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BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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I don't have a Twitter account but that's a good idea, i'll fire them a email.
Yes, in the desktop quote they said it was 300-400M to the nearest aggregation node. However, for the site survey it turns out my local aggregation node is 700~M away.
The two OR engineers where quite open with the information on the site survey.
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BT have emailed to say that my SmartHub 2 is on the way and should be here on Saturday. I don't plan to use it once the OR engineer has done the handover on Tuesday.
I've been with BT at both my house and my parents house since Talktalk bought out Bulldog DSL and moved all the customers over to their own "network". Never had any real complaint, issues are few and far between and the only time I had a fault (wiring issue in the cabinet) they were able to get it fixed ASAP.
One of the main reasons to go with BT though is that in addition to the service you also get arguably the best ISP supplier routers. The current Smart Hub 2 is an absolute beast (the thing puts £200 "gaming" routers to shame), they include an additional WiFi AP so you can create a two point mesh and if you have the whole home pack as part of your contract (which comes standard on the unlimited tariffs iirc) they will keep sending more as you request them until you have full coverage throughout your house.
When comparing ISP's you really need to include cash back and gift/promo/cash back via Quidco/TCB to work out the total cost of the contract, sometimes the cheapest headline price isn't the cheapest deal overall. I've often ended up going with BT and paying more each month because the overall deal was better.
I've had 100% up time since my line was installed and activated last September. I'm paying £50 a month for their gigabit service and I haven't had any issues. The speed is consistent and I'm much happier with this connection than my old Virgin Media one that was awful for gaming.
I'll definitely consider BT this time. Both then an VM seem to be working on FTTP in my area. No official news yet but I've had a chat with various contractors putting in fibre or cabinets and I'm hoping for more news by the end of the year.
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Guys, when doing the Cashback option, who did you use and what option? Superfast fiber ect, as on the BT site it just says 910mb...
Soldato
Do you only get the Smart Hub 2 on FTTP and G.Fast or is it standard across the board now?
What do you mean option, you just visit the BT site via a cashback site, i use quidco, about an hour after signing up my £100 cashback registered.
I think its a slightly different version router for FTTP has a WAN port instead of one of the LAN ports.
As far as im aware you get the latest Smart Hub 2 with everything now.
Getting excited now, nearly Tuesday.
Soldato
Would I just check the main BT site for this service, if it’s available in my area I mean
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Yes you put your postcode and phone number in and it will tell you what they can supply you.
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Postcode has gone live for FTTP today, slapped an order in for 900mbps within about 20 minutes. Provisional install date of 19th June, cannot wait.
Its been a long 3 and half years in this house, the first 2 with 2mbps ADSL and the last 18 months with Three 4g that got to 20mbps at best but is downright unreliable.
Its been a long 3 and half years in this house, the first 2 with 2mbps ADSL and the last 18 months with Three 4g that got to 20mbps at best but is downright unreliable.
From memory (and it does vary by area - NW or parts of the Southend being good historic examples) it’s always been fibre to the cab for VM in all digital capable areas. In the NE it’s fibre up to the pit/bomb, so it’s only the last feed to the tap/premises that was copper. I suppose they could decide to lay a separate new fibre feed to every cab, but given the construction costs and the fact HFC is still a developed platform as the whole industry has an aversion to re-laying a whole network so has always gone with incremental upgrades wherever possible, it seems questionable that VM are laying new fibre to each cab. In the UK at least, the up front construction costs are what killed the industry for decades and led to the massive debt burden being carried for so long.
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I'm fairly sure there's just 1 version of the SmartHub 2. From what I've seen the same device is shown as being suitable for ADSL, VDSL, G.Fast & FTTP. Mine arrived today, it has 3 LAN ports, 1 ethernet WAN port and a WAN port for VDSL/G.Fast. The back of mine is the same as shown here.
Where I am VM have bought a test network from Sky. Lots of fibre on new poles and VM have added their big grey cabinets now. Whether they extend the size of the network they bought we will see. Typically it ends just at the edge of the estate I live on.
Definitely more than one version. There is one with no WAN port and 4 LAN ports.
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https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/bt-complete-wi-fi
That’s bizarre, firstly it’s the kind of amazingly unlikely thing that would be of interest to me and would make major waves in the industry. You see the licence cable operators function under specifically excludes coming in from anything other than the front of the property (that one has seen exceptions over the years eg corner plots), but it has to be via duct/trench, absolutely no pole work. To get that changed wouldn’t be easy. Which area and are you sure this is actually VM? The cab colour is largely irrelevant, VM use green, grey, black and have even done random camouflage stuff via wraps.