BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Relentless81 · 19 Aug 2012 at 15:15

KIA said:
Nah. Use the HH3 if you're happy with it.

Thanks, so I can just remove the router and plumb the HH3 straight in? I dont need the router, might just sell it?

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 17:35

Hutchy said:
Got an interesting problem. If I download at full whack, about 9MB/s, my line will disconnect like it's fully saturated, never had a problem like it! I have to limit the connection to 8.8MB/s to keep it alive whilst downloading at maximum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat
http://www.bufferbloat.net/
http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/codel/wiki

Relentless81 said:
Thanks, so I can just remove the router and plumb the HH3 straight in? I dont need the router, might just sell it?

Remove which router?

Hutchy · 19 Aug 2012 at 20:46

KIA said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat
http://www.bufferbloat.net/
http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/codel/wiki

Remove which router?

Anyway I can address the problem?

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 22:13

Hutchy said:
Anyway I can address the problem?

https://openwrt.org/
http://cero2.bufferbloat.net/cerowrt/

Hutchy · 19 Aug 2012 at 22:35

KIA said:
https://openwrt.org/
http://cero2.bufferbloat.net/cerowrt/

Do you have any router to recommend that works well with the above firmware, suitable for Infinity?

Cheers for the help by the way!

Kanpai · 20 Aug 2012 at 06:55

Could someone on BT Infinity 2 do me a favour and check if redcafe.net loads for you?

TIA

dfarrall · 20 Aug 2012 at 09:20

El1te said:
Could someone on BT Infinity 2 do me a favour and check if redcafe.net loads for you?

TIA

Works fine using openDNS

KIA · 20 Aug 2012 at 09:34

Hutchy said:
Do you have any router to recommend that works well with the above firmware, suitable for Infinity?

WNDR3700, if you want another Netgear. Have a close look at the table of hardware.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start

orangeman2003 · 20 Aug 2012 at 10:11

Should be getting installed today

speeds on adsl

orangeman2003 · 20 Aug 2012 at 11:39

all installed, couldn't find a sync at first was quoted 17 down 4 up.

this is what i got

better download poor upload

ah well cant win them all

Nightglow · 20 Aug 2012 at 12:12

orangeman2003 said:
all installed, couldn't find a sync at first was quoted 17 down 4 up.

this is what i got

Should see further improvement , will take at least a week to settle down.

#Chri5# · 20 Aug 2012 at 12:21

Relentless81 said:
Thanks, so I can just remove the router and plumb the HH3 straight in? I dont need the router, might just sell it?

By "the router", do you mean the VDSL modem?

No, you can't get rid of that and just use a HH3 AFAIK.

KIA · 20 Aug 2012 at 13:40

Nightglow said:
Should see further improvement , will take at least a week to settle down.

Very unlikely. It's usually max sync from day 1.

Sharpz · 20 Aug 2012 at 18:41

looking into getting BT infinity, not sure how long this has been available to my area but they say we can receive it. currently i am on a slow connection of around 2.5mb because i am quite far away from the exchange, the website says i can receive around 53mb download speed, how accurate is that number? seems a bit far fetched to me. :confused:

ChrisD. · 20 Aug 2012 at 18:52

Sharpz said:
looking into getting BT infinity, not sure how long this has been available to my area but they say we can receive it. currently i am on a slow connection of around 2.5mb because i am quite far away from the exchange, the website says i can receive around 53mb download speed, how accurate is that number? seems a bit far fetched to me.

On Infinity 2 that will be doable unless you're really far from your cabinet.

MaX_PoWah · 21 Aug 2012 at 17:29

Gone with BT Infinity anyway with the calls and internet unlimited package..i hope i dont live to regret it! its been installed on the 7th of september! i will be back with questions then no doubt as this thread is enormous now!

Caged · 24 Aug 2012 at 02:26

Just oversaw an Infinity install on behalf of my parents. They jumped ship from a 6Mbps service with Be, pay £1 a month more and are getting a stable 40/10 sync on a line that's at least 1.2Km long. Very impressive.

HEADRAT · 24 Aug 2012 at 10:07

Well I'm supposed to be getting Infinity2 31-Sep-12 but I have zero confidence that this date won't just get "pushed out" again!

KIA · 24 Aug 2012 at 10:22

HEADRAT said:
Well I'm supposed to be getting Infinity2 31-Sep-12 but I have zero confidence that this date won't just get "pushed out" again!

Just a holding date. No guarantee.

HEADRAT · 24 Aug 2012 at 10:28

Yeah, I've already seen:-

Sep-11
Dec-11
Apr-12
Jun-12

been/gone