BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Jez · 23 Feb 2019 at 11:48

Agree with above if the poles are receiving fibre nodes, FTTP rollout under way but it is yet to finish

Caged · 23 Feb 2019 at 11:53

Agree with the above comments, if your line is fed from a pole and there are fibre manifold things appearing at the top of them, you'd be daft to order FTTPoD when you may only have to wait a few months.

david25 · 23 Feb 2019 at 15:53

Thanks again for the comments, I will wait and check every couple of weeks

V_R · 28 Feb 2019 at 09:14

Zen are cutting their prices. My contract with them is up in April and I'm looking at possibly moving to Plusnet due to price. But Zen do G.fast which I've been holding up ordering as I didn't want to re-contract with them just yet...

Unlimited Broadband (10Mbps Down / 1Mbps Up)
PRICE: £28 per month (£32 on a 1 month term)

Unlimited Fibre 1 (35Mbps / 6Mbps)
PRICE: £37 per month

Unlimited Fibre 2 (66Mbps / 17Mbps)
PRICE: £38.99 per month

Unlimited Fibre 3 (145Mbps / 30Mbps)
PRICE: £52 per month + £55 setup

Unlimited Fibre 4 (300Mbps / 50Mbps)
PRICE: £59.99 per month + £55 setup

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...lashes-uk-adsl-and-fttc-broadband-prices.html

God I hate that they have to use average speeds and not the old up to figures. :mad:

Avalon · 28 Feb 2019 at 09:32

V_R said:
God I hate that they have to use average speeds and not the old up to figures.

It’s a pointless change for the sake of it, rather than improve things, it’s likely to cause more confusion than anything else. Of all the things that do need regulatory oversight, this shouldn’t be on the list, let alone a priority.

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 14:40

Having g.fast installed in a few weeks does anyone know what modem BT provide?

V_R · 1 Mar 2019 at 14:46

Its called the Smart Hub X or Home Hub X, one or the other.

Edit: A quick Google says this: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...-new-smart-hub-x-router-g-fast-broadband.html

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 14:52

I'm trying to work out whether the Smart Hub X can be used as in bridge mode only.

Caged · 1 Mar 2019 at 14:59

It can't. Hopefully BT will launch a business G.fast service because the Business variants of their hubs can be used in bridge mode and are usually pretty cheap once people start putting them on eBay.

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:10

I have a ubiquiti usg will I have problems because I can't use the BT hub in bridge mode only?

the-evaluator · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:34

You'll have to run double NAT in that case which will work but isn't ideal. I'd be worth grabing an HG612 modem from eBay and use that in place of the HH.

V_R · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:42

HG612 isn't compatible with G.fast and it only has a 100Mb Ethernet port.

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:49

Okay looks like I may cancel the install. I could wait for the new Draytek but who knows when that’s out.

the-evaluator · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:56

D'oh, I missed the G.Fast bit.

The Huawei MT992 would work but they're far from cheap.

Caged · 1 Mar 2019 at 15:57

Zen do G.fast, so do TalkTalk. Pretty sure they'd end up supplying you with an Openreach modem.

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 16:06

Zen said I will get the homehub from BT.

Caged · 1 Mar 2019 at 16:13

Zen are wrong

RockLobster · 1 Mar 2019 at 16:25

So will I get some rebranded Huawei?

Caged · 1 Mar 2019 at 16:26

I'd have thought so, unless Zen have their own G.fast-capable devices now. They 100% won't give you a BT Smart Hub because those won't even accept a Zen PPPoE username.

TalkTalk expressly say you get an Openreach modem, and their 150Mbps package is only £28.

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Articles/Faster-150-Fibre/ta-p/2205263

Avalon · 1 Mar 2019 at 16:35

RockLobster said:
Having g.fast installed in a few weeks does anyone know what modem BT provide?

Smart Hub 2 if BT (combined modem/router), MT992 if anyone else (modem), then an ISP supplied router.