BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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If thats the case why would they need to send an openreach engineer
To fit the faceplate and install the modem.
I'm not arguing with you, just wondering how you know for definite they aren't reselling BT's Infinity product
Some ISPs are selling a BT wholesale product. TalkTalk is already using GEA. Sky will following TalkTalk in April.
I don't think it will be shaped.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/traffic_management.shtml
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/download_speeds.shtml
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/upload_speeds.shtml
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No, it's for BT Retails FTTC product, aka Infinity. Hence the title and the OP specificly asking about BT Infinity.
I suppose someone should start a new general FTTC thread to avoid this confusion.
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For anyone who remembers my posts about BT fiber sign up. I finally thought I had the billing sorted out. I managed to convince them after several hours of phone calls that it was agreed upon that I should get three months free line and fiber rental with free installation. I settled all the remaining bills up until the end of January but I was still on a quarterly billing with no DD set up for it. So I called up in the middle to end of December , before I went away on holiday, to set up a monthly DD. The person set it up for December instead of January. So I was £60 in credit. I sent an email to the business billing department requesting that they please return the money because january is going to be a tight month. They switched the billing back to quarterly and made the next bill date February. Remember the DD is monthly so that will continue to take money. They credited the BT account, but it is confusing and there appears to be discrepancies. So i called them up and told them that they owe me £58 and that I am on a monthly billing cycle. The support representative could not see it. It did not end well.
The internet service is good though and I have had no problems with it for a few months now. A constant 4.5mbyte a second is available for £60 a month.
The internet service is good though and I have had no problems with it for a few months now. A constant 4.5mbyte a second is available for £60 a month.
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should be a nice bump in bandwidth from sky. When I had my Infinity installed the engineer mentioned that my telephone connection outside the house was star-wired (an old way of doing things apparently) and had been restricting my adsl to under 3Mbs (I should have been getting up to 5Mbs) 
So I jumped from 3Mbs on a good day to 37Mbs all day long
So I jumped from 3Mbs on a good day to 37Mbs all day long
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Relax. We have been discussing general FTTC products for many months.
It's only you that's got a problem, if it's really upsetting you that much start a new thread
I will be interested to read more about this new fibre overlay technology. If they can provide the whole country with 100Mb down at least then everyone will be happy.
They'll need to improve the backend a bit then, lest everyone is throttled all the time and throughput takes a hit (like we're seeing on ADSL in many areas currently). But yes, it's about time and FTTC is certainly cheaper than end-to-end fibre solutions.
Im on fttc, i get 16mb , 1060 metres from the cab with wet string in between, i think id pay £500 for fibre to be layed from it, not keen on £1500 mind!!
"Unfortunately there is a cost implication to the on demand nature of the product, though pricing has yet to be announced, in terms of the monthly costs it is likely it will follow the GEA fibre pricing we already know, where the Openreach segment is £36.36 for a 110 Mbps download 30 Mbps upload service, no pricing has been announced for the 330 Mbps segment, but something around the £80 mark seems likely. The biggest issue will be the installation cost, as the fibre is only ran from the FTTC street cabinet, it should be lower cost to install than fibre based Ethernet solutions, but a price in the range of £500 to £1500 seems likely. There are indications that this could be spread over a time frame, rather than having to be paid up front"
"Unfortunately there is a cost implication to the on demand nature of the product, though pricing has yet to be announced, in terms of the monthly costs it is likely it will follow the GEA fibre pricing we already know, where the Openreach segment is £36.36 for a 110 Mbps download 30 Mbps upload service, no pricing has been announced for the 330 Mbps segment, but something around the £80 mark seems likely. The biggest issue will be the installation cost, as the fibre is only ran from the FTTC street cabinet, it should be lower cost to install than fibre based Ethernet solutions, but a price in the range of £500 to £1500 seems likely. There are indications that this could be spread over a time frame, rather than having to be paid up front"
I'm currently building a house and would gladly pay £1500 for a quality fibre installation. It is future proof and would mean great connectivity for me in a rural area.
Note however that the prices are pure speculation from the think broadband site owner. He states this in the forum thread about it as well.
Note however that the prices are pure speculation from the think broadband site owner. He states this in the forum thread about it as well.
Well I think that once the prices are released to the public then take up may be good. Especially for businesses like myself, running a business from my home then FTTP on demand could be a good thing as I may look at the possibility of running my own web server here at home.
If the install cost can be spread over say the term of the contract then I will think that thats equates to a very good deal AND future proof's the property and the business.
Will be interesting to see what they are going to charge for the fiber install I am only 230 ish meters from my FTTC cab so currently get the full 40/10 sync. Also will be interesting to see if the customers like me who are on the unlimited business package will be offered the 80/20 package either for free or a additional few quid a month??
If the install cost can be spread over say the term of the contract then I will think that thats equates to a very good deal AND future proof's the property and the business.
Will be interesting to see what they are going to charge for the fiber install I am only 230 ish meters from my FTTC cab so currently get the full 40/10 sync. Also will be interesting to see if the customers like me who are on the unlimited business package will be offered the 80/20 package either for free or a additional few quid a month??
I wonder if BT will do discounts if neighbouring houses opt for fibre on demand, or rebates for early adoptors if their neighbours decide to opt in at a later date.
A fair proportion of the installation costs must be labour and the cables BT would be using would be multi-core and/or multi-channel.
A fair proportion of the installation costs must be labour and the cables BT would be using would be multi-core and/or multi-channel.
Thanks.