Plusnet Discussion Thread

[bulldog147]

Are u on 40/10 or 80/20 FTTC Mike?

 

[bulldog147]

Mike 80/20 would be pointless if you only getting below 40/10 speed estimate as I can understand why u choose 80/20 because of unlimited usage allowance. Normally Plusnet won't allow this. So, count yourself lucky.

 

[bulldog147]

Stop talking nonsense.

No, I wasn't. It was told it won't allow it but I think Plusnet had changed it now as it can be accepting if you willing to pay extra for unlimited fibre 80/20 instead of 40/10 via request.

 

[bulldog147]

Yep you could try Openreach Modem from Lan direct to your pc or laptop ethernet Lan and see if it had improvement. The Openreach Modem doesn't support wifi. Only the third party router connected to openreach modem Lan.

 

[bulldog147]

BT Checker had now finally show up:

BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER
Telephone Number 019******** on Exchange CUCKOO OAK is served by Cabinet 8

Featured Products


Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)


Upstream Line Rate(Mbps)


Downstream Range(Mbps)


Availability Date
High Low High Low
FTTC Range A (Clean) 80 79.9 20 20 -- 31-Jan-14
FTTC Range B (Impacted) 80 78.5 20 19 -- 31-Jan-14

 

[bulldog147]

Good to hear you got full speed now. Yep, I always use @plusdsl.net on the router.

 

[bulldog147]

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-home-hub-5-90RY.html £129.00 to buy from BT shop. My brother got one and he say it one of the best router for FTTC. No need Openreach modem and the wifi is brilliant.

 

[bulldog147]

Netgear R7000 is rip off and no VDSL modem inside too. Their support is terrible too.

 

[bulldog147]

Can i get plusnet to change my ip profile?

yes u can ask them directly by going there: http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/board,3.0.html as plusnet staff will manual set your ip profile for u as it much quicker there than on the phone to support

 

[bulldog147]

VDSL2 IP Profile reset still required an engineer at the cabinet, isp cannot control it. Only the ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ can reset by the isp.

 

[bulldog147]

Was told it'll be 24-48 hours. I also got 6 months refund as BT put me on the wrong thing

Currently 38/9 so we wait and see

They cannot reset ip profile for VDSL. Impossible. I think they mistake telling you 24-48 hours. After that 48 hours u will not see any ip profile reset unless it required an engineer to go to your FTTC cabinet to reset it.

 

[bulldog147]

Mine is with plusnet fibre unlimited upgrade from ADSL2+ (install date next week Thursday 13th Feb) even thought I been with plusnet since 2009 with ADSL then ADSL2+ (always rock solid) I only had about 3 or 4 times downtime in the last 5 years!

 

[bulldog147]

You still need a VDSL support wireless router along with BTO modem.

 

[bulldog147]

Can't wait for mine. My fibre install date is this Thursday, 13th February. Two more days to go left Fibre Unlimited with Plusnet (using my own hardware Netgear DGND3700v2)

 

[bulldog147]

BT Openreach Engineer been here half an hour ago and change new master socket and faceplate (MK2) and using his tool kit reading line sync pass 79999K/20000K and plugged BTO Modem with my Netgear DGND3700v2 wireless router and got this speed result below:



BTWholesale test is not working at present, so I cannot see exchange IP Profile yet.

 

[bulldog147]

Cannot see line stats on BTO Modem thought. So, I have no idea of line attenuation, noise margin, etc as BTO Modem is locked

 

[bulldog147]

^^^ Tell them no cease, I want a mac code by LAW! If they refuse, u can complaint to ofcom

 

[bulldog147]

^^ u don't want to be without broadband and phone while awaiting for new fibre. Just get a mac key from your current isp and don't pay the cease charge. Don't accepted.

 

[bulldog147]

It now 24 hours since FTTC activated. Nice, solid and steady speed. Thanks Plusnet & BT Openreach Engineer for doing a great job yesterday.

 

[bulldog147]

It's was 0ms ping via Windows 8.1 but 13ms on Windows 7. Dunno why.