BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

j_walsh · 4 May 2018 at 17:38

So Gfast is now live - apparently by line I'm around 300M from the cabinet which is a bit shocking as its around 200 max by road by can't be helped.
Engineer said I'm the first connected to the pod and I'm getting around 170 down and 35 up too 190 down and 40 on speedtests.
Most impressive thing? the ping woah down to around 3 - 4 ms:

C:\Users\j_wal>ping bbc.co.uk
Pinging bbc.co.uk [2a04:4e42:400::81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=3ms
Ping statistics for 2a04:4e42:400::81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 3ms

Will see how it holds up if more people take up the service.

**bt wholesale speedtest estimate was around 260 down and 45 up - apparently it leaves the pod at 330 so if your not around 100 m or so i dont think you'll see the top speeds**

MichaelAwkward · 24 May 2018 at 19:39

Has anyone upgraded to BT Plus? I can't work out if it's a good deal or not.

I'm currently paying £32.49 for Infinity 1 and weekend calls, plus £24 for 3x 3GB Family SIMs. BT Plus seems to offer faster broadband and weekend calls for £39.99 (for 18 months), and double mobile data on the £24 plans... so 3x 6GB Family SIMs? Is this right?

DragonQ · 24 May 2018 at 22:28

Where are all these G.fast pods popping up? Being in the south east pretty close to London I'd have thought we'd get it pretty quickly but no sign of them at all. :/

Meddling-Monk · 24 May 2018 at 23:34

Not even in London do all parts get it. Much like original FTTC trials, all the borough regions around me have it, but I don't. Just have to wait I'm afraid.

HEADRAT · 25 May 2018 at 10:58

I wish they would BT would publish some kind of schedule of when G.Fast is planned to be rolled out in which areas, my understanding it's still pretty limited

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...st-broadband-pilot-1-million-uk-premises.html

APM · 26 May 2018 at 13:37

Hi all,

so,how do I disable IPv6 on a home hub 5?

Cheers.

All good,did it client side instead,couldn't see any way to change the settings on the home hub itself.

varkanoid · 30 May 2018 at 17:32

MichaelAwkward said:
Has anyone upgraded to BT Plus? I can't work out if it's a good deal or not.

I'm currently paying £32.49 for Infinity 1 and weekend calls, plus £24 for 3x 3GB Family SIMs. BT Plus seems to offer faster broadband and weekend calls for £39.99 (for 18 months), and double mobile data on the £24 plans... so 3x 6GB Family SIMs? Is this right?

I just got my email to say I could upgrade to Superfast Fibre Plus, I got all excited thinking its the 100mb+ speed. Its reads like you will get a faster speed but its utter rubbish sales blurb. Its definitely not Ultrafast (100mb/300mb) product either. So if I claim the offer through My BT page it will cost me an extra £3 to get the exact same service I do now. According to the blurb. However I pay £48.99 for Superfast Fibre 2 Unlimited (was Infinity 2). So if I follow the order through it comes out as £59.49 per month. Which is not £3 more!

However if on the same MyBT page I go to view my package, then Broadband then upgrade your broadband it says I`m paying £56.49 a month, which I`m not and it says its offering me to upgrade for £5 more to £61.49. For the exact same service. So I get where the £3 more comes from earlier but I`m not paying £56.49 I`m paying £48.99. Clearly says so on my bill. Depending on which link I click on its either £3 or £5 more.

I can see why they are offering it as my current package no longer exists and they are trying to get people to change but the pricing incentive is crazy! My current speed is 63MB so its not like it will get any faster!

- in fact I just went through as a new customer and it offered me Super Fibre 2 Unlimited which is what I am on now for £45.99 inc £140 BT Reward card ! So there is the odd difference, like if your broadband goes down they send you out a "4g Mini hub" till your broadband is fixed, which may take upto 5 days to be delivered.........

ChrisD. · 30 May 2018 at 18:38

That's expensive, I pay £13.99 for Plusnet 80/20 or whatever they call it along with the yearly line rental saver which is £197.88 so an effective monthly price of £30.48. I get 67 down and 18 up. I'm fairly certain I could have had it cheaper as well however I didn't bother to push too hard as my cabinet is full and I didn't want to end up in a situation of no broadband.

varkanoid · 30 May 2018 at 21:11

ChrisD. said:
That's expensive, I pay £13.99 for Plusnet 80/20 or whatever they call it along with the yearly line rental saver which is £197.88 so an effective monthly price of £30.48. I get 67 down and 18 up. I'm fairly certain I could have had it cheaper as well however I didn't bother to push too hard as my cabinet is full and I didn't want to end up in a situation of no broadband.

BT isn't cheap but they have to pay for Champions League somehow

Plusnet dont include a TV package though which I get for free and a few other benefits. If it wasnt for this I would probably shop around.

pcfarrar · 31 May 2018 at 13:35

MichaelAwkward said:
Has anyone upgraded to BT Plus? I can't work out if it's a good deal or not.
I'm currently paying £32.49 for Infinity 1 and weekend calls, plus £24 for 3x 3GB Family SIMs. BT Plus seems to offer faster broadband and weekend calls for £39.99 (for 18 months), and double mobile data on the £24 plans... so 3x 6GB Family SIMs? Is this right?

I upgraded to BT Plus it's worth it alone just for the mobile double data, faster 4G and UK call centre.

opethdisciple · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:19

Seems ok today but last night my WiFi keep going down and eventually the broadband connection keep disconnecting also.

ChrisD. · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:22

What annoys me is that I'm on a new build estate. Houses that are literally a stones throw from mine get FTTP yet I can't get it. So frustrating.

lltfdaniel · 9 Jun 2018 at 15:29

j_walsh said:
So Gfast is now live - apparently by line I'm around 300M from the cabinet which is a bit shocking as its around 200 max by road by can't be helped.
Engineer said I'm the first connected to the pod and I'm getting around 170 down and 35 up too 190 down and 40 on speedtests.
Most impressive thing? the ping woah down to around 3 - 4 ms:

C:\Users\j_wal>ping bbc.co.uk
Pinging bbc.co.uk [2a04:4e42:400::81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=4ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:400::81: time=3ms
Ping statistics for 2a04:4e42:400::81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 3ms

Will see how it holds up if more people take up the service.

**bt wholesale speedtest estimate was around 260 down and 45 up - apparently it leaves the pod at 330 so if your not around 100 m or so i dont think you'll see the top speeds**

That is what i call a decent ping, wish i could get the same.

Here is my ping...

Pinging bbc.co.uk [151.101.128.81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=55
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=55
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=55
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 151.101.128.81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 35ms

That is on virgin media cable, i am looking at migrating away from virgin to sign up with zen.

BowdonUK · 9 Jun 2018 at 22:38

DragonQ said:
Where are all these G.fast pods popping up? Being in the south east pretty close to London I'd have thought we'd get it pretty quickly but no sign of them at all. :/

These are the places live now for G.Fast https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/broadband-map#8/52.600/-1.217/gfast/

I think BT/OR are installing pods all over the place and at some point will turn them on. There isnt any G.fast around my area either.

pcfarrar · 11 Jun 2018 at 09:06

BowdonUK said:
These are the places live now for G.Fast https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/broadband-map#8/52.600/-1.217/gfast/
I think BT/OR are installing pods all over the place and at some point will turn them on. There isnt any G.fast around my area either.

We've got an office in Droylsden right next to one of the pods but it's not showing as available. I guess they aren't live yet?

GhostlyPea · 11 Jun 2018 at 16:45

Any recommendations currently for VDSL modems (not router)? Just got PlusNET FTTC and don't want to use their device as is, but apparently it can;t be put in Modem Mode (Will likely be a Meraki or virtual firewall behind it)

- GP

opethdisciple · 11 Jun 2018 at 17:11

Before BT come out and charge me £130 to look at my line I have a question.

It started over the weekend Wi-Fi was going up and down. then I noticed the internet was intermittent and was disconnecting.

Then I discover that there is crackling on my phone line. ( I don't use it often so wasn't aware)

As the router is plugged straight in to master socket and that was having issues that kind of indicates the issue isn't internal?

Although yesterday the problem was much better.

Can crackling on the line be caused by old micro filters?

MissChief · 11 Jun 2018 at 17:14

Obvious way to check, plug the phone directly into the test socket and check for noise? If noise still there, filter not faulty?

mrkev · 11 Jun 2018 at 18:49

GhostlyPea said:
Any recommendations currently for VDSL modems (not router)? Just got PlusNET FTTC and don't want to use their device as is, but apparently it can;t be put in Modem Mode (Will likely be a Meraki or virtual firewall behind it)

Get a HG612 3B. Plenty of them on eBay but don't pay extra for an unlocked one as you can do that yourself.

opethdisciple · 11 Jun 2018 at 22:31

MissChief said:
Obvious way to check, plug the phone directly into the test socket and check for noise? If noise still there, filter not faulty?

yea. Just did that. Crackling even from master socket.