BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Will FTTP on-demand be available from 18th March?

The BT Wholesale price lists are showing that the much talked about FTTP on-demand product has prices that come into effect on 18th March 2013, suggesting it may be available to retailers from that date. The on-demand product that offers you the chance to future proof your broadband connection and say goodbye to all the connection variability that comes with xDSL products, alas at a price.

Back in December 2012 an estimate of £1500 for a property that is 500m from the fibre aggregation point (which will usually be fairly close to your green street cabinet) was released. The new price list confirms the fixed £500 connection charge, and gives prices for six different charge bands which are in addition to the fixed fee.
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Read the rest of the article at http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5722-will-fttp-on-demand-be-available-from-18th-march.html
 
Da[]San;23787716 said:
Damn, i've just signed up for FTTC - I would have been all over this...
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You might be able to switch. Who knows if BT Retail will bother offering it, given the length of contract, upfront cost and monthly fee.
 
KIA said:
Will FTTP on-demand be available from 18th March?



Read the rest of the article at http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5722-will-fttp-on-demand-be-available-from-18th-march.html
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Not sure if i'm reading that right are they saying band 2 is the previously estimated 500m for £1500 connection? If so then that's got my interest as that range is probably 200-500m for £200-£500, i'm only 200m from the cab and would pay 2-300 for install but i wouldn't have even considered £1500.

Of course i've probably read the article wrong :p
 
NZB said:
Not sure if i'm reading that right are they saying band 2 is the previously estimated 500m for £1500 connection? If so then that's got my interest as that range is probably 200-500m for £200-£500, i'm only 200m from the cab and would pay 2-300 for install but i wouldn't have even considered £1500.

Of course i've probably read the article wrong :p
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There's still a fixed installation fee of £500 on top of what band you'd fall under.
 
NZB said:
Ah so band 2 would be £700-1000 install :(
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Yeah, not something I'm interested in as 80/20 is plenty fast for me and I work from home. I'd probably only ever consider it if the upload speed increased significantly as downloading from the works FTP doesn't max out but I can upload at the full 20mb.
 
I've had a response to my DLM reset request.. and its a NO.
Its because my estimated speed is less then current IP profile so they won't do anything as in their eyes there isn't a fault!
 
Got my infinity 2 installed today, very happy indeed :)

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A few questions for you guys..

1) what are the standard IP addresses for the Openreach modem and Home Hub? I have an Echolife modem here that I want to pre-configure, and use my ASUS RT-N66U as a replacement for the home hub, so when the engineer comes its just a case of swap faceplate and go.

2) what device dishes out the IP addresses on a standard setup? Can I use the echolife modem in a modem only mode, and have my ASUS dishing out IPs etc.?

3) in my proposed setup what address would I use for the gateway, DNS etc?

4) I've currently got my phone service through Primus. I noticed a LOT of line noise today, and BT are set to take over the line and install Infinity on Friday. Is it best to wait for the engineer to arrive and forewarn him? Will they physically switch my line at the exchange when it moves to BT? (thus negating a possible connection issue at the exchange). I don't want him to turn up and say "I'm just a broadband guy .. You'll have to call someone out to fix the line first"

Didn't want to start a new thread, so apologies for the off-topic nature :)
 
Just had my Infinity 2 installed today as well. Totally happy with the speed improvement over Virgin.


65/16 seems to be the fastest I can get, having tried multiple speedtest servers. Still remains to be seen weather that will increase, or decrease in the next few days. Still a big improvement over virgin though, especially if its stable during peak hours.

Oh, im not using the HomeHub3 either. Im using my TP-Link TL-WR2543ND router.
 
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Loque go here and enter your phone number, it will tell you what profile you are on it should be 77.44/20 if its not your ISP is limiting it via DLM.
 
EVH said:
A few questions for you guys..

1) what are the standard IP addresses for the Openreach modem and Home Hub? I have an Echolife modem here that I want to pre-configure, and use my ASUS RT-N66U as a replacement for the home hub, so when the engineer comes its just a case of swap faceplate and go.

2) what device dishes out the IP addresses on a standard setup? Can I use the echolife modem in a modem only mode, and have my ASUS dishing out IPs etc.?

3) in my proposed setup what address would I use for the gateway, DNS etc?

4) I've currently got my phone service through Primus. I noticed a LOT of line noise today, and BT are set to take over the line and install Infinity on Friday. Is it best to wait for the engineer to arrive and forewarn him? Will they physically switch my line at the exchange when it moves to BT? (thus negating a possible connection issue at the exchange). I don't want him to turn up and say "I'm just a broadband guy .. You'll have to call someone out to fix the line first"

Didn't want to start a new thread, so apologies for the off-topic nature :)
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The FTTC "engineer" will usually come with the latest VDSL modem they are using pre-configured to run in modem mode and you usually get the HH3 sent a few days before (engineer will usually have spares if you didn't get it). The engineer will usually want to setup the VDSL modem and HH3 to test its all working before they leave. You can then plugin your own kit after that but unless your using a different VDSL modem for the ability to monitor line conditions, etc. I'd reccomending sticking with the VDSL modem they provide.

When you first start the n66u and connect to the web interface (192.168.1.1 IIRC the asus has a quick setup guide which explains it all and is pretty simple) it should kick off the setup wizard and detect the VDSL modem automatically.

In default setup the Asus will be handling DHCP on the LAN side dishing out IPs to your local computers, likewise gateway IP and DNS settings should be fetched automatically unless your using a more exotic setup.

Often the FTTC engineer is not trained as a telephony engineer tho they are on a rolling program to be certified for that role - so if there are line issues there may be limits as to what they are allowed to do beyond replacing the faceplate and connecting up the data side at the cabinet.
 
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