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New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

I live in a complex with 5 blocks of 6 flats. 

BT have just installed full fibre into my block, but none of the others. 

When I use the BT Fibre Checker it says I can get 1600 Mbps. 

I tried to sign up but was told the service is capped at 100Mbps (I am on copper at the moment and get around 80Mbps).

Is there any reason why it is capped? Other ISPs are showing the same speed being available. 

Is this because the other blocks are being connected and the speed will increase once this is finished?

Many thanks in advance.

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

Is FTTP showing as being available on this link. Use the address checker if you do not have a phone.

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

Are you sure it is capped at 100Mbps and not 1000Mbps?

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

Thanks for your reply.

Yep absolutely certain. As I was going to sign up there and then, and he said hold on, my internal system is showing it is capped at 100Mbps. I was going to sign up to 900Mbps. I am getting 80Mbps on fibre to cabinet. Have you heard of this happning at all?

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

BT don’t install FTTP , are you sure it was Openreach installing this FTTP network ?

If were Openreach , then BT may have a 900 Mb limit whenEE for example may offer 1.Gb , but there isn’t any arbitrary 100Mb limit.

Post the return for your address from this BTw checker 

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

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

No and I have no idea why that would happen other than possibly the FTTP installation is not completed and is not ready for sale.

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

Ok, it may have been a contractor acting for BT? 

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Result above - thanks!

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

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2nd part

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Message 8 of 14

Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

Ok thanks - they shouldn't really advertise it as being available at those speeds, I will have to wait I guess and see what happens.

Thanks for your help.

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Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

Something odd here  , if this is a newly  installed FTTP  network, for some illogical reason the checker shows upto 330Mb as the maximum speed and that is synonymous with first generation ECI equipment from 10-15 years ago ….if this is an error setting these parameters on the checker (it almost certainly is a records issue they won’t have installed old equipment ) then automatic systems that use this incorrect data will error , if 330Mb is the incorrectly set limit , then any speed above that will not show as available, which may be why the agent says 100 Mb is all that’s available (which is actually 150Mb but strangely sold as Full Fibre 100 ) 

This error may get resolved automatically  if this entry has only just appeared , so waiting a day or two may see the correct speeds showing , unfortunately explaining this to an ISP customer service representative probably won’t be of any use , they are not likely to understand and even if they do , they can’t do anything about it , and you  raising this issue with the appropriate people, if it doesn’t resolve itself , may not be easy .

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Message 10 of 14

Re: New installation of Full Fibre in Flats but speed capped at 100Mbps

There's something not quite right there anyway.

The checker says WBC FTTP 330Mb/s  down, not 1000, (as mine says).  It certainly doesn't mention 1.6Gb/s being available.  Internal wiring issue, perhaps?

What do you think @iniltous?  Edit:  Ah, beat me too it.

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