BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Rroff · 17 Feb 2013 at 23:27

^^ Because your route goes Sheffield->London->#destination# wherever its going so even a server in sheffield is bouncing off London.

Locky · 18 Feb 2013 at 07:41

Gammawolf said:
I live in Sheffield and my ping to the Sheffield XILO server on speedtest is about 25ms. My ping to the London XILO server on speedtest is 20ms... Go figures.

This is XILO London

This is XILO Sheffield

Gammawolf · 18 Feb 2013 at 10:42

Rroff said:
^^ Because your route goes Sheffield->London->#destination# wherever its going so even a server in sheffield is bouncing off London.

Surly its not both ways though, why would they have the north route through the south and the south route through the north?

Locky · 18 Feb 2013 at 10:44

Gammawolf said:
Surly its not both ways though, why would they have the north route through the south and the south route through the north?

cus it's BT.

Janesy B · 18 Feb 2013 at 10:45

Just been installed this morning

I was getting 5Mbps down and 0.8Mbps upload on ADSL.

Janesy B · 18 Feb 2013 at 10:49

Locky said:
cus it's BT.

Heh that's nothing, I've seen traffic from London to Germany via Singapore with some providers. IP transit is a complicated beast.

DirtyJester · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:35

Janesy B said:
Just been installed this morning

I was getting 5Mbps down and 0.8Mbps upload on ADSL.

It's a lovely feeling

Tuvoc · 18 Feb 2013 at 14:14

Yes, we Virgin customers have had such speed for years

(download anyway)

Janesy B · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:02

I didn't want Virgin, they are so hit and miss.

Locky · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:07

Janesy B said:
I didn't want Virgin, they are so hit and miss.

You only have to look at the difference in broadband quality monitors from this thread to the VM one to know BT are better - even though the download speed isn't as fast.

Tuvoc · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:13

Yes - but for years BT had nothing !

stoofa · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:18

Does anyone know if you can request a move over to the "Totally Unlimited Broadband" from BT online or if you need to call up?
I've been on Infinity 2 since August last year, so I'm on the old profiles and don't get moved over.
Moving over to the new package resets my contract, so I'm back under 18 months however I'm not in any rush to move from BT.
Just would rather click a few options online rather than having to get on the phone, into a queue, on hold......

Brummies · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:57

You can do it online, I did mine online.

parityboy · 18 Feb 2013 at 18:33

With FTTC cabinets, does having a sticker ("Superfast Broadband is here" or whatever) on it mean it's enabled. i.e., they are not enabled unless they have a sticker? Or do they not all have stickers on them?

cheechm · 18 Feb 2013 at 18:34

It means that they've installed the cabinet. Not necessarily enabled. Could be a bit of time before you'll have it.

OllyM · 18 Feb 2013 at 18:46

parityboy said:
With FTTC cabinets, does having a sticker ("Superfast Broadband is here" or whatever) on it mean it's enabled. i.e., they are not enabled unless they have a sticker? Or do they not all have stickers on them?

My cabinet has been live for ages but doesn't have a sticker on it - none of the cabinets round here seem to.

DirtyJester · 18 Feb 2013 at 19:07

Tuvoc said:
Yes, we Virgin customers have had such speed for years
(download anyway)

...and some of us still can't have Virgin

stoofa · 18 Feb 2013 at 19:34

I've been reading over at the BT forums where there have been a few people that have regarded to the "Totally unlimited" BT offerings and have then seen a reduction in their connection speeds. I've got more than enough bandwidth for my use, so I guess non-throttled and totally open but a little slower would be worthwhile.
Just worried now that if I regrade I'll lose the connection I have now - and I expect if I do ever lose it there will be no getting it back.

parityboy · 18 Feb 2013 at 22:58

@cheechm,@OllyM

Cheers for that. My date has moved from March 2012 to June 2013, but since the NGA boys & girls reckon May 2013 for my cabinet enablement, I'm living in hope.

Rroff · 19 Feb 2013 at 00:22

Gammawolf said:
Surly its not both ways though, why would they have the north route through the south and the south route through the north?

The main connection from BT's network onto the public internet is in London which pretty much everyone is routed through regardless of where it goes after that.