BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Greg0986 · 2 Feb 2013 at 21:48

Plusnet Fibre Unlimited - Would definitely recommend, I have had constant max speeds and 0 traffic shaping is great. Been with them for 12 years and they have never let us down.

KIA · 2 Feb 2013 at 21:57

Loque said:
P61, im assuming its the cabinet 200meters around the corner from me

Have a look at it.

The number might be printed on the cab.

Doug · 2 Feb 2013 at 22:09

KIA said:
Ouch! Aluminium?

Possibly. Building was built in the 50s and our flat had never (ever) had a phone line connected (one had been ran from the pole at some point and stapled to the back wall, but that could have been decades ago).

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 09:34

Ok, what the hell is this....

Cookie for anyone who can spot something strange with this graph.

This is the last 24 hours.
Something has happened last night between 6pm and 7pm, because my connection has never looked that stable before.
You wanna know what the strangest thing about it is? It was around 7pm last night when I signed up for BT infinity...
coincidence or what!? I'll keep an eye on it today and see if it goes back to "normal"

Having said that though, I still couldn't watch live streams, despite how stable the connection looks.

ChrisD. · 3 Feb 2013 at 09:39

Doesn't look stable at all to be fair.

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 09:57

MilanoChris said:
Doesn't look stable at all to be fair.

Yeah I know lol, but compared to what it was.... it suddenly just changed, as if virgin did something to improve it somewhat...

ChrisD. · 3 Feb 2013 at 10:00

Looks like there's a disconnect at around that time as well.

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 11:04

yeah, it looks like they've done something to their network or something, and then reset my router

GreenMint · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:25

Locky said:
The HH3 is a pile of ****

I use a Neatgear WNDR37AV and it's great.

Look at the asus series of router such as the n56u

Asus RT-N56U Black Diamond Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

- ORDERED

Certainly looks good, check all boxes, will mean I don't have to have my HH3 AND big 24 post gigabit switch up, so will make the office nice & tidy!

I assume the USB sharing works on pen drives as well as other external hard drives.

Seems to be conflicting reports on the download manager support usenet logins & nzbs, but if it does, its a bonus

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:31

TimBrad said:
Asus RT-N56U Black Diamond Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

- ORDERED

Certainly looks good, check all boxes, will mean I don't have to have my HH3 AND big 24 post gigabit switch up, so will make the office nice & tidy!

I assume the USB sharing works on pen drives as well as other external hard drives.

Seems to be conflicting reports on the download manager support usenet logins & nzbs, but if it does, its a bonus

Do you still need to use the HH3 as a modem connected to the ASUS router? or can you completely replace the HH3?

I would rather use a router of my choosing than the HH3 if possible (im assuming I will get a HH3, when the engineer comes to install my Infinity service)

GreenMint · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:34

You replace the HH3 completely, Infinity uses a standalone Modem. The HH3 is a router only, not a modem.

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:36

oh I see, so BT will provide me with a modem, that connects to the home hub. So I can completely replace the home hub. awesome.

GreenMint · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:37

Thats the one

As far as I know its a straight swap, but you don't get the BTFON option anymore (oh noes!!)

I'm sure someone else will confirm just to let you know fully though

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:42

BTFON would be getting disabled anyway. Im not interested in using free wifi wherever I go. Thats why I pay for mobile data

So what routers are recommended for replacing the home hub? I like the look of the ASUS routers. Any routers that use DD-WRT firmware?

GreenMint · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:48

Agreed, it was meant in jest, pretty much like BTFON in general

KIA · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:59

TimBrad said:
As far as I know its a straight swap, but you don't get the BTFON option anymore (oh noes!!)

I can access BTFON, even though I'm using my own router.

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 18:04

so BT use normal cable routers now right?

Loque · 3 Feb 2013 at 18:40

checked the cabinet i suspected to be 61, and it turns out it is

along with the FTTC cabinet right next to it
http://andson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fttc1.jpg

hedgey · 4 Feb 2013 at 05:47

My sync is near perfect, basically I get 83 down and 35 up, which gets capped obviously to 79999/20000, but here's the rub - every so often I lost routing, sites become very unresponsive/slow. If I reboot the modem it seems to fix it. ( HG612 3b).
so, is it the modem, or BT's network? anyone else get this?

my line stats:

Connection Status
Help
Mode VDSL2
Traffic type PTM
DSL synchronization status Up
DSL up time 41969

Line Status
Help
Downstream Upstream
Attainable rate (kbit/s) 82252 35366
SNR margin (dB) 6.6 15.8
Line attenuation (dB) 0 0
Output power (dBmV) 12.9 -3

Statistics
Help

Path 0
Path 1
Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream
Line rate (kbit/s) 79999 20000 0 0
CRC errors 0 0 0 0
FEC errors 16 1 0 0
HEC errors 23 0 0 0

hedgey · 4 Feb 2013 at 05:51