BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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The Milton Keynes sever has given me crap results for a few days. Manchester (amongst others) on the other hand is fine.
Agreed.
Since being on the 80/20 trial i've noticed that most of the speedtest servers just cant max my connection at the moment... The Manchester one is the only one that comes close..
Downloading from usenet for example maxes it at 8.9Mb/s ever time.
The BT speedtester has been crap for me too, only once has it given me a 'true' result.
As another data point for the TalkTalk checker, it says 57mbit for me and I'm happily synced at and receiving 65mbit, even though my theoretical attainable is 79mbit the profiling is stuck at 65.
So it seems it may be slightly under-reading (which is behaviour we've seen already on the BT checker presumably on purpose so when you get connected you're pleasantly pleased by the result)
So it seems it may be slightly under-reading (which is behaviour we've seen already on the BT checker presumably on purpose so when you get connected you're pleasantly pleased by the result)
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bt have pushed back the date again and again for my exchange. Latest date is 31st march. Whats the chances this is just another false date...
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Knowing my luck it will just be pushed back again
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Grrrr, got really excited as I randomly checked this morning and it said available as opposed to available on.... let me start an order...... then it went into "BT website is doing upgrades" blah blah blah so can't ruddy order :'(
Thing is, when they do something with the website is often when something goes fishy with the online checker. Last time loads of people, me included, thought we could order though the website went down for a bit and all our dates went back 3 months instead. Though I don't think we're quite at that point for the pushback of dates yet, so still hopeful the box has gone live and I just got unlucky with timing of their update.
Thing is, when they do something with the website is often when something goes fishy with the online checker. Last time loads of people, me included, thought we could order though the website went down for a bit and all our dates went back 3 months instead. Though I don't think we're quite at that point for the pushback of dates yet, so still hopeful the box has gone live and I just got unlucky with timing of their update.
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Lindsay: Unfortunately BT Infinity isn't available on your lineas of yet. Unfortunately there isn't a date listed when you can expect it, so I cannot check when it will be available, but there should be updates coming soon
Lindsay: Within an exchange area there will be some customers who can't get BT Infinity. There are several reasons why this could be the case:
Your phone line may be connected directly to the telephone exchange and not to a local street cabinet.
Your line may be too far from the local street cabinet to have a stable BT Infinity service.
Your local street cabinet may not be suitable for fibre optic cables.
We haven't yet got the council's planning permission to do the necessary work at your local street cabinet.
The fibre service hasn't reached your area yet.
Your home may not be suitable for fibre optic cables.
Your landlord may not have agreed to the fibre infrastructure being provided in your building (for example if you live in a flat).
So, even though you may be within an enabled exchange area, it's possible that your particular line may not be able to have BT Infinity yet.
Unfortunately there isn't a date listed when you can expect it, so I cannot check when it will be available, but there should be updates coming soon.
Great...
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Grr, websites working again but the order form is horrendous....... it lets me choose calling option, then randomly adds a mobile package I don't want, then randomly add's monthly tv(shows no page with these options or an option to remove when confirming an order).
Their website is such a joke...... but then Be are getting worse and worse, so many disconnects this week, think its their joke router more than anything else, but Be today compared to 2-3 years ago is awful.
Their website is such a joke...... but then Be are getting worse and worse, so many disconnects this week, think its their joke router more than anything else, but Be today compared to 2-3 years ago is awful.