BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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Could be 6 weeks or 6 months. My cabinet went in around last September and it's still not up and running. Just depends on what hiccups they experience in the whole thing.
Anyone had any luck getting a free Home Hub 5 out of BT at the end of their existing contract?
I want to condense the amount of plugs required for broadband down to 1 and ditch the seperate router/modem setup, just phoned the Asian call center and got told no its £45 + £6.95 delivery.
I want to condense the amount of plugs required for broadband down to 1 and ditch the seperate router/modem setup, just phoned the Asian call center and got told no its £45 + £6.95 delivery.
save your money i have one in my garage as the wifi is crap to say the best and bt have no fix for it very poor wifi, i have now got a draytek 2680n+ and its great with fibre
Guys I'm asking a daft question here.
Recently moved into a flat and gone for BT infinity home hub 5 setup. I was told because the flat had BT it was only a case of the phone line been reactivated at the local exchange. This was done on Thursday. I was sent the home hub etc. Now I can't seem to find a phone socket in the flat anywhere, but I do have a few data points which will fit an Ethernet cable I believe? Do I actually require a phone socket to connect up or are these data points enough to get connected? I have no idea what I am doing with this.
Recently moved into a flat and gone for BT infinity home hub 5 setup. I was told because the flat had BT it was only a case of the phone line been reactivated at the local exchange. This was done on Thursday. I was sent the home hub etc. Now I can't seem to find a phone socket in the flat anywhere, but I do have a few data points which will fit an Ethernet cable I believe? Do I actually require a phone socket to connect up or are these data points enough to get connected? I have no idea what I am doing with this.
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I've seen buildings where the master sockets were all located in a central service area with extension wiring to each flat.
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Renewing is more expensive than taking out a new contract.
You were corect it was in the boiler cupboard. I have plugged everything in and still no connection. I don't have a line filter installed though so would I need to install one for it to work or should it work without. I don't have a phone installed so I don't need the filter for interference purposes. It a socket with just a single port.
I can't believe that today (4th) is my 1 year anniversary of getting infinity installed. It's not let me down 1 bit. I always thought it would be a bit of a life changer (internet wise at least) and wow. The stuff i've been able to do in the last year has been unreal
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Finally I get my Fibre connected today after:
7 weeks since placing the order
5 appointments
4 Engineers
2 full days of lost wages and 1 morning lost due to a non-show.
My order was for BT Infinity 2 , quoted at ( confirmed with the order email )
56Mb-76Mb download
17.4Mb-20.00Mb upload.
What do I actually get
28Mb download
5 Mb upload
The way the whole thing has played out the resulting speeds don't come as a surprise really. Interestingly enough the engineer said I was on a 40/10 network and not an 80/20 so I would never achieve the quoted speeds. Funny then how I've been mis-sold BT Infinity 2 and I'm currently down to pay for that service.
All in all, a farce from start to finish.
7 weeks since placing the order
5 appointments
4 Engineers
2 full days of lost wages and 1 morning lost due to a non-show.
My order was for BT Infinity 2 , quoted at ( confirmed with the order email )
56Mb-76Mb download
17.4Mb-20.00Mb upload.
What do I actually get
28Mb download
5 Mb upload
The way the whole thing has played out the resulting speeds don't come as a surprise really. Interestingly enough the engineer said I was on a 40/10 network and not an 80/20 so I would never achieve the quoted speeds. Funny then how I've been mis-sold BT Infinity 2 and I'm currently down to pay for that service.
All in all, a farce from start to finish.
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pcp/twin as in cabinet?, The engineer told me It's outside a local chippy. If that's the case then It's about 0.3 miles from according to Google maps.
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No idea to be honest. All I know is some info the openreach engineers have told me over the course of the installation.
The pole with the DP box is 10m from my house, and that pole is about 20m from the pole that connects to the fibre from the underground cabling. That goes to the cabinet at the chippy ( 0.3 miles away ) .Also my house is 0.7 miles away from the main exchange for my area.
So unless the loop goes all over the place I would thought my BT Infinity 2 order would have been spot on.
The pole with the DP box is 10m from my house, and that pole is about 20m from the pole that connects to the fibre from the underground cabling. That goes to the cabinet at the chippy ( 0.3 miles away ) .Also my house is 0.7 miles away from the main exchange for my area.
So unless the loop goes all over the place I would thought my BT Infinity 2 order would have been spot on.