How far from exchange are you? also was it fast switching over? i been deciding over this all day lol.
BT Infinity. , worth a punt ?
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How far from exchange are you? also was it fast switching over? i been deciding over this all day lol.
How far from exchange are you? also was it fast switching over? i been deciding over this all day lol.
Distance from the exchange is pretty elephant, it's the distance to the roadside cabinet and the quality of the wire between you and the cabinet that makes the difference with fttc.
I meaned before he went to fibre, when he was on ADSL.
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I got ADSL at the moment. There is a phone jack in a room and ADSL wire plugged in, leading to another room, connected to a ADSL router. If you go to optic fibre do you extend to rooms with ethernet cables?
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Yes. Remember the bottleneck will still be the cabinet to premises section. Ethernet cables are better than this.
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I pay £7.50 per month and get everything I ask for from the service
I think you would be surprised at how much you can get through. I watch a few HD movies from my computer. You have iplayer, games, downloads. Plus you don't have to be lazy to download stuff you know. You can actually download stuff whilst you are out and about. No this isnt witchcraft, you can do it
£40 a month for that??? I think I would rather go with Virgin for that price and probably get a few movie channels with that as well.
If you arent into heavy downloading like these "lazy student" types and people who sit on their butts all day why would you pay £40 for your internet? Surely you should just get a cheaper deal?
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Caporegime
LOL, I checked on their website and the estimated download speed is worse than my ADSL2. Upload increased from 1 to 6Mbits though.
Ignore the estimate. You'll probably get 40Mb/s.
Soldato
My estimate was 13.5mbs for BT infinity depsite the cab being about 100 meters away (can see it out of my window), yet next doors estimate is 24mbs both lines go via same route.
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Bt's estimates don't mean much really 
Caporegime
Is there any way to determine where your local cabinet is? I can't say I've ever seen one on my travels. As far as I know, my line goes to a little black box on a telephone pole just behind my back garden and a big cable runs from that to the exchange.
There should be a green street cabinet somewhere near you, beside that there should be a new shiny (taller) green cabinet which is for FTTC.
As far as i know there is no way to tell where your local cabinet is without going out and looking yourself.
As far as i know there is no way to tell where your local cabinet is without going out and looking yourself.
We recently had it installed where I live, it's very good.
Currently, it's a bit up-and-down, but the BT Engineer told me to expect it to fluctuate for a week or two until it settled down.
When it does work, I get a connection of around 20MB, with downloads hitting around 4Mb/s! this is from my previous rate of 450kbps
Currently, it's a bit up-and-down, but the BT Engineer told me to expect it to fluctuate for a week or two until it settled down.
When it does work, I get a connection of around 20MB, with downloads hitting around 4Mb/s! this is from my previous rate of 450kbps
Soldato
I know where my cab is, as its a new one that feeds this new estate, and its the one BT eng visited when he installed my phone line.
Soldato
Is it new copper to one's house?
If it's the old copper, why is it that I can only get ~8mbs with BE and not the estimated 20mbs that BT are quoting?
With ADSL (Be, etc) your copper line goes from house, to cab, and then back to the exchange. With Infinity, they're effectively bringing the exchange equipment to your cab, so the only copper route is from house to cab, dropping distance and decreasing attenuation. With the decreased line length they're able to utilise a 'better version' of ADSL which allows for even greater sync rates.
So yes, they'll still be using your current copper to cab.
So yes, they'll still be using your current copper to cab.
Called BT today to upgrade the BT Broadband to Infinity, should be with us next monday! Estimated 18MB but as said here, it can fluctuate, as long as its over 15 I'm happy, but thinking I should get more, about 400 yards from the Cab!