yes u can request it from webchat.
Vodafone Gigafast
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This is good.
Also how fast is the Vodafone Gigafast rollout happening, what are their installation numbers like compared to Openreach FTTP?
I checked for Crewe area but it's not available yet.
Thought I would update as its been in for about a month or so now... It's been flawless and brutally fast, never once have I tested it below 900 as far as I can remember. So impressed with how reliable/fast its been since being in. ..
I think i would do it even at current prices.
Well I caved in and ordered the 100 option installing Friday.
However the wife was going to do some weeding in the garden today and found this.
Onedrive link
https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArMHGD-yylU7gdwr0RLvTGLv3fXfVg?e=WYhmDT
Something tells me that is not an acceptable method of installing the fibre cable.
However the wife was going to do some weeding in the garden today and found this.
Onedrive link
https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArMHGD-yylU7gdwr0RLvTGLv3fXfVg?e=WYhmDT
Something tells me that is not an acceptable method of installing the fibre cable.
Has Vodafone installed that cable?
I don't think Vodafone would be installing any cable, it would be whichever regional contractor CityFibre are working with.
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It has been CityFibre installing the cables in our area and their work has been pretty shoddy.
Yes I do not know the name of the contractor they used as was not at home at the time.
I have had the paving slabs up today and routed the cable beneath them. Across the grass though it looks like they used a spade to create a groove and pushed the cable approx 5cm underground.
I can confirm all the bad stories re there cable laying are it seems true.
I have had the paving slabs up today and routed the cable beneath them. Across the grass though it looks like they used a spade to create a groove and pushed the cable approx 5cm underground.
I can confirm all the bad stories re there cable laying are it seems true.
This may sound a silly question, but is CityFibre the equivalent of BT OpenReach?
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Yes. Believe they are partnered by mainly Vodafone and Talk Talk to support FTTH/P rollout.
Can somebody with Cityfibre please do a tracert as below for me please.
I am not happy that the Vodafone 100 Cityfibre I have had installed routes through Cable and wireless network.
My BT network 110ms ping to 47.190.53.220 has now become a 144ms ping.
I need to know if packages faster than 100/100 still route through cable and wireless.
When I asked in the past they did not but at the time i did not plan on the 100/100 connection.
Now I wonder if they are routing this on their original network not Cityfibres.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> tracert 47.190.53.220
Tracing route to gs5.hitechcreations.com [47.190.53.220]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms vodafone.broadband [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 84.65.192.1
3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 63.130.140.122
4 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 195.2.23.85
5 82 ms 97 ms 82 ms ae7-xcr1.slo.cw.net [195.2.24.69]
6 81 ms 81 ms 81 ms ae2-xcr1.nyh.cw.net [195.2.28.169]
7 82 ms 82 ms 81 ms ae13-xcr2.nyk.cw.net [195.2.25.69]
8 82 ms 81 ms 82 ms lumen-gw-xcr2.nyk.cw.net [195.2.26.30]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 144 ms 145 ms 145 ms 4.15.44.126
11 144 ms 144 ms 144 ms ae3---0.scr02.dlls.tx.frontiernet.net [74.40.1.81]
12 157 ms 159 ms 159 ms be10---0.lcr22.dlls.tx.frontiernet.net [74.40.3.26]
13 147 ms 146 ms 146 ms 172.102.50.215
14 146 ms 144 ms 144 ms gs5.hitechcreations.com [47.190.53.220]
Trace complete.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I am not happy that the Vodafone 100 Cityfibre I have had installed routes through Cable and wireless network.
My BT network 110ms ping to 47.190.53.220 has now become a 144ms ping.
I need to know if packages faster than 100/100 still route through cable and wireless.
When I asked in the past they did not but at the time i did not plan on the 100/100 connection.
Now I wonder if they are routing this on their original network not Cityfibres.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> tracert 47.190.53.220
Tracing route to gs5.hitechcreations.com [47.190.53.220]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms vodafone.broadband [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 84.65.192.1
3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 63.130.140.122
4 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 195.2.23.85
5 82 ms 97 ms 82 ms ae7-xcr1.slo.cw.net [195.2.24.69]
6 81 ms 81 ms 81 ms ae2-xcr1.nyh.cw.net [195.2.28.169]
7 82 ms 82 ms 81 ms ae13-xcr2.nyk.cw.net [195.2.25.69]
8 82 ms 81 ms 82 ms lumen-gw-xcr2.nyk.cw.net [195.2.26.30]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 144 ms 145 ms 145 ms 4.15.44.126
11 144 ms 144 ms 144 ms ae3---0.scr02.dlls.tx.frontiernet.net [74.40.1.81]
12 157 ms 159 ms 159 ms be10---0.lcr22.dlls.tx.frontiernet.net [74.40.3.26]
13 147 ms 146 ms 146 ms 172.102.50.215
14 146 ms 144 ms 144 ms gs5.hitechcreations.com [47.190.53.220]
Trace complete.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
Well the Vodafone FTTC products used to use different routing to CityFibre products.
This was a tracert provided on Cityfibre that allayed my fears so something is different.
And to be honest if I cannot find an option that avoids cable and wireless routing I shall cancel this Cityfibre and go back to BT network.
Vodafone Gigafast /City Fibre tracert
It is not just the increase in ping I am concerned about its the cable and wirless routing. I had experience with them in the past and the amount of packet loss was just unforgiveable and extremely frustrating. I swore never again which is why i asked for the original traceroute before even considering them.
This was a tracert provided on Cityfibre that allayed my fears so something is different.
And to be honest if I cannot find an option that avoids cable and wireless routing I shall cancel this Cityfibre and go back to BT network.
Vodafone Gigafast /City Fibre tracert
It is not just the increase in ping I am concerned about its the cable and wirless routing. I had experience with them in the past and the amount of packet loss was just unforgiveable and extremely frustrating. I swore never again which is why i asked for the original traceroute before even considering them.
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Vodafone own Cable & Wireless so I would assume you're going to encounter their awful network sooner or later if you're a Vodafone customer. The issues with Gigafast, or more accurately the issues with sudden changes in the service level, seem to be common enough that I hear about them without having to look
https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/v...rrible-dl-speeds-can-you-validate-please.html
If you're on the CityFibre network then you may have the choice of Zen and TalkTalk. If you also have Openreach FTTP (I'm insanely jealous of people who have access to two FTTP providers) then you have lots more choices.
https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/v...rrible-dl-speeds-can-you-validate-please.html
If you're on the CityFibre network then you may have the choice of Zen and TalkTalk. If you also have Openreach FTTP (I'm insanely jealous of people who have access to two FTTP providers) then you have lots more choices.
I've always had 900Mbps+, I have a lot of LAN stuff that eats away at my bandwidth as well.
So that's probably why it's not the full 940Mbps. Never had any issues.