BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

stoofa · 7 Jun 2015 at 10:53

As I said - I read the same thing on more than one forum.
I do not neccessarily believe everything I'm told - who would? However the posts came from people with a long history on the forums.
I will go and find some of those posts if I can.

Reading it was all to do with "controlled" and unexpected shutdowns. So a dropped connection due to instability would potentially trigger DLM however a controlled, switch-off of the device via power button would not.

As said, I will try to find a couple of the posts in question. However as you've totally rubished this, maybe I can save myself the trouble. I'll assume you are something to do with an ISP or have some knolwedge on this due to work?
That's the thing about information, it's only as good as the person giving it. So someone with actual knowledge would win hands-down and then I can put this incorrect information I've been given to bed once and for all!

On Holiday · 7 Jun 2015 at 10:55

Facebook is now at a point where it's unusable. Have to go on my phone 4G if I want to go on it..
Pictures taking ages to load and videos take about 4 refreshes before they start playing..

#Chri5# · 7 Jun 2015 at 20:13

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Then you read a load of rubbish, there is nothing that clever built in to the routers/btor modems. If you hit approx 10 resets in a 24 hr period then DLM will kick in, it collects stats every 15 mins

One of the early ADSL ITU standards included "Dying Gasp" which allowed a ADSL router to send a message to the DSLAM that local power had been lost.

This thread on Kitz seems to confirm the HG612 and ECI VDSL modem send Dying Gasp packets.

Rroff · 7 Jun 2015 at 20:49

Archeum said:
Facebook is now at a point where it's unusable. Have to go on my phone 4G if I want to go on it..
Pictures taking ages to load and videos take about 4 refreshes before they start playing..

Still getting it on and off - reconnecting seems to help but after awhile it will start becoming intermittent again.

Terrier_Jimlad · 8 Jun 2015 at 07:55

#Chri5# said:
One of the early ADSL ITU standards included "Dying Gasp" which allowed a ADSL router to send a message to the DSLAM that local power had been lost.

This thread on Kitz seems to confirm the HG612 and ECI VDSL modem send Dying Gasp packets.

In that case, I stand fairly corrected. Interesting read that to be fair, cheers.

Ewanb75 · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:47

Archeum said:
Facebook is now at a point where it's unusable. Have to go on my phone 4G if I want to go on it..
Pictures taking ages to load and videos take about 4 refreshes before they start playing..

3 months I've had this, online gaming is terrible

Doggie2k · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:42

Facebook is terrible and now I've noticed my usenet is dog slow too. Time to look elsewhere I think

opethdisciple · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:45

Try setting your local DNS to google DNS servers. I dont have any issues browsing the web and everything feels fast and snappy.

liamcrane · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:57

hi guys can you help, BT Wholesale adsl checker says i can now get FTTP but not FTTC. The cab i am connected to is the same as someone i know round the corner and when i put in his house number (same post code) he gets the FTTC option and the FTTP option.

Any ideas why?

bigdunc · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:16

My infinity 2 is due to be activated this Friday and am looking to use a different router than the HomeHub. I am looking at either the Billion 8800NL or the TP-Link TD-W8890. Is there any reason to choose one over the other?

dneill2006 · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:53

bigdunc said:
My infinity 2 is due to be activated this Friday and am looking to use a different router than the HomeHub. I am looking at either the Billion 8800NL or the TP-Link TD-W8890. Is there any reason to choose one over the other?

Billion 8800NL only has 1 Gigabit ethernet port & 3 10/100 ports.

TP-Link TD-W9980 has 4 Gigabit ethernet ports and dual band wifi.

optimus · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:51

After finally getting my faulty (constantly rebooting) HH5A replaced by a HH5B, my Infinity 2 has still not come back to its previous speed (was mid to late 70's).

Any ideas, its now been up long enough for DLM to sort itself out (or has it)?

1.Product Name:HomeHub5
2.Serial number:+076284+1507007629
3.Firmware version:v0.07.03.0814-BT (Type B) Last updated [Unknown]
4.Board version:01
5.VDSL uptime:23 days, 21:27:33
6.Data Rate:20000 / 63268
7.Maximum Data Rate:23695 / 63276
8.Noise Margin:6.7 / 6.3
9.Line Attenuation:0.0 / 16.2
10.Signal Attenuation:0.0 / 0.0
11.Data sent/received:8.5 GB / 181.6 GB
12.Broadband username:[email protected]
13.BT Wi-fi:Yes
14.2.4GHz wireless network/SSID:BTHub4-PHN2
15.2.4GHz wireless connections:Enabled (802.11 b/g/n (up to 144 Mb/s))
16.2.4GHz wireless security:WPA Only
17.2.4GHz wireless channel:Automatic (Smart Wireless)
18.5GHz wireless network/SSID:BTHub4-PHN2
19.5GHz wireless connections:Enabled (802.11 a/n/ac (up to 1300 Mb/s))
20.5GHz wireless security:WPA2 Only (Recommended)
21.5GHz wireless channel:Automatic (Smart Wireless)
22.Firewall

efault
23.MAC Address:4c:09:d4:d0:53:9b
24.Software variant:-
25.Boot loader:0.5.0-BT (Tue Jun 17 18:52:56 2014)

KIA · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:31

liamcrane said:
hi guys can you help, BT Wholesale adsl checker says i can now get FTTP but not FTTC. The cab i am connected to is the same as someone i know round the corner and when i put in his house number (same post code) he gets the FTTC option and the FTTP option.

Any ideas why?

There's a difference between native FTTP and Fibre on demand.

liamcrane · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:02

Whats the difference then KIA? From what i understand you have to be connected to a FTTC cab to even have a chance of getting this, the problem being the checker is telling me i cant get FTTC even though i know i can as we are all connected up to the same cab to people who can get it...

stringyb92 · 8 Jun 2015 at 22:08

Will my line be reset if i move from BT to Plusnet?

KIA · 9 Jun 2015 at 12:39

liamcrane said:
Whats the difference then KIA? From what i understand you have to be connected to a FTTC cab to even have a chance of getting this, the problem being the checker is telling me i cant get FTTC even though i know i can as we are all connected up to the same cab to people who can get it...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/guide/fibre-broadband.html

Please post screenshots of the BT wholesale results.

https://www.btwholesale.com/pages/s...nity/Coverage/ADSL_Availibility_Checker.html#

Ixel · 9 Jun 2015 at 12:44

stringyb92 said:
Will my line be reset if i move from BT to Plusnet?

Unless it's on a different speed, no. As far as I know, Plusnet also issue 40/10 at a sync of 80/20 but just cap the 'IP Profile' speed to 40/10 - so probably it's a certain 'no' anyway.

theleg · 9 Jun 2015 at 15:58

Homehub 5 just died. Using terribly slow internet on phone. Need net back for work so no time to faff aroubd with BT. Can someone recommend a good router and modem to replace the homehub please?

In praying I can get an order in tonight

londonbairn · 9 Jun 2015 at 21:44

We got BT Infinity 2 installed a few weeks ago as our new place is being refurbed. I briefly connected it at the start and was syncing 78-79. It's been off for a while and fired it up today to check the cat6a we had laid throughout. Now it's syncing at 67, but says attainable 80.

Is this because the line hasnt had the opportunity to "learn" etc as it hasn't been on at all? Setup is a HG612 connected to AC87U

Def nothing to do with rewiring as BT removed all sockets and installed a sole new master socket for us, which is untouched

HEADRAT · 9 Jun 2015 at 22:04

optimus said:
After finally getting my faulty (constantly rebooting) HH5A replaced by a HH5B

Interesting, how did you get a HH5A replaced with a HH5B?

My HH5A keeps restarting itself with the mysterious:

(737247.730000) PPP LCP Send Termination Request [User request]

HEADRAT