BT FTTC pricing and availability - Page 2

Nutcase · 29-01-2010, 08:34

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Originally Posted by Nutcase

Matt, Boreham exchange gets upgraded to ADSL 2 in the next 3 weeks apparently so better than nothing

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indicated date for your migration to our next generation network. Your connection is expected to move to the new platform on 16/02/2010, however the migration may complete before or after this date. On the day that your migration completes you may also find that your connection drops for a maximum of 10 minutes whilst work at the exchange is completed. As a consequence you may need to reboot your router. However, this is the only action that will be needed.

ADSL 2+ here we come

Zirax · 29-01-2010, 08:43

Hmmm, so the LLU that is presently there is not adsl2?

Nutcase · 29-01-2010, 09:14

That's just what entanet are telling me. Does each provider need their own upgrade or is it done for all at the same time?

Apparently I should see a reasonable speed increase because my router is synced at 8128 which is pretty close to the max the current line can do. Real world increase, who knows?

Zirax · 29-01-2010, 09:28

Hmmm, entanet are a reseller that use the BT wholesale (IIRC) so yep you should get a hefty increase there. When I was with them I started at 6mb and just kept sliding downwards, hence I ended up with Be.

I would say get a router with the tomato or dg team firmware (if you haven't already) to tweak your connection.

Nutcase · 29-01-2010, 14:38

I don't get 6mb all the time but often do. Regularly get a decent download speed for files even if web pages are running slow. But yeah, hoping for a decent bump

Going to stick with my current router for a while if I can.

Nutcase · 16-02-2010, 08:38

Have now changed over. Still currently on the same "package" so up to 8mb. Have just done a speedtest and it says 7.0mb down and 0.28 up which is the fastest yet

Should change over to up to 24mb today hopefully

Zirax · 16-02-2010, 12:05

Nice, just done a test on my line. I now sync at 8.08mb which is up from 7.5mb. This is using BE and their ADSL2 service. I use a DG834GT netgear router with the DG Team firmware and I can tweak the SnR right down to 1db to get that.

Oh, are you using opendns as that made a heck of a difference rather than using the ISP's lousy DNS servers.

So that looks like that's it for a while

Nutcase · 16-02-2010, 19:41

Mine's a DG834G with standard firmware. UKFSN bloke said prob wouldn't work with adsl2+ but all I had to do was toggle one box

Zirax · 10-04-2010, 20:09

Wooooo

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4...-upgrades.html

BOREHAM East of England

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...?topicId=29017
http://www.eclipse.net.uk/business/b...bre-broadband/

Eclipse weren't bad back in the day but that is cuckoo land pricing. BT is £24.99/m but I can't remember how harshly they throttle.

Mark · 10-04-2010, 20:16

NEWBURY is on the list too.

Need to check out the upload rate though - and whether there is a package that will handle my data throughput. That's why I like Be* - they don't seem to care.

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29-01-2010, 08:43	#12
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Hmmm, so the LLU that is presently there is not adsl2?

29-01-2010, 09:14	#13
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	That's just what entanet are telling me. Does each provider need their own upgrade or is it done for all at the same time? Apparently I should see a reasonable speed increase because my router is synced at 8128 which is pretty close to the max the current line can do. Real world increase, who knows?

29-01-2010, 09:28	#14
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Hmmm, entanet are a reseller that use the BT wholesale (IIRC) so yep you should get a hefty increase there. When I was with them I started at 6mb and just kept sliding downwards, hence I ended up with Be. I would say get a router with the tomato or dg team firmware (if you haven't already) to tweak your connection.

29-01-2010, 14:38	#15
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	I don't get 6mb all the time but often do. Regularly get a decent download speed for files even if web pages are running slow. But yeah, hoping for a decent bump Going to stick with my current router for a while if I can.

16-02-2010, 08:38	#16
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Have now changed over. Still currently on the same "package" so up to 8mb. Have just done a speedtest and it says 7.0mb down and 0.28 up which is the fastest yet Should change over to up to 24mb today hopefully

16-02-2010, 12:05	#17
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Nice, just done a test on my line. I now sync at 8.08mb which is up from 7.5mb. This is using BE and their ADSL2 service. I use a DG834GT netgear router with the DG Team firmware and I can tweak the SnR right down to 1db to get that. Oh, are you using opendns as that made a heck of a difference rather than using the ISP's lousy DNS servers. So that looks like that's it for a while

16-02-2010, 19:41	#18
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Mine's a DG834G with standard firmware. UKFSN bloke said prob wouldn't work with adsl2+ but all I had to do was toggle one box

10-04-2010, 20:09	#19
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Wooooo http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4...-upgrades.html BOREHAM East of England http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...?topicId=29017 http://www.eclipse.net.uk/business/b...bre-broadband/ Eclipse weren't bad back in the day but that is cuckoo land pricing. BT is £24.99/m but I can't remember how harshly they throttle.

10-04-2010, 20:16	#20
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	NEWBURY is on the list too. Need to check out the upload rate though - and whether there is a package that will handle my data throughput. That's why I like Be* - they don't seem to care.