I have an update, after months of being messed about BRSK installed FTTP at my address yesterday afternoon and I'm now 1000/1000mbps. - SK5. Now is it worth complaining about being messed about to get some type of compensation?
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CGNAT is only an issue if you genuinely need inbound connections ( where the connection needs to be initiated from the outside. ) It may seem as though smart home devices fall into that category, but unless you know different ( and you would, because you'd have to set something up such as port forwarding on a router or whatever ) then in 99.9% of cases that's not true. There's a cloud service that acts a a broker - your smart home devices use an outgoing connection to hold open a link to this broker service, as does your phone app or whatever you use to control them.... so in most circumstances and for most home users, CGNAT is absolutely fine.
Soldato
Would changing to a static ip affect latency in anyway? I don't have a need to connect to my home devices from outside my network but the brsk site it says static ip is better for gaming also. Would a static ip lower ping in games or is that just some marketing spiel?
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It's highly unlikely... whilst technically the router on their network will have to modify the packets, we're talking nanoseconds. There's likely to be far more of an effect if they route CGNAT and static IP via different parts of their network, but you wouldn't know the details of that and it's just as likely that static IP traffic would have higher latency. Again though it's highly unlikely that you'll notice a difference.
Soldato
It's been 6 months so far for me.
Not sure I am going to bother anymore, the reason for ordering it (the main one) has now passed, so happy to stick with my 5G unless they can do it before the summer arrives.
Soldato
Ordered mine Nov 2022, still waiting! ive just signed up to another 18 months Virgin Media, when BRSK goes live, il have Dual WAN, my PFsense if ready for this glorious day! lolIt's been 6 months so far for me.
Not sure I am going to bother anymore, the reason for ordering it (the main one) has now passed, so happy to stick with my 5G unless they can do it before the summer arrives.
Soldato
It will be the first thing I will be doing yes. (opnsense router)
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What settings do you use if you’re using your own router, DHCP? Or do you need to use PPPoE?
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Yup, DHCP is all that is needed
My First post on overclockers - after years of stalking.
Thought id offer my opinion of BRSK
Moved to BRSK after over 25 years with BT - the service of which has been pretty shoddy over the past two years or so on GFAST.
Install was pretty quick with BRSK - and i got the Technicolour which looks pretty old skool - big and cumbersome.
I moved because the price was pretty good £30/month for 24 months, and we needed to keep our landline. EE (who BT wanted to move us on to - were not offering a landline service) - BUT it was the symmetrical service that swung it as well - 900mb upload is brilliant - useful for all the cloud based NEST cameras i have.
I replaced the Technicolour router with DECO XE75 Pro system - wifi 6e - and this has worked fine - the only issue was i had to reboot the ONT to kickstart the service - so almost plug and play.
REGARDING THE LANDLINE - I did buy the Grandstream VOIP box - but this didnt quite work (long story) and the backend isn't user friendly - so I thought of the redundant technicolour router -
So I plugged that in - turned wifi off and DCHP - plugged the the router into the main DECO, plugged the phone into the Technicolour, AND this has worked.
Feel a fool for not doing this sooner tbh - move to BRSK - and I did query the lack of a 1.6GB service for the home, as they do offer this to businesses, and EE were offering a 1.6GB service to my address - and i have been told that BRSK will be trialling a home 2GB service in the next few weeks - for it to be rolled out before the end of the year - my impression is that BRSK thought there wasnt a demand for it - i think they were /are wrong.
Thought id offer my opinion of BRSK
Moved to BRSK after over 25 years with BT - the service of which has been pretty shoddy over the past two years or so on GFAST.
Install was pretty quick with BRSK - and i got the Technicolour which looks pretty old skool - big and cumbersome.
I moved because the price was pretty good £30/month for 24 months, and we needed to keep our landline. EE (who BT wanted to move us on to - were not offering a landline service) - BUT it was the symmetrical service that swung it as well - 900mb upload is brilliant - useful for all the cloud based NEST cameras i have.
I replaced the Technicolour router with DECO XE75 Pro system - wifi 6e - and this has worked fine - the only issue was i had to reboot the ONT to kickstart the service - so almost plug and play.
REGARDING THE LANDLINE - I did buy the Grandstream VOIP box - but this didnt quite work (long story) and the backend isn't user friendly - so I thought of the redundant technicolour router -
So I plugged that in - turned wifi off and DCHP - plugged the the router into the main DECO, plugged the phone into the Technicolour, AND this has worked.
Feel a fool for not doing this sooner tbh - move to BRSK - and I did query the lack of a 1.6GB service for the home, as they do offer this to businesses, and EE were offering a 1.6GB service to my address - and i have been told that BRSK will be trialling a home 2GB service in the next few weeks - for it to be rolled out before the end of the year - my impression is that BRSK thought there wasnt a demand for it - i think they were /are wrong.
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has anyone got VOIP working on their own equiptment with ditching the BRSK router.. I have had a guy at the door today 'selling' brsk which I have been considering anyhow. He said if I use my own router the installation team would set up VOIP which I cannot believe for one minute is true outside their own equipment. Other than that if I want to use my own router as a router can you set the BRSK routers to be 'modem' mode like you can with virgin routers?
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I am certain you are correct, their service won't work without their equipment, and they are not going to do anything with your equipment if you use your own.
If you want to use your own router, their router stays in the box. They will install a box (ONT) on your wall which has an ethernet output, this connects to your router which receives IP details via DHCP. No special setup is needed to use your own hardware. I have used mine with various equipment/setups (pfsense/opnsense/unifi express) and it is about as easy as it gets.
I had a similar visit, clearly the people going door to door have no idea who their existing customers are
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Problem is I have no landline as virgin is voip and if I transfer I need to take brsk's offering but I use equipment that is far better than their router wifi wise so need to use voipIts the for now im worried about
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Hello fellow BRSK users, I had BRSK fibre installed and activated yesterday, 150 Mbps upload and download.
Unfortunately I am only getting between 6-26 Mbps upload, the BRSK engineer said it might take a couple of days to settle.
I have already contacted support and was just given basic instructions, which I already had tried.
Just wondering if anyone else's BRSK fibre upload took a few days to settle down and reach the full speeds.
Unfortunately I am only getting between 6-26 Mbps upload, the BRSK engineer said it might take a couple of days to settle.
I have already contacted support and was just given basic instructions, which I already had tried.
Just wondering if anyone else's BRSK fibre upload took a few days to settle down and reach the full speeds.