BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

86JR · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:12

kefan77 said:
what's the maximum DL/UL speed you can get on Infinity atm?

I know I can find that on BT website, but eg. VM only sells 100Mbps on their web, whereas I'm on 120Mbps package and get 126Mbps on speedtest.

KIA said:
80/20

Real world throughput will be 2-3 megabits slower.

I thought it was 330/30 in some places with Infinity FTTP?

bremen1874 · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:17

twoblacklines said:
I was looking at Plusnet and could not find an option to opt out of line rental as I already pay it to BT. There is no option on the online order form?

http://www.plus.net/home-broadband/broadband-only/

Johnnytoxic · 1 Oct 2013 at 09:35

Should be getting my Fibre installed tomorrow, exciting. Quoted 68Mb / 20Mb

What to do with it

Johnnytoxic · 1 Oct 2013 at 09:36

NZB said:
Mine now says March next year even though it should have been up weeks ago if a car wasn't parked right in front of the cab. They rescheduled for the 8th October but i'm not holding my breath as that car seems to be parked there every day, up on the pavement inches from the cab.

Get some red cones and cordon it off

PiKe · 1 Oct 2013 at 10:09

Does anyone have their VDSL running off a extension socket?

Westie · 1 Oct 2013 at 12:19

just had my BT infinity fitted

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3004048705

soooo nice compared to my old 8mb line

matt100 · 1 Oct 2013 at 12:53

isn't it just the best? I've had mine a month now and the only thought I've had about it is wow and lol.. whereas before on my old 5mb connection I was constantly having to consider what other people/machines on the network were doing.

no_1_dave · 1 Oct 2013 at 13:12

Getting mine tomorrow.
Anything I need to remember to ask the engineer about?
What's the first thing I should do to ensure max speed?

Also, can you change the DNS to Google DNS like I have with O2? If so, how?

Westyfield2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:00

no_1_dave said:
What's the first thing I should do to ensure max speed?

Don't ever unplug it. Turning off either the modem or your router (to neaten cables etc) will count as a loss of sync, and the DLM will kick in thinking that your line is dodgy and needs to be slowed down to ensure stability.

miker1 · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:08

Last year I got a d/l speed of 74mbps.
Currently it is 59, I cannot get India to set the server to retrain mode because the speed falls in the ok range.

"But it was loads faster!!!"
"Sorry sir........."

Plusnet here I come

no_1_dave · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:25

Westyfield2 said:
Don't ever unplug it. Turning off either the modem or your router (to neaten cables etc) will count as a loss of sync, and the DLM will kick in thinking that your line is dodgy and needs to be slowed down to ensure stability.

Oh

I planned to put up a small shelf near the phone socket for the modem & router to sit on. This would mean unplugging it.

Brummies · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:45

Prices are going up; Landline and broadband.

Best way to check how it will effect you is to do this

https://www.bt.com/static/wa/account/pricechanges/login/login.html

Type in your account number and home phone number and make sure you also add 15.99 (new price; was 15.45) for line rental.

in total mine has increased near £3 a month when the increases take place which is making me look at Plusnet and other options.

Allnamestaken · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:48

BT can die in a fire as a company. :mad:

Westyfield2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:52

no_1_dave said:
Oh
I planned to put up a small shelf near the phone socket for the modem & router to sit on. This would mean unplugging it.

You could do what I did - have it all setup neatly and cabled how you want it before the 'engineer' powers any of it on.

PiKe · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:58

It wont care over one loss of sync, besides, after x amount of hours of stability the line would get ramped back up anyway?

Cooper · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:23

PiKe said:
It wont care over one loss of sync, besides, after x amount of hours of stability the line would get ramped back up anyway?

My line has dropped from 38Mbit down to 28Mbit because of some connection instability over the last 2 days.. :mad:

It's not the first time either, stupid DLM will drop the speed quick as anything but can take up to 3wks to raise the line speed back to 38Mbit.

Cosimo · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:25

Promised date goes sailing by and off goes another email to nga.enquiries.

DirtyJester · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:35

Cosimo said:
Promised date goes sailing by and off goes another email to nga.enquiries.

Just goes to show, you can't have everything.... yet

Good luck

.Griff. · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:44

Cosimo said:
Promised date goes sailing by and off goes another email to nga.enquiries.

I didn't realise they were giving out guaranteed dates now. Estimates yes, promises no.

Westyfield2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:58

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5929-reminder-about-the-reality-of-dlm-on-openreach-fttc.html

Typically takes 3 weeks to come back to speed.