FTTC 80/20 acceptable range

steven_belfast · 21 Feb 2013 at 16:15

Hi Folks

Looks to find out acceptable range the for the FTTC 80/20 Mbps package.

Any one on this package or even the 40/2 & 40/10 Mbps package could you run the BTW speed tests and then the further diagnostic test and let me know what the acceptable range is?

http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/

Loque · 21 Feb 2013 at 16:31

im on Infinity 2, which syncs at 77.43Mbps down, and 20Mbps up.

The actual speed I get, is around 75Mbps down, and 16Mbps up

Not sure what you mean by range though? If you're talking about how far the cabinet is from my house, its about 250 meters

Edit: Oh wait I see now what you mean. This test wasn't working for my connection yesterday, but its working now.

Apparently my acceptable range is 16 Mbps-77.43 Mbps

steven_belfast · 21 Feb 2013 at 16:45

Hi Loque

Yeah that's what i was looking for.
But Dammm did not think it would be as low as 16Mbps

Yeah the tests can be a pain to run at times.

Thank you for reporting this back to me.

Regards
Steven

Loque · 21 Feb 2013 at 16:53

I heard that the acceptable range for BT's infinity was pretty low, which means if you're experience crappy download speeds, you cant complain, unless its lower than 16Mb.

To be honest though, with the state Virgin Media is in at the moment, it was a risk that was well worth taking. For me, right now, it's paid off.

steven_belfast · 21 Feb 2013 at 17:10

Hi Loque

It's not just BT infinity, It's any FTTC service, I am moving over to EE Fibre and just wanted to know what the acceptable range was.

To be honest i have not had any issues with slow throughput at any time both peak and off peak with there dsl service.

With this being said i live in Shepton Mallet and the exchange has around 5000 customers give or take to maybe that helps with throughput.

KIA · 21 Feb 2013 at 17:59

Average throughput should be close to line speed. They don't tend to let the network run "hot".

FTTP/FTTC minimum throughput is much higher than ADSL/2+.

steven_belfast · 21 Feb 2013 at 18:08

KIA said:
Average throughput should be close to line speed. They don't tend to let the network run "hot".

FTTP/FTTC minimum throughput is much higher than ADSL/2+.

Oh yeah but just wanted to know the min.

Hummm wonder where i can download FTTC vp report?
Will have to have a think about that and see if i can find it some place.

Rroff · 21 Feb 2013 at 18:14

Yeah you won't get any interest from BT unless your speeds drop below 16Mbit down and 0.5Mbit up.

I've not had any _real_ speed issues on FTTC when there isn't a line/exchange fault to blame, during peaktimes the actual sustained throughput has dropped back to around 50Mbit/s sometimes but mostly its in the range of 60-74Mbit down and 16-17Mbit up.