Superfast Broadband

[linzbee]

Hi All,

just thought I would share my experience so far with the Openreach Fibre/VSDL service that is in the area.

Open Reach have opened the wholesale market so its not just BT that sell the infinity product.

I took the service with Sky because its cheaper than BT and truly unlimited with no traffic management or acceptable usage policy and only a 12 month contract.

I live about 200-300 metres from the Fibre Cabinet was told I would get 40Mbps. Running several tests this is the case time and time again, so very impressed. Ive been looking at the Open Reach modem logs and it determines the maximum attainable is 91Mbps so im quite impressed and eagerly awaiting sky to release their 80/20 service.

If you are close enough the a shiny new cabinet then it will probably be the same for yourself if its speed that you need. Those that are quite far from the cabinets might also benefit from significantly increased speeds maybe not as high as 40Mbps but still a great deal than your current speed. :)

[maxxi]

I got a little man in to check my fibre cabinet... no luck.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41989000/jpg/_41989532_wardrobe_pa_220.jpg

[ruffers]

Dulwich exchange is enabled for Infinity, but not me apparently, living 400 yards away.

[maxxi]

Didn't Einstein once say - 400yds > infinity?*

*He actually said "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." but it's the same thing...

[DulwichFox]

ruffers Wrote:

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> Dulwich exchange is enabled for Infinity, but not

> me apparently, living 400 yards away.

Most of Dulwich should be covered for BT Infinity (According to BT)

With 2 wire Copper. Normal Telphone Service and Broadband ADSL should work up to 3 miles from Local Exchange.

With BT Infinity, It will be Digital from Local Exch. to Cabinet in your road and the 2 Wire Copper into your home.

Normally in this area by Telegrapgh Pole.

All should be OK but I doubt you will able to get the 40mbs BT Claim.

The attenuation even 100-200 yards of copper will reduce this conciderably.

Fox. Ex Telecoms Engineer (40 Years)

[PeckhamRose]

Peckham Rye on the 639 and 732 exchange is not yet, and yet I saw a BT engineer recently and he told me it was. Pahhhhh. And now they're selling Infinity 2!

[Loz]

I understand that Infinity works by running fibre to the local cabinet, so it is that, rather than the local exchange as such, that needs to be upgraded.

[Fenton]

I think BT may well be offering Fibre to home at some point Infinity 2?

My biggest beef with standard broadband is that speed depends so much on the phone line from your house to the pole.

Of cource BT never admit that the line from my house is crap (yet everybody else I know it my street has no problem)

[linzbee]

Im consistently getting 35-37Mbps in real life... from the box this is what I get:

http://i.imgur.com/QAXh2.png

http://i.imgur.com/OW7ME.png

*geek* :)