BTInfinity, spoke too soon ?

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--- bbc.co.uk ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 20 received, 0% packet loss, time 19027ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 44.324/45.174/46.395/0.504 ms
 
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Not sure whats up with my upload though.
 
It cleared up 1/2h or so after I posted... but I even tried other servers in France etc that usually are faster than London, and they all were completely congested.

It's the worst congestion I've /ever/ seen on any broadband service since 2000. Doesn't bode well for the future!
 
I'm inherently wary of people extolling the virtues of BT Infinity, when you consider BTs previous track record and the fact that this is a new infrastructure that has barely any load.

I seriously doubt BT can keep up this level of service once normal amounts of users are on board.
 
KIA said:
They'll just increase the amount of traffic shaping. Remember when they used to shape HTTP to 80KB/s? :)
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They will increase the amount of back-haul, on paper the departments of BT are different company's, but do you really believe that?
 
All ISP's have hickups, you have a half hour one and post on multiple forums about it. Give em a chance! I know BT Retails record but I've had Infinity for 14 months now and haven't had a single instance of congestion. What you have seen there isn't the norm and you might hold back in future unless it is happening regularly, then contact BT and report the problem.

IMO they won't start throttleing and traffic shapping, people are too wise to it now. They will just increase backhaul. These days that is the only way to keep customers and demand is only going to go up (even without new customers) so they have no choice.
 
Phreaky said:
I'm inherently wary of people extolling the virtues of BT Infinity, when you consider BTs previous track record and the fact that this is a new infrastructure that has barely any load.

I seriously doubt BT can keep up this level of service once normal amounts of users are on board.
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i have to agree with this. although everything is peachy at the moment, you're not paying for a 1:1 uncontended service. if you were, it would be thousands of pounds each month. enjoy it while it lasts. it might be years before it goes down the pan but it will eventually. :D

if i could get BT infinity right now, i'd have no qualms about signing up for 18 months. i reckon the service should be ok for at least that long. :p
 
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Having my BT infinity contract terminated (after a long battle) and going back to Sky LLU until Sky or another reputable company start doing fibre. The service was beyond a joke during peak times, near enough unusable.
 
nichorob said:
Having my BT infinity contract terminated (after a long battle) and going back to Sky LLU until Sky or another reputable company start doing fibre. The service was beyond a joke during peak times, near enough unusable.
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I'm curious to know what happened, so you have a thread here possibly ? Was the problem from day one ?
 
BusError said:
I'm curious to know what happened, so you have a thread here possibly ? Was the problem from day one ?
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Il give you the short version, had it installed in August, Internet was basically unuseable between 1700 - 2300, speeds were around 400kbps, gaming was impossible with constant lag spikes, packet loss and drop outs. Had 6 visits from 'senior technicians' and had near enough every bit of kit replaced from the exchange to my home. In the end they basically gave in and said that the service is oversubscribed in my area and they are adding on hundreds of new customers a day so heavy users are coming unstuck with no plans to upgrade the infrastructure anytime soon. Basically infinity is a ticking time bomb until your exchange gets overloaded i'm afraid.
 
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