BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

As the crow flies I'm approx 345m from the cabinet. Two logical routes following the roads, one is ~487m and the other ~697m.

TBH, I'm happy with what I have as it's far better than the iffy 3 to 4Mbps I had direct to the Exchange :)
 
Leeroy123 said:
I wont be leaving Be for bt infinity.
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I did exactly that almost a couple of months ago and it was a good move. I got around 19mbit on my Be connection and get the full 40mbit sync on my Infinity but it's still much better overall for me. Not a single regret.

Locky said:
That is about 750 meters that line, you either have a poorish line or some Alu along the way.
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If you don't mind, how do you calculate approximate line length from the stats? Here's mine:

Code: 
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 0
Max:    Upstream rate = 18028 Kbps, Downstream rate = 50676 Kbps
Path:   0, Upstream rate = 9999 Kbps, Downstream rate = 39999 Kbps

Discovery Phase (Initial) Band Plan
US: (0,95) (696,1183)
DS: (32,687) (1192,1627)
Medley Phase (Final) Band Plan
US: (0,95) (696,1183)
DS: (32,687) (1192,1627)
       VDSL Port Details       Upstream        Downstream
Attainable Net Data Rate:      18028 kbps         50676 kbps
Actual Aggregate Tx Power:    -   6.2 dBm           7.0 dBm
============================================================================
  VDSL Band Status        U0      U1      U2      U3      D1      D2      D3
  Line Attenuation(dB):  5.3     25.9     N/A     N/A    12.3    32.0     N/A

Signal Attenuation(dB):  7.5     24.8     N/A     N/A    12.3    32.0     N/A

        SNR Margin(dB):  17.7    17.8     N/A     N/A    13.1    13.6     N/A

         TX Power(dBm): -18.5   -6.4      N/A     N/A    5.0     2.6      N/A
 
Anyone know where you can register interest these days as the RaceToInfinity site seems to be down now?

I live in a bit of an internet ghetto; No LLU, No ADSL2, No FTTC, No 3G, No Virgin Cable - so literally the only choice is your bog standard ADSL Max up to 8mbit package. My connection is slower than I had 6 or 7 years ago :)

However, the thing is my town should be a reasonable market for BT, there is very little competition (as you can see from the above, although some streets can get cable and/or 3G). The demographic should be good too, a lot of young professionals who would lap up a decent connection, fairly affluent (average house sale price around 50% above national average), Sky dishes on every roof etc. New homes are being built all the time so the market can only get bigger. People would literally be queueing up to get BT Infinity if it were available, I guess the only question really would be how much it costs BT to roll it out.
 
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Phemo said:
I did exactly that almost a couple of months ago and it was a good move. I got around 19mbit on my Be connection and get the full 40mbit sync on my Infinity but it's still much better overall for me. Not a single regret.



If you don't mind, how do you calculate approximate line length from the stats? Here's mine:

Code: 
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 0
Max:    Upstream rate = 18028 Kbps, Downstream rate = 50676 Kbps
Path:   0, Upstream rate = 9999 Kbps, Downstream rate = 39999 Kbps

Discovery Phase (Initial) Band Plan
US: (0,95) (696,1183)
DS: (32,687) (1192,1627)
Medley Phase (Final) Band Plan
US: (0,95) (696,1183)
DS: (32,687) (1192,1627)
       VDSL Port Details       Upstream        Downstream
Attainable Net Data Rate:      18028 kbps         50676 kbps
Actual Aggregate Tx Power:    -   6.2 dBm           7.0 dBm
============================================================================
  VDSL Band Status        U0      U1      U2      U3      D1      D2      D3
  Line Attenuation(dB):  5.3     25.9     N/A     N/A    12.3    32.0     N/A

Signal Attenuation(dB):  7.5     24.8     N/A     N/A    12.3    32.0     N/A

        SNR Margin(dB):  17.7    17.8     N/A     N/A    13.1    13.6     N/A

         TX Power(dBm): -18.5   -6.4      N/A     N/A    5.0     2.6      N/A
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You have an excellent line there, I seen have seen LOTS of line stats and can usually guess the line length looking at the attenuation, your line is around 550 meters. looking at your snr there doesn't seem to be much crosstalk yet.

Your real attenuation will be 21dB
 
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Locky said:
No, Just about every other ISP offers FTTC.
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I was considering switching to Sky since i keep hitting the 40GB limit with BT.

But it looks like FTTC will be enabled in March 2012 so I don't want to get stuck in a contract with an ISP that won't be able to provide the upgrade once it becomes available.

I assume Sky are able to provide this service? or should I go with someone else, I have these available -

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
BT Wholesale WBC (21CN)
BT Wholesale SDSL
AOL LLU
O2 / Be LLU
TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
Sky Broadband / Easynet LLU
Tiscali LLU
Tiscali TV (via Tiscali LLU)
 
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