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FTTH to FTTC (Moving property)

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Hello,

 

I'm moving to another area that does not have FTTH so I will go back to the FTTC days. Because I'm using Unifi gear connected to the Openreach modem for FTTH, I'm looking for a VDSL2 modem capable of 17a, I've checked out eBay for the old Openreach modems BT used to provide before. My question is can I use an ECI VDSL modem if I'm in a Huawei-based cabinet or will there be any issues? Also, how can I tell if I'm connected to a Huawei or ECI cab? 

Ideally, I just want a "dumb modem" to do the L2 bit, leaving the Dream Machine Pro to do the PPP connection.

Thanks

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Re: FTTH to FTTC (Moving property)

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Enter your new address and post results. Leave exchange and cab information 

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL 

The most popular modem appeared to be the HG612

 



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"Exchange ESHER is served by Cabinet 12"

 

VDSL Range A (Clean) 

VDSL Range B (Impacted) 

8063201958.7AvailableAvailable
8061.5201956.2AvailableAvailable

 

According to that page FTTP is not a priority in the area I'm afraid, hopefully, I can at least have 63 Mbps down. I'm on an FTTP 75/20 at my current address so the loss won't be a lot.

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Hopefully you will get nearer the top end of the estimate 

Cabinet 12 is ECI

 



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Thanks 🙂 I'll get an ECI modem, also how could you tell? I could not find it on the wholesale page.

Also if I use an ASUS router with a VDSL modem built in, would it be any issues? or its recommend using an Openreach-specific modem? 

 

Thank you 

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I still run my original HG612 modem (FTTP install due in a couple of weeks) and router purely to keep things separate rather than a router reboot causing a line resync.
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