BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Oh Ed not again. · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:06

Hmm. It's definitely improved, because previously I was only getting mid to low 20s in attainable rate and line rate, now seeing real world performance in to the mid 30s in line with that line rate.

So attainable rate has shot up, but line rate looks like it's been capped to 35000/14999 - I only say that because those values are too rounded.

Will I see the attainable rate/SNR dropping as the DLM kicks in over the next couple of days then?

Sparx · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:07

Westyfield2 said:
Buying a new build house? Sounds like the perfect time for them to do native FTTP for every house on the estate!

I highly doubt that unfortunately

As much as I wish it was true! Haha. The new house we are buying is <2 miles from exchange so too far as they only do FTTP to houses within the near immediate vicinity of the exchange do they not? However hopefully the house we buy should be near enough sitting on a green cab for maximum FTTC throughput speeds..

Deleted member 651465 · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:18

Once the DSLAM sees the error rate, the profile (and sync) will rise soon enough

Westyfield2 · 3 Sep 2013 at 08:48

Sparx said:
I highly doubt that unfortunately As much as I wish it was true! Haha. The new house we are buying is <2 miles from exchange so too far as they only do FTTP to houses within the near immediate vicinity of the exchange do they not? However hopefully the house we buy should be near enough sitting on a green cab for maximum FTTC throughput speeds..

Probably best to speak to the developer.... and refuse to buy if they don't at least have plans for FTTC as minimum

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Oh Ed not again. · 3 Sep 2013 at 09:26

EVH said:
Once the DSLAM sees the error rate, the profile (and sync) will rise soon enough

DLM ran overnight, SNR margin has dropped to 12db and my line rate has increased to 48600 (attainable rate still at 69000).

However, I'm still only seeing 33mb down on a speedtest.

KIA · 3 Sep 2013 at 09:48

Get the IP profile info from the BT speedtester.

Oh Ed not again. · 3 Sep 2013 at 09:56

Sadly that no longer works for me. It does the initial test, but when I try to do the Further Diagnostics it throws a wobbler and says it can't complete.

I don't know if that's because I've changed by router out to an Asus job, or if because I've used an unlocked modem. However it seemed to stop working around that sort of time.

Here's the modem stats from this morning...

Cuchulainn · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:41

"Thank you for your further enquiry about fibre broadband. Unfortunately, we are experiencing engineering difficulties which have put the delivery of your cabinet into delay.
We are working hard to get round the problems but at this time, the predicted date for your cabinet to go live has moved to January '14, however we are hoping to move this date forward."

The cabinet was installed 3 months ago, so don't know what the delay could be?

bremen1874 · 3 Sep 2013 at 19:12

Cuchulainn said:
The cabinet was installed 3 months ago, so don't know what the delay could be?

Problems getting the power connected, or collapsed/insufficient ducting, are most likely.

esK` · 3 Sep 2013 at 20:45

Getting a nice 15mb down 0.5mb up on FTTC, still the download is better than my old ADSL2+ line!

biron_w · 4 Sep 2013 at 10:04

Still waiting for BT to get their arses in gear and actually enable the cabinets in my town. They've been in a few months and when I emailed BT they said mid to late August is when it'd be sorted.

matt100 · 4 Sep 2013 at 11:10

I had infinity 2 installed yesterday, very happy with it, seems to be getting around 55 down and 15-20 up.

One quick question though, sorry I have googled the life out of this but it's tricky to get through 130 pages of this thread!

Regarding P2P traffic, a glasnost check yesterday showed I was being throttled which clearly I'm not supposed to be being on a totally unlimited package. That was at about 6pm, another test this morning is uncapped.

Is that likely to be a time thing? I read a bit about how there's a cap for 7 days on new lines? I'm new to BT for phone and broadband.

Any help/guidance gratefully received!

KIA · 4 Sep 2013 at 14:54

matt100 said:
Regarding P2P traffic, a glasnost check yesterday showed I was being throttled which clearly I'm not supposed to be being on a totally unlimited package. That was at about 6pm, another test this morning is uncapped.

Please post a screenshot of the result.

mogwai · 4 Sep 2013 at 15:12

Just had my FTTC installed today and using an Asus RT-AC66U I am getting 57 mb down and 12 up. Which is 13 more down than I was estimated to get.

matt100 · 4 Sep 2013 at 15:51

KIA said:
Please post a screenshot of the result.

will do, I'm going to get past 4pm and try again, been hurtling along this morning.. coming from a 5mb connection it's like getting broadband all over again

EDIT:

here you go, when I ran it last night it was saying 9kbps so it's gone up but this morning it was managing a steady 7mb with no problem

And a speedtest right now.. again this morning this was up to 50mb

KIA · 4 Sep 2013 at 17:57

matt100 said:
will do, I'm going to get past 4pm and try again, been hurtling along this morning.. coming from a 5mb connection it's like getting broadband all over again

https://www.bt.com/appsconsumeraccount/secure/myBT.do

What do you see?

matt100 · 4 Sep 2013 at 18:07

gizmoy2k · 4 Sep 2013 at 21:22

^ Im defo on Infinity 2 but see the same as Matt100

Enigma123 · 4 Sep 2013 at 21:49

Their are two packages BT didn't switch people over when they changed to the new package. If you are on infinity 2 you will be peer blocked, if you are on Unlimited infinity 2 then it's no peer blocks. Matt100 if you just signed up then you should be on the unlimited package. Me thinks they stuck you on the wrong infinity package.

Rroff · 4 Sep 2013 at 21:58

KIA said:
https://www.bt.com/appsconsumeraccount/secure/myBT.do

What do you see?

Hah I clicked on the usage link expecting it not to work (as BT's useage metering has never been functional in the past) and...

Your usage for this month is 42.84 GB

27.22 GB downloaded
15.62 GB uploaded

Thats 3 days worth of use :O

"How does this compare

Your average monthly usage is 324.51 GB"

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