BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

McDaniel · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:03

Overall I think Zen is just too expensive; BT is ~£100 cheaper a year, £15 less for setup and can get £90 cashback on BT...

Same connection essentially and I don't really need a static IP (I could setup some forwarding stuff I think and use a dynamic dns service if I required it)

HungryHippos · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:07

It does also seem to be possible to get 900Mbps on BT for £49.99/month, it's what I have. No halo though.

McDaniel · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:10

halo?

HungryHippos · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:13

McDaniel said:
halo?

The BT halo thing, where you send you a 4g router or whatever if your connection goes down, plus might do some other stuff.

So far my connection has been rock solid though.

McDaniel · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:15

HungryHippos said:
The BT halo thing, where you send you a 4g router or whatever if your connection goes down, plus might do some other stuff.

So far my connection has been rock solid though.

Ah ok, yea wouldn't need that.

Think i'm going to pull the trigger with BT; I've used them in the past and it was fine - I was fortunate in my last house to have HyperOptic!

/edit

BT even cheaper as first 3 months are half price - so saving is closer to £175 a year!

HungryHippos · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:29

McDaniel said:
Ah ok, yea wouldn't need that.

Think i'm going to pull the trigger with BT; I've used them in the past and it was fine - I was fortunate in my last house to have HyperOptic!

/edit

BT even cheaper as first 3 months are half price - so saving is closer to £175 a year!

I think you'll be OK with either, my connection with BT has been absolutely fine, usually get speeds at my cap or approaching it, no real contention issues or downtime.

ChrisD. · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:47

ChrisD. said:
Determined to rule out all of my own equipment, I've replaced all cables that I can including an extortionate £8 replacement RJ11 cable, I finally decided to connect the supplied Fritz!Box from Zen and the connection worked flawlessly. I've since put it into bridge mode replacing my Vigor 130 and the connection is now solid. So I'm suspecting a fault somehow with the Draytek.

Well, no idea what's going on. I can ping from my firewall to the internet without packet drop. I can ping from my Mac to my firewall without packet drop. As soon as I ping from my Mac to the internet I get packet drop. It's not just my Mac, it's nearly every device on my LAN.

Armageus · 1 Apr 2021 at 12:58

Wrong modem code on the Draytek?

ChrisD. · 1 Apr 2021 at 13:07

Armageus said:
Wrong modem code on the Draytek?

I think it's my Unifi USG playing games although I'm not sure why at the moment.

Top left session is me pinging my USG Pro.
Bottom left is me ssh’d into the USG Pro pinging the internet.
Right hand ping is my client (mac) pinging the internet.

ChrisD. · 1 Apr 2021 at 14:17

I've fixed it by downgrading the USG firmware from 4.4.52.5363507 to 4.4.51.5287926. Very odd behaviour and it's been working since the firmware was originally upgraded back in December.

I did speak to Zen and their support really is good.

mikehhhhhhh · 1 Apr 2021 at 15:48

I always got the impression you shuold never upgrade Ubiquiti firmware unless something is broken

SupraWez · 1 Apr 2021 at 15:55

Not upgraded my USG yet but has a little firmware update logo next to it, currently on 4.4.51, judging from above posts I will leave it, already had to downgrade my APs due to wifi becoming intermittent, its solid again now.

EDIT: the switches seem OK on new FW though

the-evaluator · 1 Apr 2021 at 16:07

I'm more cautious about controller upgrades than firmware upgrades but generally I run beta releases and have had minimal problems.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 2 Apr 2021 at 09:11

Been on BT for a couple of years with FTTC, honestly had no issues. I suspect on FTTP it matters even less as there’s really nothing to go wrong.

Destination · 8 Apr 2021 at 19:59

4th attempt Fibre now sorted and fully installed
850up 50 down, happy.

HungryHippos · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:05

Destination said:
4th attempt Fibre now sorted and fully installed
850up 50 down, happy.

Do you mean the other way around?

If on fttp you should get 900 down (or maybe a bit under) and 110 or so up. 50 up sounds like they've given you the wrong profile.

Destination · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:10

Yes, I mean 850 down and 50 up, must have a wee look again after the steam updates and Dl are done

robj20 · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:25

50 up has got to be wrong I get 30 up on my 150 service.

Destination · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:42

hmm Indeed, i should be on 100 up, I can't speedtest any value over 50 currently.
Does it take a while to sort itself or should i drop them an email?

HungryHippos · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:53

Fttp doesn't need time to sort itself out, I'd query them about it, apparently it's quite common.

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