Finally, we're getting FTTP, woo-hoo! (it was installed in June 2024)

Urrgh, I'm sure they've pulled the fibre cables earlier in the summer but still no availability. The road next to me has fibre already and the cabinet is definitely already upgraded :angry:
 
Just updated. Got mine put in yesterday by MC Quinn, did a good job to be fair, was early and talked through everything and where wanted fibres inside /outside running etc.
One from fttc 50mb to fttp 1500mb is such a difference.

The old fttc is still live and active too
 
welshboy said:
Just updated. Got mine put in yesterday by MC Quinn, did a good job to be fair, was early and talked through everything and where wanted fibres inside /outside running etc.
One from fttc 50mb to fttp 1500mb is such a difference.

The old fttc is still live and active too
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Oh man !!!! Congrats ! Mine went live Wednesday too, only on 900 down 100 up as I can't switch from my current supplier but likewise went from 50mb VDSL+ to fibre
It's made a huge difference

Hugs we got there in the end
Lots of love :cry:

Only issue is latency is not as good as a £500 pcm leased line but meh beggars can't be choosers
 
FYI....

Latency going from VDSL+ to Fibre (btw VM latency is awful (30ms minimum to 200ms spikes) which is why I switched to a slower VDSL+ connection)

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Subliminal Aura said:
FYI....

Latency going from VDSL+ to Fibre (btw VM latency is awful (30ms minimum to 200ms spikes) which is why I switched to a slower VDSL+ connection)
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While VM HFC latency is never going to be as good as FTTP, I get 12 to 18ms all the time with my VM connection and with QoS don't see any latency spikes. In contrast my FTTP connection (BTW based) is better but its original 6ms for a year or so is long gone and its been 10ms for ages. Not exactly the gap I had hoped for! (both WANs are monitored to a selection of UK servers for a fair comparison)
 
mi9tchy said:
getting quite a lot of outtages with openinfra
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uk.openinfra.com

Network Status Check

Check current network outages and planned maintenance in your area. Real-time status updates and service information.
uk.openinfra.com uk.openinfra.com

Ongoing issues since early Jan

Out of curiosity, why did you choose them or didn't you not have any other options, the google reviews are awful
 
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Subliminal Aura said:
uk.openinfra.com

Network Status Check

Check current network outages and planned maintenance in your area. Real-time status updates and service information.
uk.openinfra.com uk.openinfra.com

Ongoing issues since early Jan

Out of curiosity, why did you choose them or didn't you not have any other options, the google reviews are awful
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When its working its super quick. Only been patchy last month or so.
 
Finally had mine installed after 4 months of delays. The difference is staggering coming from a 30mb connection

OpenReach weren't great to deal with, but the staff that visit deserve some credit for dealing with the rubbish notes etc.
 
CooK1E said:
Finally had mine installed after 4 months of delays. The difference is staggering coming from a 30mb connection

OpenReach weren't great to deal with, but the staff that visit deserve some credit for dealing with the rubbish notes etc.
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4 months of delays? Jeez. My Virgin contract is up in September and Openreach has just gone live in my area and I intend on switching to Plusnet. Mildly worried about the switchover now and being without any service if things don’t go smoothly with the installation.
 
3 engineer visits, one dig team visit (not really needed but they got the job done) all spread out over 4 months. Loads of crap excuses on the OR portal and just a bit of a mess really. Got it sorted in the end and I'm happy - so that's all that matters
 
KIA said:
Have you tried asking them for your own IPv4 address or are you happy with CGNAT?
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When installed it wasn't CGNAT but was a dynamic IP address. A couple of months ago they had some network issues and I was placed on CGNat - a quick phone call explaining that I could no longer VPN to access my CCTV following the change and I was moved onto a static IP with no issues or charge
 
Armageus said:
When installed it wasn't CGNAT but was a dynamic IP address. A couple of months ago they had some network issues and I was placed on CGNat - a quick phone call explaining that I could no longer VPN to access my CCTV following the change and I was moved onto a static IP with no issues or charge
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Are you able to run iperf3 and see if your upstream performance is as poor as mine?

.\iperf3.exe -c rbx.proof.ovh.net -p 5209

Code: 
Connecting to host rbx.proof.ovh.net, port 5209
[  5] local 192.168.1.93 port 63365 connected to 141.95.207.211 port 5209
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.01   sec  34.1 MBytes   284 Mbits/sec
[  5]   1.01-2.00   sec  3.12 MBytes  26.3 Mbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.01   sec  2.50 MBytes  20.8 Mbits/sec
[  5]   3.01-4.01   sec  3.38 MBytes  28.4 Mbits/sec
[  5]   4.01-5.01   sec  5.62 MBytes  47.1 Mbits/sec
[  5]   5.01-6.01   sec  4.50 MBytes  37.9 Mbits/sec
[  5]   6.01-7.00   sec  3.38 MBytes  28.3 Mbits/sec
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  3.12 MBytes  26.2 Mbits/sec
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  5.62 MBytes  47.3 Mbits/sec
[  5]   9.00-10.01  sec  3.12 MBytes  25.9 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec  68.5 MBytes  57.4 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.07  sec  64.8 MBytes  53.9 Mbits/sec                  receiver
 
Alas we are still in an area with no planned build date - despite it being a relatively built up afluent area that would take so many orders immediately I'm sure!
 
Just had mine installed, area build date before Dec 2026 but saw the van around and people pulling cables around about 4 weeks ago. I wasn't expecting it to be so quick but got an email from Sky that I could order 2-3 weeks back with an install date of today. So far the internet is fine but the telephone port on the router doesn't seem to be active yet.

As for speeds it's gone from 80/20 adsl2 to gigabit down and 120 up; something like that. Steam can't handle downloading on my older machine and it either max's the CPU or HDD(mainly CPU), on my AMD 5700x3d machine it downloads quicker but still thrashes the CPU somewhat.

I downloaded a Linux Mint ISO from a UK mirror and that gets just over 100MB/s so happy with that. Overall it's much quicker that ADSL2, obviously, but is a bit more variable vs ADSL2.
 
Had a young lady from Highland Broadband knock on the door this morning to inform me that from the end of July they are installing full fibre FTTP in our area. At long last I will be shot of this expensive unreliable crappy "up to 36mb" (only guaranteed at 21mb) fibre connection that is the best we can get right now. No more all day downloading for a 60Gb file. They are offering speeds of 100, 300, 750, 1000 all the way up to 5000 mbps as they are changing their available packages and we get free installation too. What bliss it will be, no more buffering while watching streaming services!!
 
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5000mbs ?
Maybe it's time for me to move back north and home :cry:
It's either 1600 or 1800mbs max here
Forgot which and hardly anyone offers that package here
And would cost too much anyway
 
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