BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

KIA · 3 Sep 2012 at 14:01

GeForce said:
Would you recommend testing with the OR modem as well? Do the sync speeds tend to differ a lot?

Only by a couple of megabits.

FragnaticDeath said:
By changing the router to something else will I be able to achieve lower latencies by tweaking?

HH3 isn't bad. Changing router isn't going to give lower latency.

platypus said:
Is the RT-N56U a good choice for Infinity?

Yes.

platypus · 3 Sep 2012 at 14:20

Doesn't look like I would want to go with BT anyway. 18 month contracts and compulsory line rental

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Leeroy123 · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:10

GeForce said:
I haven't, in fact I didn't even bother unlocking the Huawei and went straight to the Draytek.

Would you recommend testing with the OR modem as well? Do the sync speeds tend to differ a lot?

The speed can change a lot over the first few days mate, mine was all over the place, thats just the line stabilising.

stoofa · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:23

platypus said:
Doesn't look like I would want to go with BT anyway. 18 month contracts and compulsory line rental .

How else were you planning on paying for your line rental?

platypus · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:37

I don't pay for line rental at present, I realise I probably will need to if I move to BT. I just don't want to be tied into an 18 month contract.

#Chri5# · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:50

platypus said:
I don't pay for line rental at present, I realise I probably will need to if I move to BT. I just don't want to be tied into an 18 month contract.

Look at an ISP / reseller which takes services from BTW (eg Enta) - FTTC is a 12 month contract with them. Line rental can be with anyone.

Nightglow · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:58

KIA said:
HH3 isn't bad. Changing router isn't going to give lower latency.

Does the job, but better is available, only has one gigabit ethernet port.

Tomsk · 3 Sep 2012 at 16:08

Anyone else having problems reaching certain sites eg amazon.co.uk, tvguide? (amazon.com is fine)

My BT IP is 86.151.168.178
I'm using OpenDNS servers.

I accidentaly rebooted my modem about an hour ago, but the problem existed before.

KIA · 3 Sep 2012 at 16:57

Tomsk said:
Anyone else having problems reaching certain sites eg amazon.co.uk, tvguide? (amazon.com is fine)

Yes.

Code:

traceroute to amazon.co.uk (178.236.6.39), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254)  0.175 ms  0.203 ms  0.250 ms
 2  217.32.147.4 (217.32.147.4)  11.206 ms  11.315 ms  11.316 ms
 3  217.32.147.30 (217.32.147.30)  13.307 ms  13.318 ms  13.490 ms
 4  213.120.177.74 (213.120.177.74)  14.807 ms  14.869 ms  14.956 ms
 5  217.41.168.211 (217.41.168.211)  14.827 ms  15.227 ms  15.228 ms
 6  217.41.168.109 (217.41.168.109)  14.750 ms  7.562 ms  7.635 ms
 7  acc2-10GigE-0-2-0-7.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net (109.159.249.231)  7.588 ms acc2-10GigE-0-0-0-5.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net (109.159.249.206)  8.030 ms acc1-10GigE-0-7-0-5.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net (109.159.249.214)  8.299 ms
 8  core1-te0-15-0-15.faraday.ukcore.bt.net (109.159.249.149)  10.064 ms core1-te0-0-0-17.faraday.ukcore.bt.net (109.159.249.133)  11.317 ms core1-te0-7-0-17.faraday.ukcore.bt.net (109.159.249.141)  15.049 ms
 9  peer2-xe-8-0-0.redbus.ukcore.bt.net (213.121.193.87)  8.278 ms  8.274 ms  8.437 ms
10  195.99.126.142 (195.99.126.142)  9.267 ms  9.279 ms  9.266 ms
11  178.236.3.55 (178.236.3.55)  78.044 ms  78.054 ms  78.022 ms
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.Griff. · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:01

Also using OpenDNS here and amazon.co.uk isn't responding for me either.

EDIT - http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Routing-problems-BT-Infinity-to-Amazon-EC2/td-p/620510

Psyxologos · 4 Sep 2012 at 01:50

Quick question guys. I have been reading on this thread people stating that they are using OpenDNS or GoogleDNS servers. It might sound 'funny' but what is wrong with the stock DNS servers BT (or other providers) use by default? Apologies if this is a daft question...

cp88 · 4 Sep 2012 at 03:50

Usually they are a bit snappier, ATM I'm using the BT one and have no problems (Latency is lower to BT than it is to Google DNS for me.).

If you run DNS bench, you can see which is faster for your connection, decent program

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KIA · 4 Sep 2012 at 09:50

Psyxologos said:
Quick question guys. I have been reading on this thread people stating that they are using OpenDNS or GoogleDNS servers. It might sound 'funny' but what is wrong with the stock DNS servers BT (or other providers) use by default? Apologies if this is a daft question...

Quicker, more resilient and built-in anti-malware URL protection.

Nightglow · 4 Sep 2012 at 11:01

KIA said:
Quicker, more resilient and built-in anti-malware URL protection.

+1

Considerably quicker, Google DNS, latency is also much better.

ChrisD. · 4 Sep 2012 at 11:59

Nightglow said:
+1

Considerably quicker, latency is also much better.

DNS servers have no effect on latency apart from the initial lookup.

Psyxologos · 4 Sep 2012 at 12:26

Which one? Google DNS or Open DNS?

ChrisD. · 4 Sep 2012 at 13:02

Open DNS, seem better than Google for me.

Nightglow · 4 Sep 2012 at 13:36

MilanoChris said:
Open DNS, seem better than Google for me.

Haven't tried Open DNS yet, need to get my lift & shift finalised with BT first, before having a twiddle.

Rusty0611 · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:02

Any info on this Openreach cabinet part of the site?

zoomee · 4 Sep 2012 at 20:32

Sorry guys, you've probably answered this loads of times before but I can'd read through 100+ pages!

Are newsgroups throttled by BT fibre?

Looking to get the Infinity 2 Option 2 service as its a tenner cheaper than Sky's.....

thanks in advance.