BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

opethdisciple · 19 Nov 2011 at 17:53

Just did a port scan using the all service port scan on this: https://www.grc.com

And it turns out my snmp port 161 is open! :eek:

I wonder if this is the same for you guys?

Do you think BT leave this open on purpose for remote update of firmware etc?

According to this, seems like it is left open intentionally.

ci_newman · 19 Nov 2011 at 18:21

opethdisciple said:
Just did a port scan using the all service port scan on this: https://www.grc.com

And it turns out my snmp port 161 is open!

I wonder if this is the same for you guys?

Do you think BT leave this open on purpose for remote update of firmware etc?

According to this, seems like it is left open intentionally.

Move on and forget, I really doubt that someone has that much interest in you.

KIA · 19 Nov 2011 at 21:45

Ditch the homehub if you want full control.

FartInferno · 20 Nov 2011 at 07:30

Got a letter from bt to tell me my modem is getting replaced with a newer version soon due to unreliability, anyone had theirs replaced yet? Mines been trouble free since February.

Eric7 · 21 Nov 2011 at 02:05

What version is it?

FartInferno · 21 Nov 2011 at 20:45

Eric7 said:
What version is it?

Going by the complete lack of a version sticker I'm guessing it's a v1...

John24 · 21 Nov 2011 at 20:49

FartInferno said:
Got a letter from bt to tell me my modem is getting replaced with a newer version soon due to unreliability, anyone had theirs replaced yet? Mines been trouble free since February.

There have been other people who have had theirs replaced already, there is a sticky on BT's forum about it. They are replacing all modems issued before August this year.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Infinity-Modem-Swap-amp-Kelly-Communications/td-p/332045

varkanoid · 21 Nov 2011 at 22:24

I had mine installed in June and I have never had any problem with it. Dont know whether I want it replaced.

Gammawolf · 21 Nov 2011 at 22:56

"In your letter it explains the next steps - you'll be contacted by our partner Kelly Communications offering you a free appointment to fit your new free Openreach Modem - the modem swap takes about 30 minutes."

30 Minutes of nothing :confused:

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John24 · 21 Nov 2011 at 23:44

varkanoid said:
I had mine installed in June and I have never had any problem with it. Dont know whether I want it replaced.

Mine has been going since october last year but I'm still going to have it replaced. If they are going to the trouble of replacing them all they must have very good reason.

I suspect eventually they will fail or will give lower speeds on the 17a profile.

My max attainable rate is lower than others have acheived with the same line length so I'm hopeing the new modem version will change that. Be a good chance to quiz the engineer about a few things too.

muon · 22 Nov 2011 at 00:56

John24 said:
There have been other people who have had theirs replaced already, there is a sticky on BT's forum about it. They are replacing all modems issued before August this year.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Infinity-Modem-Swap-amp-Kelly-Communications/td-p/332045

That's pretty good. I've had the modem completely fail twice in the last 13 months (second time installer mentioned the large number of failures). I imagine the installation visits cost them a fortune.

V_R · 22 Nov 2011 at 09:50

Is it mounted on the wall?

Mine is and its cool and 100% stable.

[TW]Fox · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:10

My exchange has a ready date of 31st December.

When can I place an order?

Dandle · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:16

[TW]Fox;20621500 said:
My exchange has a ready date of 31st December.

When can I place an order?

My exhange had a ready date of early Sept and I'm still waiting. You won't be able to order until its actually available.

[TW]Fox · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:18

Dandle said:
My exhange had a ready date of early Sept and I'm still waiting. You won't be able to order until its actually available.

Ouch that's worrying. Does the checker tell you your house can have it from September still?

Locky · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:31

Fox it's a complete lottery to when you will be ready to order, the date usually changes out of the blue for better or worse. Best to to do it find your nearest fibre cab (next to normal one) and see if it's powered up (you can hear the fans running if you get close enough to it) if your cab is powered up I wouldn't think you will have to wait long untill you can order it.

[TW]Fox · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:34

Finding the cab will be like finding a needle in a haystack! It's about a mile away I think.

Dandle · 22 Nov 2011 at 11:40

[TW]Fox;20621561 said:
Ouch that's worrying. Does the checker tell you your house can have it from September still?

No its never said available for my house but that the Ashford exchange was enabled. I've seen two BT PDFs that said it was available now when it wasn't. I've been on the phone to BT and all they go by is the phone no. checker. That said they are rolling out FTTP here so it may have taken longer than they planned. My parents live a couple of roads further from the exchange and they have shown its available since last week.

[TW]Fox · 22 Nov 2011 at 12:08

Dandle said:
No its never said available for my house but that the Ashford exchange was enabled. I've seen two BT PDFs that said it was available now when it wasn't. I've been on the phone to BT and all they go by is the phone no. checker. That said they are rolling out FTTP here so it may have taken longer than they planned. My parents live a couple of roads further from the exchange and they have shown its available since last week.

Ah, I guess my situation is different to yours then as I'm not going by the exchange Ready for Service date but by the BT checker which says:

BT Infinity
Fibre optic broadband
We're rolling out our fibre optic network to bring you faster speeds of up to 40Mb. 18.9Mb download
3.7Mb upload 31-December-2011

Dandle · 22 Nov 2011 at 12:24

[TW]Fox;20621897 said:
Ah, I guess my situation is different to yours then as I'm not going by the exchange Ready for Service date but by the BT checker which says:

Oh right the checker for my phone no. says up to 16mb now and if infinity isn't shown it isn't available.