BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

ChrisD. · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:10

nichorob said:
The general consensus is that Sky will be matching the competition for speed by the end of the year, just without any restrictions like their LLU product.

End of the year? Why not sooner, just seems bizarre to me.

Tomsk · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:15

DirtyJester said:
Checked mine after reading the above .... but all is intact

International phone calls are back now.
I was getting all hopeful that the temporary glitch was a result of BT switching me to a higher speed

, but no!

I'll have to wait till tomorrow like everyone else. :cool:

nichorob · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:21

MilanoChris said:
End of the year? Why not sooner, just seems bizarre to me.

For the same reasons that BT didn't release 80/20 straight away. They will want to assess sign up numbers and their impact on a new infrastructure.

KIA · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:29

nichorob said:
For the same reasons that BT didn't release 80/20 straight away. They will want to assess sign up numbers and their impact on a new infrastructure.

Sounds reasonable. We don't want another Virgin Media.

DirtyJester · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:37

So anyone tried speedtest yet?

Mine has improved slightly from earlier but it now has me showing as being in London compared to Aberdeen earlier lol

.... anybody? Go on run some tests see if your connection is playing about, mine has been all day.

Gammawolf · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:53

nichorob said:
It's launched today via telephone, as I say, get with the program sister.

Sorry, was too busying enjoying higher speeds than this service for the last two years to pay any attention to anything sky had to offer. At least they're finally catching up now.. just before being left behind again

Acolyte · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:54

Ooh just hit the upgrade button, predicting 75mb/s down, have to wait until monday for it to be enabled though? Zzzz

nichorob · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:55

Gammawolf said:
Sorry, was too busying enjoying higher speeds than this service for the last two years to pay any attention to anything sky had to offer. At least they're finally catching up now.. just before being left behind again

Apology accepted, just remember to get your facts straight next time you try being mr clever clogs

Tomsk · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:56

DirtyJester said:
.... anybody? Go on run some tests see if your connection is playing about, mine has been all day.

That's probably because everyone else is testing their's and saturating the servers, in the hope they've been upgraded early.

Spenty · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:56

Acolyte said:
Ooh just hit the upgrade button, predicting 75mb/s down, have to wait until monday for it to be enabled though? Zzzz

It should enable tonight between 00:00 and 04:00.

DirtyJester · 12 Apr 2012 at 19:58

Tomsk said:
That's probably because everyone else is testing their's and saturating the servers, in the hope they've been upgraded early.

lol hope so mate hope so

Spenty said:
It should enable tonight between 00:00 and 04:00.

Oooh you tease

Normality returns..

Spenty · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:14

A guy from Infinity forum said when they enabled him for the 80/20 trial it activated around 20 past 12 at night. Hoping for that here so I can set a few 1080p films off

Gammawolf · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:18

nichorob said:
Apology accepted, just remember to get your facts straight next time you try being mr clever clogs

The websites states the 14th, I'm not one to go trawling around pointlessly for obscure information on inferior products

Cooners · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:31

Just a quick question, A friend of mine has Infinity, he got a cheap rate for a year as an apollgee for a **** up when he first ordered FTTC, if he upgrades will he keep his cheaper rate?

Eric7 · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:31

DirtyJester said:
.... anybody? Go on run some tests see if your connection is playing about, mine has been all day.

Upload is a bit slow but otherwise it's normal.

nichorob · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:31

Gammawolf said:
The websites states the 14th

Post the link? And that's for the online portal as has been explained to you.

Yaayuh! · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:41

Might not be able to get FTTC yet

regardless of the fact i live in a large town and our exchange is setup for FTTC...
Just ran around the block and realised all the cabinets are the smaller kind and don't look new..

Line checkers can't get anything on my number and the postcode gives an ADSL2+ reading..

CURSES!!!

Spenty · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:48

Rossi~ said:
Might not be able to get FTTC yet regardless of the fact i live in a large town and our exchange is setup for FTTC...
Just ran around the block and realised all the cabinets are the smaller kind and don't look new..

Line checkers can't get anything on my number and the postcode gives an ADSL2+ reading..

CURSES!!!

80/20 for me in a few hours.

NathanE · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:56

Kobrakai said:
The person I was referring to doesn't pay for the VPN, the only time he "wasn't thinking" was when he signed up for BT.

The ISP I'm with uses the same people to answer the phone as they use to manage the network, which when I call is the level of expertise I'm looking for.

I like that I can call them and ask for interleaving to be turned off on my line to improve my ping, or for my target signal/noise ratio to be changed to fine tune between speed and stability based on my individual line attenuation. Last time I tried this with BT I was transferred between 4 people until I eventually found somebody who knew what I was talking about to tell me they wouldnt do it.

Chances are if you have no idea what I'm talking about then you and BT (or any other mainstream ISP) are going to get along just fine.

Wow. So if someone is a BT customer you immediately tar them with the "they must be an idiot" brush?

FYI my ISP history goes something like this: AOL, Global Internet, MSN, Claranet, RedHotAnt, Freeserve, Nildram, Pipex, Opal, TalkTalk Business, BT Infinity. I've scaled modem technologies from 14.4K to 56K Flex to V.90 to V.92 to ADSL1 512K to ADSL2 2Mbit to ADSL1 8Mbit to ADSL2+ 16Mbit to WBC FTTC 40Mbit and now WBC FTTC 80Mbit.

Come on then. Let's see your history if you like to compare e-peens?

I selected BT Infinity because they were the best in the current crop for the most realistic price. In 18 months time the variety will be far greater and I can consider moving to a more business oriented ISP.

Nobody that's clued up gives a **** about telephone support. I can probably count on one hand all the phone calls I've ever made to my ISPs over the last decade.

Spenty · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:59

NathanE said:
Wow. So if someone is a BT customer you immediately tar them with the "they must be an idiot" brush?

FYI my ISP history goes something like this: AOL, Global Internet, MSN, Claranet, RedHotAnt, Freeserve, Nildram, Pipex, Opal, TalkTalk Business, BT Infinity. I've scaled modem technologies from 14.4K to 56K Flex to V.90 to V.92 to ADSL1 512K to ADSL2 2Mbit to ADSL1 8Mbit to ADSL2+ 16Mbit to WBC FTTC 40Mbit and now WBC FTTC 80Mbit.

Come on then. Let's see your history if you like to compare e-peens?

I selected BT Infinity because they were the best in the current crop for the most realistic price. In 18 months time the variety will be far greater and I can consider moving to a more business oriented ISP.

Nobody that's clued up gives a **** about telephone support. I can probably count on one hand all the phone calls I've ever made to my ISPs over the last decade.

+1 Never had to call or email BT since joining. Like I said earlier people just slate them because of their "poor" ADSL days. I think it's worth pointing out that the reason BT may of had the most complaints is because it had the biggest customer base. More customers = more problems. I bet if you had given BE* the same number of customers BT had there would have been just as many bad reviews/complaints.