BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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Oh really? that's somewhat promising.
Just to give some background information the package I am on now is 52mb and I get that speed with 14ms ping. So if I'm getting that type of performance on FTTC does that bode well for FTTP?
As in if I were on Zen's backhaul and experiencing performance issues like other people have been getting I would see that with my existing internet connection?
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FYI TalkTalk are currently doing 900 for £36 a month if you ask the right person
Do you happen to know who the right person is?
I'm looking to move from Virgin but TalkTalk 900 is coming up at £49 a month and chat insist they can't do better than £45.
Soldato
For the first time ever, my fibre has been down today.
Red light on the ONT. Contacted BT who ran a line test and immediately booked an engineer for tomorrow morning.
Was working absolutely fine until a highway maintenance van showed up, at which point it went down.
Wonder if they’ve cut a cable
Red light on the ONT. Contacted BT who ran a line test and immediately booked an engineer for tomorrow morning.
Was working absolutely fine until a highway maintenance van showed up, at which point it went down.
Wonder if they’ve cut a cable
So we're due to get FTTP installed on Friday, we've gone for the 900MB package. What speeds am I likely to see? It seems everyone gets 900MB or over which is cool but are there any people here who went for the 900MB package but get 600MB-700MB for example?
Soldato
Any idea on who that might be? Would be extremely interested at that price.
Don
I've moved the discussion with @Brumboy to his other thread here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...ces-apps-are-buffering.18964011/post-36157070
Soldato
Forgot to update this.
They did break the cable(s) - complete loss of fibre to the properties on my estate.
Thankfully BT were excellent and had an engineer out the following day at 8am, with the internet being up and running by mid day.
Wondering if the highway maintenance were trying to steal copper cables?
Soldato
Least it was quickly restored, what were highway maintenance doing?
Soldato
No idea. They showed up and left quite quick, and no obvious work has been done.
All the engineer has said is that the cables were completely broken
Soldato
Weird! Maybe they had a job and got the wrong address/location and scarpered when they realised they'd messed up.
Soldato
Possibly!
Soldato
Toob visited me recently and said they're live in my area soon, I've previously registered interest with them as well.
It's £25/month for 18 months I think, but is 900/900 instead of the 900/120 I'm paying BT £55/month for currently (contract is up in April coming, went up from £50/month last April).
Only reasons I can think of for not going ahead:
Thoughts?
It's £25/month for 18 months I think, but is 900/900 instead of the 900/120 I'm paying BT £55/month for currently (contract is up in April coming, went up from £50/month last April).
Only reasons I can think of for not going ahead:
- Newish ISP so not sure on long term reliability. BT has been rock solid.
- I rely on Internet for WFH so it having downtime is an issue I'd rather avoid if I can. BT can ship a 4g or 5g hub for backup if it goes down, but Toob won't.
- It's CGNAT so no external IP can be used for port forwarding to anything internal. Not a huge deal, but does limit options. Static IP is an extra £8/month on top.
Thoughts?
That’s extortionate! £96 a year for a static IP they’ll click a button to set once?
Soldato
That’s extortionate! £96 a year for a static IP they’ll click a button to set once?
Guess the logic is that you pay way less normally, so even with that it's still a lot cheaper than what BT want.
I don't think I'd really need it anyway, so it's not necessarily a deciding factor in things, more the speed/reliability stuff matters
This may have been answered before, so apologies. All being well, we'll be moving in the not too distant future but it seems Virgin (HFC) are the only providers in the street (according to bidb) and whilst that'll probably be fine most of the time, historically I've always had bad peering/latency with them in previous houses and we have FTTP now with no issues in 7 years. I've checked the wholesale address checker, which only shows G.Fast 300/50 as the fastest available, and the OR fibre checker shows that "Build planned between now and Dec-2026" which is... quite a range.
Is there any hidden little links or anything somewhere to get a bit more specific build date than that? I did see them working on the green cabinet on the street when I drove past before Christmas but that could really be anything!
Is there any hidden little links or anything somewhere to get a bit more specific build date than that? I did see them working on the green cabinet on the street when I drove past before Christmas but that could really be anything!
That's a rip off! I pay £3 for 8 - and that's on top of getting one for free. CGNAT is something I am not a massive fan of if I'm honest.