BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

[Simps]

I've just had BT Ultrafast Fibre installed today, upgrading from BT Infinity.
My old speeds were 70 down, 20 up. With this new setup, which just required a new master socket and HomeHub, is now 250 down, 40 up (although this is due to increase to nearly 260 once it's settled down).

Very happy!

How much extra are you paying if you don't mind me asking please ?

 

[Spike_UK]

How much extra are you paying if you don't mind me asking please ?

Unless I've misread something, it doesn't appear to be much more than what I was already paying for Infinity 2.
For Ultrafast 2 it's £59 .99 a month (http://bt.com/ultrafasttoday).

 

[maj]

Looks like my area isn't compatible for Ultrafast. That said I'm not really surprised. I'm paying for Infinity 2 but only get 55mb.

 

[Caged]

G.fast exists in about two places at the moment, you’re probably more likely to have FTTP available.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

Good news. My connection just reset and now it's at 42.94Mbps down and 10Mbps up.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

And it's been disconnecting all day again. Hmmph. Rang BT who've raised another fault instead of re-opening the previous one, and they said it'll be fixed within 24 hours... somehow.

 

[V_R]

Any noise on the phone?

 

[MichaelAwkward]

No way of knowing, we don't have a landline phone - only pay for it since we can't get Virgin where we are. They did line tests whilst I was on hold on the phone on both occasions though, and both times said it was an 'external problem' whatever that means.

It's back up now, still only 1.29Mbps upload. How would the upload speed cause the line to disconnect? It's been rock solid since we moved in back in December.

 

[Bony Maloney]

Is there any tweaking required for the Homehub 6 or is it good out of the box. Currently with BT fFTTP 200/20 speeds which are there or there abouts

 

[Caged]

There’s not really any tweaks you can do. Maybe turn UPnP off if you don’t need it for Xbox or whatever.

 

[MissChief]

No way of knowing, we don't have a landline phone - only pay for it since we can't get Virgin where we are. They did line tests whilst I was on hold on the phone on both occasions though, and both times said it was an 'external problem' whatever that means.

It's back up now, still only 1.29Mbps upload. How would the upload speed cause the line to disconnect? It's been rock solid since we moved in back in December.

Sounds like the test identified an external fault and this was logged to Openreach to look at and resolve. It'll likely be fixed properly by Tuesday evening.

 

[Bony Maloney]

There’s not really any tweaks you can do. Maybe turn UPnP off if you don’t need it for Xbox or whatever.

Thanks will have a look

 

[Amraam]

So yeah, I'm still paying BT standard rates as I've kept lazily putting off sorting out a new deal. £57 a month for phone line and 80/20 FTTC... yikes!

Who are the VDSL provider of choice these days?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

So yeah, I'm still paying BT standard rates as I've kept lazily putting off sorting out a new deal. £57 a month for phone line and 80/20 FTTC... yikes!

Who are the VDSL provider of choice these days?

Plusnet are pretty good and often have offers. They have an unlimited fibre offer on at the moment.. £32pcm including line rental.

 

[ChrisD.]

PlusNet are fine for me, cheap, solid, cheap BT Sports and a static IP address.

 

[TechMinerUK]

PlusNet are fine for me, cheap, solid, cheap BT Sports and a static IP address.

Same here, good customer support as well when you get through to them

 

[Deleted member 138126]

I've just had BT Ultrafast Fibre installed today, upgrading from BT Infinity.
My old speeds were 70 down, 20 up. With this new setup, which just required a new master socket and HomeHub, is now 250 down, 40 up (although this is due to increase to nearly 260 once it's settled down).

Very happy!

Wow, I'm sooooo jealous! You are one of the first people to be getting G.Fast then?

 

[MooMoo444]

I got free speedboost to infinity 2 sometime last year, will I lose it when contract renews? On infinity 1 rate

 

[Greg0986]

Apparently, despite my cabinet being at the top of my road, my line is 1000m long...

 

[Spike_UK]

Wow, I'm sooooo jealous! You are one of the first people to be getting G.Fast then?

Yeah think so. They had to replace the master socket with a nice G.Fast branded one.
Great speeds so far!