through ADSL24 and I've a stable connection of just over 1.5mb . Only down side is I have to give ADSL24 3 months notice, or could I pay that upfront hmmm ?

buckeejit · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:59

DirtyJester said:
Well I'm on with Be (LLU) done through ADSL24 and I've a stable connection of just over 1.5mb . Only down side is I have to give ADSL24 3 months notice, or could I pay that upfront hmmm ?

I'd go with BT mate, you're bound to get a better speed tbh, if it's available that is

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:02

buckeejit said:
I'd go with BT mate, you're bound to get a better speed tbh, if it's available that is

Well as mentioned BT rang me last night to try and get me to signup, and the website is quoting the speeds listed .... so I'm guessing it is available ? Is it a case of contacting BT and letting them take over the setup (ie. contacting my ISP) ?

setter · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:08

Nice that it's available in your area Dirtyjester, nothing on the horizon here were i am. Though ballycastle, (6 miles from me), has had infinity for a while now.

DirtyJester · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:23

setter said:
Nice that it's available in your area Dirtyjester, nothing on the horizon here were i am. Though ballycastle, (6 miles from me), has had infinity for a while now.

Cheers mate, I've contacted my present ISP about leaving so I'll see what they say and then it's BT .... fingers crossed .

Phemo · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:47

Just placed my order to migrate from Be now. Surprisingly I've been given an installation date of the 4th of August. A week is pretty impressive I think.

I've been quoted speeds of 35 down and 7 up which will be decent enough but I've already got 50mbit cable and my ADSL syncs up at 20mbit ish anyway. Still, it'll be handy and I might even ditch the Virgin connection after.

DirtyJester · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:25

Oh well contacted ADSL24 and as feared I have to give 3 months notice on the migration, oh well ball is rolling even if slowly

buckeejit · 28 Jul 2011 at 19:26

DirtyJester said:
Oh well contacted ADSL24 and as feared I have to give 3 months notice on the migration, oh well ball is rolling even if slowly

Good news mate, could have been worse

V_R · 29 Jul 2011 at 09:27

DirtyJester said:
Oh well contacted ADSL24 and as feared I have to give 3 months notice on the migration, oh well ball is rolling even if slowly

You not considering ADSL24 Fibre? Thats who i'm with and its very good.

https://adsl24.co.uk/broadband/home/

DirtyJester · 29 Jul 2011 at 22:07

V_R said:
You not considering ADSL24 Fibre? Thats who i'm with and its very good.

https://adsl24.co.uk/broadband/home/

Yes mate they made me aware of this service but the prices are way more than BT. BT is around £28 for unlimited service at 40mb download 10mb upload. ADSL24 dont offer unlimited unless off peak ie. midnight - 8am midweek and all weekend, just don't fancy having to watch the ammount d/load again. What package you on and how you finding it ?