BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

bob055 · 22 Jul 2012 at 18:26

.Griff. said:
08001114567

That's the BT Infinity number which now has a recorded message confirming a "major fault". People from the south west, Wales, West Midlands, Derbyshire and as we head into the evening people from the Manchester area all reporting problems since lunchtime.

EDIT -

BT have updated their status page again. It now includes the areas I mentioned before.

yea thanks,

seems to be a bit better now

.Griff. · 22 Jul 2012 at 18:33

bob055 said:
yea thanks,

seems to be a bit better now

I think you just tempted fate.. Mine was ok for 60 seconds and now it's as bad as it has been all afternoon again.

Tomsk · 22 Jul 2012 at 18:34

I'm in Manchester (M33) and my infinity is fine.

I must be stealing all the bandwidth.

I did have some problems yesterday around lunchtime, but a modem reboot sorted it out. In fact my speeds have increased slightly from 60/12 to 64/15.

Nightglow · 22 Jul 2012 at 18:35

Thanks .Griff. for the update, I'm in Bath, been impossible to use, little or no connection all afternoon. :mad:

AtreuS · 22 Jul 2012 at 18:37

Thank god its not just me.... been on and off all day connects fine ( bt broadband ADSL ) but throughput is awful and pings are into seconds let alone ms..... im in Macclesfield ( 01625 )

Acolyte · 22 Jul 2012 at 19:05

My infinity service is absolutely terrible today! (also in Cornwall), hope they fix this! TOok me about 30 minutes just to get to this thread.

.Griff. · 22 Jul 2012 at 20:04

The 7.30pm fix has now been pushed back to 9.30pm

Acolyte · 22 Jul 2012 at 20:16

I just rebooted my modem and router, back to normal service! give it a shot...

.Griff. · 22 Jul 2012 at 20:25

Acolyte said:
I just rebooted my modem and router, back to normal service! give it a shot...

Still as bad after rebooting them both.

NZB · 22 Jul 2012 at 20:35

I only just started looking at infinity and the checker now says December for my area. I may well make the switch when that time comes as i'd rather have 80/20 than virgin's 100/10.

Is 20 up going to be the max for the foreseeable future for them or do they have plans to increase it? It doesn't matter one way or the other as i can't see Virgin upping theirs any time soon but i am curious.

kmufc77 · 22 Jul 2012 at 22:03

MilanoChris said:
In which case I'd suggest a second hand DIR 655.

Hi and thanks for the reply, i would rather buy a brand new router if possible, i seen the Asus RT-N12-C1 N300 Black Diamond Router

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-056-AS&groupid=46&catid=1596&subcat=

But it has no reviews on OCUK, not sure if this router will any good,BT have it for sale in the online shop also.

Not sure if anyone here has used this router?

EDIT: Was also looking at this : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-060-TP&groupid=46&catid=1596&subcat=

Though i cant see if either supports VDSL

stoofa · 22 Jul 2012 at 22:42

I went for this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-028-AS

It is a good looking router and also comes highly rated. My experience is that it isn't quite as easy to get up and running as others claim.
I went through a frustrating day of just not being able to get the thing to see my Infinity connection - so I left it a week, went back to it and now all works fine.
There are other little "niggles" - had to hunt high and low on how to get my Vodafone Sure Signal to work with it.
Saying all that, the ASUS routers do appear to be nice pieces of kit and the wirless capabilities of them seem flawless.

kmufc77 · 22 Jul 2012 at 22:44

Hi Stoffa, should have mentioned my budget is max £50 that is the problem.

I just want to know really if the 2 routers ive listed are Infinity compatible, i cant seem to find any details regarding VDSL or PPOE

The Halk · 22 Jul 2012 at 22:52

Why do you need to replace the router, could you instead add an additional router or switch?

kmufc77 · 22 Jul 2012 at 22:53

Because the HH3 is rubbish, i want to replace the router.

ChrisD. · 22 Jul 2012 at 23:26

kmufc77 said:
Hi and thanks for the reply, i would rather buy a brand new router if possible,

Not possible, IMO, the only router for FTTC better than the DIR 655 is the Asus RT-N6U.

kmufc77 · 22 Jul 2012 at 23:30

MilanoChris said:
Not possible, IMO, the only router for FTTC better than the DIR 655 is the Asus RT-N6U.

The 2 routers ive listed are surely better than the HH3.

ChrisD. · 22 Jul 2012 at 23:39

Have a read of some reviews and decide for yourself.

kmufc77 · 22 Jul 2012 at 23:40

Ill take your word for it, looks like i need to save up

FreeStream · 22 Jul 2012 at 23:45

kmufc77 said:
Hi Stoffa, should have mentioned my budget is max £50 that is the problem.

I just want to know really if the 2 routers ive listed are Infinity compatible, i cant seem to find any details regarding VDSL or PPOE

They will both work.

With Infinity you have a modem, which then you plug into your router.

You've bought (and therefore can afford) a high end internet connection, so why do you want to team it with a **** router?

Do you have the 80/20 product? If so then you would be daft to get anything other than a high end router.