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As above speeds have always been near full line speed for me, only 1 big "outage" so far where they managed to drop a ton of people, myself included from 1.6 to basically nothing over a weekend (failed upgrade apparently)

No problem using own device and just uses the usual generic BT PPPOE details.
 
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Just giving up at this point. I've been showing as "we're building in this area" for over a year.
I guess they don't want to dig up the whole road for twenty houses.
 
Can you use EE as your own router (PPPoE) will EE email you of PPPoE details or you have to ring up and ask for PPPoE because they might refused to give out PPPoE details? I could be wrong.
 
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RavenLunatic said:
I have had no issues with EE connection, always 1600Mbps+.

I do use a self built OPNsense firewall as my router.

I have not even opened the box of the router they sent me. It could be rubbish.

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That's good to hear positive news.

What the speed are like when you using perf3

Upload test
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201

Download test
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201 -R
 
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bulldog147 said:
What the speed are like when you using perf3
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Code: 
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201 -R

Connecting to host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net is sending
[  6] local xxxx:xxxx port 57257 connected to 2001:41d0:800:3fb2:: port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  6]   0.00-1.01   sec   191 MBytes  1.59 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   1.01-2.01   sec   195 MBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   2.01-3.01   sec   195 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   3.01-4.00   sec   194 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   4.00-5.01   sec   196 MBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   5.01-6.01   sec   195 MBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   6.01-7.01   sec   196 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   7.01-8.01   sec   196 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   8.01-9.00   sec   193 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
[  6]   9.00-10.01  sec   198 MBytes  1.64 Gbits/sec                 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  6]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.91 GBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec  857            sender
[  6]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.90 GBytes  1.63 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Code: 
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201

Connecting to host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net, port 5201
[  6] local xxxx:xxxx port 57306 connected to 2001:41d0:800:3fb2:: port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  6]   0.00-1.01   sec  14.9 MBytes   124 Mbits/sec  459    379 KBytes       
[  6]   1.01-2.00   sec  13.2 MBytes   112 Mbits/sec  150   94.8 KBytes       
[  6]   2.00-3.00   sec  13.2 MBytes   111 Mbits/sec   30   94.8 KBytes       
[  6]   3.00-4.01   sec  13.4 MBytes   111 Mbits/sec   31   90.6 KBytes       
[  6]   4.01-5.00   sec  13.4 MBytes   113 Mbits/sec   32   86.5 KBytes       
[  6]   5.00-6.00   sec  13.4 MBytes   112 Mbits/sec   31   87.9 KBytes       
[  6]   6.00-7.01   sec  13.1 MBytes   109 Mbits/sec   31   85.1 KBytes       
[  6]   7.01-8.00   sec  13.5 MBytes   114 Mbits/sec   33   75.3 KBytes       
[  6]   8.00-9.01   sec  13.5 MBytes   112 Mbits/sec   25    110 KBytes       
[  6]   9.01-10.01  sec  13.2 MBytes   112 Mbits/sec   31    107 KBytes       
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  6]   0.00-10.01  sec   135 MBytes   113 Mbits/sec  853            sender
[  6]   0.00-10.01  sec   131 MBytes   110 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
 
bulldog147 said:
That's good to hear positive news.

What the speed are like when you using perf3

Upload test
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201

Download test
iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201 -R
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$ iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201
Connecting to host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.1.142 port 41400 connected to 198.244.202.178 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 13.4 MBytes 112 Mbits/sec 15 128 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.8 MBytes 98.6 Mbits/sec 0 184 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 12.8 MBytes 107 Mbits/sec 4 173 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.9 MBytes 99.6 Mbits/sec 3 163 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 13.8 MBytes 115 Mbits/sec 3 150 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 12.8 MBytes 107 Mbits/sec 0 207 KBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.9 MBytes 99.6 Mbits/sec 3 195 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 12.8 MBytes 107 Mbits/sec 2 184 KBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 10.9 MBytes 91.2 Mbits/sec 4 129 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.9 MBytes 99.6 Mbits/sec 0 187 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 124 MBytes 104 Mbits/sec 34 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 122 MBytes 102 Mbits/sec receive

$iperf3 -c lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net -p 5201 -R
Connecting to host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host lon1-eri.speedtest.network.ovh.net is sending
[ 5] local 192.168.1.142 port 35614 connected to 198.244.202.178 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 183 MBytes 1.53 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 197 MBytes 1.65 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 204 MBytes 1.71 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 202 MBytes 1.69 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 201 MBytes 1.69 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 201 MBytes 1.69 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 201 MBytes 1.69 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 201 MBytes 1.69 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 197 MBytes 1.65 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 203 MBytes 1.70 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 1.95 GBytes 1.67 Gbits/sec 38107 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.94 GBytes 1.67 Gbits/sec receiver
 
My GiffGaff 900Mbps service:

934 down, 938 up
Ping 4ms, Jitter 0ms, Loss -

I had my service installed 4 weeks ago and have found it top notch. I moved from EE 900Mbps and have found there are none of the tiny glitches I got with them - like none of the NextDNS "doh resolve: context deadline exceeded" errors in the NextDNS logs, which suggest a drop in connectivity. Even better, I pay £35 a month to GiffGaff for a rolling monthly contract, so I can switch at any time.

GiffGaff install an ONT so all I needed to do was connect the ONT to my existing router, change the WAN connection to DHCP, VLAN 911 and everything sprang to life, with no need to change any other settings.
 
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Unlikely I know but is anyone on here part of the Openreach XGS-PON trial? Rollout supposed to be moving beyond the initial trial areas early on in 2027, and whilst download is plenty getting a bit more upload would sure be nice :)
 
Well looks like BT are finally rolling out some infrastructure here had a bunch of guys banging and hammering and installing some kind of very thin cable (optical?) around the building could be FTTP at last, not had any notification so its a surprise. Just when I was thinking of switching to 4/5G mobile as well
 
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I couldn't help but talk to the guys who rolled out the infrastructure around where I live when I spotted it happening back in 2020, go and ask them what they are doing :) Hopefully its good news!
 
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Had this email :(


We're aiming to build Full Fibre to 25 million homes and businesses by December 2026 and we're not stopping there. We intend to keep building after that too. That's further and faster than any other broadband network in the UK.

As with any national infrastructure programme, sometimes we come across issues we weren't expecting that affect our plans. We've reviewed our build plans for your area and there will be a delay getting Full Fibre to Gucci-ville.
 
iwrox said:
I couldn't help but talk to the guys who rolled out the infrastructure around where I live when I spotted it happening back in 2020, go and ask them what they are doing :) Hopefully its good news!
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Yup, I did the same to the guys who were doing it around ours in Feb/March of this year. They were more than happy to chat and gave us an idea of when it'd be available - and as of a few months ago we've had FTTP finally!
 
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