Would 2 FTTC connections interfere with each other

demonix

demonix

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I just moved and had my phone line installed for my fibre internet, although I was misinformed by the landlord that the available phoneline wasn't being used when in fact it was and that person is pretty much demanding that I cancel my internet (which I can't because that would incur charges that I can't afford to pay) because he has it in his head that my connection will interfere with his (because he said that one of the other tenants tried and it did, but I haven't seen any evidence of any further phone lines installed unless the engineer tried to use the existing line, although he clearly stated that he wanted to be the only one who has an internet connection) and I'm certain that it wouldn't since they would be coming through separate lines.

So am I right in that there wouldn't be any interference or is he right leaving me with the only option to go back to ADSL (the place is a house that has been converted into several flats and all the flats show up on the BT ADSL checker).
 
At one point I had two FTTC connections running and didn't notice any problems.

I wanted to avoid any chance of downtime so had a second line connected up (spare pair in existing cable).
 
Landlord probably thinks two routers with WiFI would interfere. We have numerous customers with two or more FTTCs being delivered to the same location.
 
FTTC means to the cabinet. The link to the house is normal copper phone cable.
So it comes in the same whether its ADSL or VDSL. Just the router on the end is normally a bit better for one than the other.

Make sure the Wifi channels for his and yours are not overlapping (Stick an App on your phone and have a look) and you should be fine.
 
I think the other tennant probably had interference over WiFi or perhaps powerline rather than the VDSL connections interfering. You can do something about that if it occurs.
 
your be fine, tell him you are entitled to fast internet also, as has already been said only the wife can cause problems, but not massive problems at that, just make sure your wifi channels are either below his channels or above them, problem solved.
I have to lines into my house i have nps what so ever so do not worry.
 
What is the other tenant actually going to be able to do about it? It's none of his business. If in doubt, keep your FTTC and just tell them that you stuck to ADSL. It's not like they will have any way of finding out.
 
There might be some minor impact from things like crosstalk, etc. but in isolation the effect is incredibly tiny and it doesn't really matter if its ADSL or FTTC though ADSL might reduce the chances of interference with VDSL, etc. but not by anything particularly significant except in edge cases.

Anything else probably indicates a fault somewhere.
 
I'm currently in a house that's split into 3 apartments. There's one underground BT cable entering the property which splits off to the 3 flats.

Two of us have BT fibre and there's no interference going on at all. I have almost 15Mb higher sync than the other flat but that's only because they don't understand how to keep a clean line operating ;)
 
BT take data from Royal Mail, if the flats are registered as separate dwellings with RM (as they clearly are) then you are entitled to have a line and connection of your choosing installed (subject to landlord/way-leave permission). The other person can do one, if a fault occurs, its treatable as such and at worst BT pull a new feed assuming all the pairs are currently sourced from the same feed. That he thinks he has any right, moral or legal, to insist you cancel your line is frankly laughable.
 
If the guy continues to complain about interference, admit that you'd heard it might be a thing but that it only occurs when two people are browsing exactly the same content at the same time (causes destructive interference you see), and loudly explain that you never realised he was a [weird niche of your choice] pornography fan.
 
Well, he's already beaten me up over this with his instance that he can lock out any further phone line installs by just going to the post office along with him trying to take back the original line (which is likely to take a while considering that it has taken at least a week for my internet to be switched on since he is on sky and I'm on plusnet) which is likely to fail since if the landlord can't get him to compromise over this (which is unlikely, then he's going to be evicted).
 
demonix said:
Well, he's already beaten me up over this with his instance that he can lock out any further phone line installs by just going to the post office along with him trying to take back the original line (which is likely to take a while considering that it has taken at least a week for my internet to be switched on since he is on sky and I'm on plusnet) which is likely to fail since if the landlord can't get him to compromise over this (which is unlikely, then he's going to be evicted).
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You're tenants in separate flats. Your phone line is yours, his is his. He has no right to "take over" your line. Probably the only person that would have that right is the landlord, and that'd be a dubious legal issue.

And why does he think going to the Post Office will solve anything? The Post Office has nothing do do with the BT telephone network apart from they share buildings in some places because twenty years or more ago they were the same company.

"Well, he's already beaten me up over this" - The other tenant sounds like a jeffing bully! Assuming thats just verbal, he can go do one. If its not, call the cops!
 
skyripper said:
You're tenants in separate flats. Your phone line is yours, his is his. He has no right to "take over" your line. Probably the only person that would have that right is the landlord, and that'd be a dubious legal issue.

And why does he think going to the Post Office will solve anything? The Post Office has nothing do do with the BT telephone network apart from they share buildings in some places because twenty years or more ago they were the same company.

"Well, he's already beaten me up over this" - The other tenant sounds like a jeffing bully! Assuming thats just verbal, he can go do one. If its not, call the cops!
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Cops were already involved, and they were about as much use as a chocolate fireguard since he made a counter accusation stating that I was the aggressor and not him, so if he decided to stand his ground he's pretty much on the street.
 
skyripper said:
You're tenants in separate flats. Your phone line is yours, his is his. He has no right to "take over" your line. Probably the only person that would have that right is the landlord, and that'd be a dubious legal issue.
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Yep. It's none of his business and even a landlord trying to force you to use a particular ISP or internet service type probably wouldn't hold up in court. The only question is whether to ignore him, tell him to eff off or lie and pretend you've gone along with his plan.
 
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