BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Uncle_Gravy said:
I like seeing a working 80/20 connections rather than seeing stats.
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Very few will see the full 80/20 you pretty much have to be sat on the cab especially if there's a decent amount of take up on it.

Now I can see my stats l can see what caused my line to slow down a bit over the months and the exact changes dlm makes.
 
Jez said:
Aftra raving about the HG612 yesterday it appears to have completely mullered my line

DLM kicked in, lost sync a few times, interleaving applied, down to 60mbit

Bloody DLM :p
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We are now at the 21st and i have left the line alone since this. I appear to be edging up, back up to 66/20 (70 prior to messing around)

I really dislike being out of control with FTTC, with ADSL2+ you were totally in control, able to manipulate any noise margin which you wished for, able to disconnect and reconnect as often as you liked, etc :(
 
More info for you guys.

My box has updated and I can also confirm that the version number stays the same. Check Troubleshooting, Event Log, Category=TR069 to see when/whether your box updates.
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You should see.

You should see this if you've had the fix:

"(86440.610000) CWMP: Download file, FileType=4, FileName=5A-​FixMajorUpgrade-​4.1.tar.gz.aes.rsa.signed, Username=, CommandKey=1948488430"
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Mine has yet to receive the update. But my log is full of this
(59588.750000) CWMP: Set Parameter by TR069 Success

I am thinking about getting on of these Billion BIPAC 8800AXL - Wireless-AC 1600Mbps ADSL/VDSL2 *Broadcom Chipset.
I liked just having one box instead of two but I don't think I can be happy with the HH5 after this.
 
Simps said:
More info for you guys......You should see.....
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This was in my event log -

Code: 
22:03:39, 20 Feb.	(172841.940000) CWMP: Download file, FileType=4, FileName=5A-​FixMajorUpgrade-​4.1.tar.gz.aes.rsa.signed, Username=, CommandKey=1948948882

To save me reading back what exactly is this upgrade?
 
kitch9 said:
Very few will see the full 80/20 you pretty much have to be sat on the cab especially if there's a decent amount of take up on it.

Now I can see my stats l can see what caused my line to slow down a bit over the months and the exact changes dlm makes.
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I pretty much had the full 80/20 speeds until this stupid HH5 bug, i'm now paying Infinity 2 money for Infinity 1 speeds.


Oh yea and I recieved that update too, annnnnnnnnd still the same, drops out, silly slow response times, this is unacceptable they better reimburse us that's affected.
 
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Halleluja! After about 2 years and recent e-mails to Gavin Patterson (BT CEO) they've finally started digging and will be plopping the fiber cabinet in by the end of next week. It'll not be live till Spring/Summer though. How come it takes so long to activate once the fiber is in? Assuming that the fiber wires have been laid.
 
Sticking the cabinet in is insignificant compared to the effort of actually putting the fibre into it. They cant begin to install the fibre until the cab is installed
 
First time i've been on tonight, checked the logs, last drop out was an hour ago -_-

GG BT.

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Told a lie, just dropped out *Facepalm*
 
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ubersonic said:
Indeed, whenever somebody tells me that they can tell the difference between a 0.02 second delay and 0.04 second delay I always think of this scene from Transformers:

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A lot of online games the server works at a fixed tick rate (amongst other relevant mechanisms) and in many games having >30ms ping often means you end up >60ms delayed compared to someone with <30ms ping which very much does make a difference if your playing above a casual level.
 
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MrMarvelous said:
I see. How come they usually take so long though till it goes live? Is it a complicated process?
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It can be. The first thing they'll do is install the cabinet shell and some ducting to the copper cab, once that's been done the equipment can be installed into the cabinet. Then once that's done they need power getting to the cabinet, which involves getting the power company involved, and usually a dig to route the power to the new cab. There is an existing network of ducting underground they can use to route the fibre cable to the new cab, but a lot of times this is blocked and involves cleaning and sometimes digs to clean it out which can be quite a lengthy process and there is usually a waiting time for the equipment to be available. Usually the last step is for a final engineer to go and jumper up some connections between the copper and fibre cabinets ready for installs. Only when all this is done will they put a test connection in and make sure its ready for service.


Now with a good wind, you can do all this in a few weeks assuming nothing else needs doing in the same area. At this time of year jobs are liable to get delayed as the weather will have an impact on jobs.
 
Thanks for the info guys. To be honest i'm glad it's finally getting installed after 2 or so years. Not kidding when I say this but I think if I hadn't e-mailed BT they woudn't bother putting it up as they're putting loads of cabinets up around my area, just not my one haha. Also roadworks.Org says this:

Install 6m of 2 poly ducts in Footway,Provide 1 Provide/Recover 1 NGA Cab and base (1.5m x 0.5m)
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