Fibre to premises

[alan2000]

i posted on here some time ago about being moved closer to an all in one cabinet which is 1km from my house

codelook reports it operational from july but i know that live to live has to take place but not sure if this has happened

im getting 5mb down and 1 up - my bt hub does report an infinity package but this seems very slow still

i note from dsl checker below it was last tested in may so perhaps ill get a boost when it goes live?

on a different note the dsl checker reports fibre to premises availability - is this an easy upgrade option and perhaps is the answer to get the superfast broadband i crave without waiting for an infinity increment?

BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER
Telephone Number ..........on Exchange PORTAVOGIE is served by Cabinet 9

Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)

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Downstream Handback Threshold(Mbps)

WBC FTTC Availability Date

WBC SOGEA Availability Date

WBC FTTC 18x2 Provide Availability

WBC FTTC 18x2 Sim Availability

Left in Jumper

High Low High Low
VDSL Range A (Clean) 4.2 2 1.2 0.8 1.4 Available -- -- Yes --
VDSL Range B (Impacted) 4.2 1.4 1.1 0.5 1.3 Available -- -- Yes --
Featured Products

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Downstream Range(Mbps)

WBC FTTP Availability Date





FTTP on Demand 330 30 -- Available -- -- -- --
ADSL Products

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WBC ADSL 2+ Up to 2.5 -- 1 to 4 Available -- -- -- --
WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M Up to 2.5 Up to 0.5 1 to 4 Available -- -- -- --
ADSL Max Up to 2 -- 1 to 3.5 Available -- -- -- --
WBC Fixed Rate 1 -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Fixed Rate 1 -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Other Offerings




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VDSL Multicast -- -- -- Available -- -- -- --
ADSL Multicast -- -- -- Available -- -- -- --
Premise environment

Status

Bridge Tap N
VRI N
NTEFaceplate N
Last Test Date 19-05-2017

[adslmax]

Unfortunately that fibre to the premises is FTTP on Demand which is a business product and costs a few thousand £££

[NoSirItWasntMe]

<p>alan2000 I&nbsp; hope you have deep pockets! See price list h<a href="https://goo.gl/3VxdeY" target="_blank">ttps://goo.gl/3VxdeY</a></p>
<p>These are the wholesale prices excluding VAT retail will obviously be a lot higher!&nbsp;</p>

[alan2000]

https://www.zen.co.uk/yourhome/superfast-fibre-broadband-packages/fibre-to-the-premises/

so nothing to do with for instance these zen packages which are reasonable ? - a different product?

[licquorice]

Yes, a different product. The ZEN product is native FTTP not FTTPoD.

[NoSirItWasntMe]

<p>Unfortunately not, have a quick read of this article which explains the difference well.<br /><a href="https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/10/openreach-unveil-new-uk-pricing-fttp-demand-ultrafast-..." target="_blank">https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/10/openreach-unveil-new-uk-pricing-fttp-demand-ultrafast-...>

[alan2000]

thanks for the links but the fod product is becoming a lot cheaper from next year surely?

[XRaySpeX]

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@alan2000 wrote:
iim getting 5mb down and 1 up - my bt hub does report an infinity package but this seems very slow still

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It is slow for fibre, but that's slightly better than the BTw Checker estimates for you. You must be a long way from your cab. You're getting as good as you can get.

[NoSirItWasntMe]

Only if you can convince all your neighbours to upgrade at the same time as you! If it is only you taking up the product either your ISP takes a big hit or you do. 

[alan2000]

i am 1km from the new all in one - previously i was 2km away and per earlier discussions we thought the stats on the dsl checker were reporting the old connection?

so that when live to live happens i would get at boost say to 25mb?

is there any way I can check if live to live has happened- i would like the proper infinity not the continuation of this 'faster broadband' which is quite slow but as you say a lot better than previous adsl

Im paying about 60 a mth for line rental and this product to bt- seems a lot thats why I became interested in fttp on demand - the monthly starting 1/2/18 is quite reasonable and all other fixed charges are reduced or eliminated

the one issue i see is i am down a shared lane and the current poles are in a set of fields with some underground

is a fttp on demand entirely underground and given bt already have way leaves is there any difficulty in running fibre instead of overhead ie just a simple replacement on this part of the road- the rest would be 200 m of public highway