BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

[Caged]

What does the BT Wholesale checker say for your address? The 300Mbps limit was an issue on old ECI OLTs but if your FTTP build is new you should be nowhere near those.

 

[jonnymc4]

What does the BT Wholesale checker say for your address? The 300Mbps limit was an issue on old ECI OLTs but if your FTTP build is new you should be nowhere near those.

It's strange one. In our area we can only search using the UPRN, which returns 330/50. When using postcode and house number it doesn't return FTTP is even available.

 

[jonnymc4]

House Number + Postcode result



UPRN

 

[mid_gen]

@mid_gen did you receive a letter from BT at all?

Pretty sure there are Ofcom rules covering switches that they must adhere to.

Oh yes I have the letter confirming the end date and the confirmation of hardware returns etc. The people on the phone were just numpties.

I should get a revised bill in the couple days apparently....will not be holding my breath.

 

[KIA]

I get an email from TT saying my 65/20 broadband and phone package is going up to £65/m...

Get 'em to give you new customer pricing, or jump ship. Vodafone is £33 for 80/20 with unlimited calls, but you may be able to get a better deal elsewhere.

 

[HungryHippos]

Interestingly with BT FTTP residential my IP address has now changed to one starting in 31.X.X. and is considered an EE IPv4 address on reverse lookups of it.

Guess the EE merger stuff is still ongoing.

 

[Caged]

Interesting, have you still got IPv6 and who does the v6 range belong to?

 

[HungryHippos]

Interesting, have you still got IPv6 and who does the v6 range belong to?

It's BT for that, actually BT for the other one as well potentially but depends where you look!

Either way, usually I live in the 81.X.X.X and have done for a while now, so a change to 31.X.X.X is new.

 

[Temi_D]

I've had FTTP with BT for 2 years now and I've had IPs in 86.X.X.X, 101.X.X.X and 31.X.X.X ranges

 

[jonnymc4]

House Number + Postcode result



UPRN

Little tidbit from ISP Review article here. I don't think I'm on the older ECI FTTP as I'm not in the area in which the 50,000 properties are affected, though will see in a few weeks if/when the database is updated. The build is still ongoing in my area so I guess it comes with the territory of being an early adopter!

NOTE: This issue is not to be confused with what can sometimes occur just after a new Openreach FTTP build has gone live, where BT Wholesale’s Checker may initially only show a top speed of 330Mbps. Related issues (database or capacity related etc.) usually clear up after a few days/weeks, when the displayed capability moves to 1000Mbps.

 

[PaulM]

My exchange just changed to the "Great News! We're building in this exchange" state (https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/where-when-building-ultrafast-full-fibre-broadband) anyone know how long they usually take to build out exchanges once they start and/or if they do the whole area of just the densely populated parts? On the other Openreach checker (https://www.openreach.com/fibre-checker) it just says between now and Dec 2026.

 

[MrRockliffe]

EE look to be trialing 1.6Gbps broadband.

With a router which has gigabit LAN ports

ISP EE UK Launch 1.6Gbps Full Fibre Broadband Plan and WiFi 6 Router

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today, as previously leaked (here), announced the soft launch of the UK's first 1.6Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FT

www.ispreview.co.uk

 

[Armageus]

With a router which has gigabit LAN ports

Not sure why that's a problem?

Surely the main benefit of having super fast connections is enabling multiple devices to have plenty of bandwidth.
Allowing a single port/device to saturate your entire connection seems counter intuitive

 

[MrRockliffe]

Not sure why that's a problem?

Surely the main benefit of having super fast connections is enabling multiple devices to have plenty of bandwidth.
Allowing a single port/device to saturate your entire connection seems counter intuitive

I guess that’s true but what about e-peen bragging rights of showing your mates a Speedtest of 1.6Gbps


Couldn’t have hurt to put a single 2.5Gb LAN port surely


Can already imagine the technical support calls they’ll get

 

[ChrisD.]

Yeah bit of an oversight.

Also Openreach still limiting upload, 120 Mbps is just not good enough with 1.6 Gbps downstream.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

you could just use your own router.

‘Normal people’ don’t use the lan ports anyway

 

[MrRockliffe]

you could just use your own router.

‘Normal people’ don’t use the lan ports anyway

You then lose digital voice unfortunately.

But yeah it would be the best way to get the full speed out of the connection

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Aside from old biddies who are not interested in the internet let alone a 1.6gb connection and some medical related equipment, do people actually use landlines still?

 

[Orcvader]

Aside from old biddies who are not interested in the internet let alone a 1.6gb connection and some medical related equipment, do people actually use landlines still?

For homes generally no, every uses their mobile these days.

For small businesses yes, having a landline is usually a must have depending on the type of business.

 

[Caged]

Yes but they generally aren't "landlines" any more. If you're a BT Business broadband customer your phone service is a Yealink DECT base and a couple of handsets, and has been for a good few years now.