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Technical Help & Discussion => Broadband, Networking, PC Security, Internet & ISPs => Topic started by: Clive on December 15, 2010, 20:12
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My exchange is rolling out 40Mbps FTTC Broadband at the end of next March and it would cost £25 a month with my present provider (ID Net). What benefits would I have by signing up given that I'm not a downloader nor a gamer? :dunno:
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One for Rik, me thinks. ;D
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what do you have now?
I doubt it offers much for you. Unless you watch online tv?
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I wondered if it might offer a more stable connection - but it has it's share of troubles for some users.
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doubt it. noise, noise noise.
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Depends what you want to do, Clive. I've decided not to bother as I don't watch TV via the 'net and don't do a lot of downloading - 6GB is normally enough most months. In your case, you would gain speed and stability, it's a case of whether that is worth it for you.
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I have the standard up to 8 Meg at present Sam. That usually means 4 or 5 meg which is very satisfying. But I do have this strange noisy line problem from time to time which nukes my connection until I can get someone at BT to sort it out. I just wondered if the fibre system might solve the problem once and for all.
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It should, as you'll only have a few hundred metres of copper at most. I have, though, to emphasise should.
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So it will be fibre from where to where?
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My exchange is rolling out 40Mbps FTTC Broadband at the end of next March and it would cost £25 a month with my present provider (ID Net). What benefits would I have by signing up given that I'm not a downloader nor a gamer? :dunno:
It would certainly speed up those artistic streaming movies i've heard can be viewed on the interweb :thumbs:
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:devil:
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Rik will correct me, but I believe it's fibre from the exchange to the box (cabinet) from which your individual line eminates, Clive.
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No need for correction. :thumbs:
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Depends what you want to do, Clive. I've decided not to bother as I don't watch TV via the 'net and don't do a lot of downloading - 6GB is normally enough most months. In your case, you would gain speed and stability, it's a case of whether that is worth it for you.
my traffic to and from the office eclipses 6BG a month, nevermind other things
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I communicate briefly, though some would argue otherwise. ;)
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Rik will correct me, but I believe it's fibre from the exchange to the box (cabinet) from which your individual line eminates, Clive.
The box is quite close so that would certainly eliminate a lot of the potential problems.
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Not if the problems are between the box and your house.
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Exactly.
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The noise is back with a vengeance and I've had further problems with t'internet dropping down and out today. I phoned IDNet and told the guy about the "battery touching" (James I think) and he said it means two lines are in contact with each other which could be dangerous as electricity is being conducted down the line. On several occasions it has sounded as if someone else was on the line, albeit very faintly so that makes a lot of sense. He's despatching a BT engineer but if it's the same guy as usual then I'm doomed. :bawl:
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At least you didn't have to phone Mumbai, Clive. This is such a standard fault that I'm amazed BT haven't yet sorted it.
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HaHa! You don't know the guy who calls on me! ::)
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;D
He's one of their better ones, at least he recognised there was a fault!
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Lots of tea and biscuits should help him do the job properly, Clive. Or, perhaps, a banana. ::)
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Bacon sandwich, it never fails...
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Unless he's a Muslim. ;)
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There is that risk. :)
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HaHa. Just had an error message when I tried to use Google. "Connection speed too slow to use Google Search". ::) My phone is crackle -free this morning so I'm sure it will resync eventually.
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Optimist. ;D
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Maybe tomorrow. :D
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At long last! It's resuncked to 4Meg. :laugh:
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;D
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But, for how long...? :devil:
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Until the next crackle. :laugh:
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My rollout has been postponed until June.
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:aarrgh:
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My rollout has been postponed until June.
But which decade? ;)
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I doubt I will see many more of those.
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But we have memories to console us. ;)
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Some more than others. :laugh:
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You're looking a bit sheepish, Clive. ;D
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I will be disappointed if I don't at least outlive my driving licence. ;D
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Not long to go, then. ;D
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:out:
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;D
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So three months have passed since I began this thread. What more do we know about this new service? Is it simply throwing a switch at the exchange or would I have to suffer the excruciating horrors of installing a new modem? Should I wait for Rik to be the guinea pig before I dive in feet-first without a nose peg? :-\
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No comment. I'm still content on ADSL Max. :)
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It's a completely new installation, Clive, with BT installing a new master socket and a modem, you also need a new router. There's been mixed results so far, BT have failed to anticipate that people might actually use the service, so their backhaul has been inadequate - this is slowly being corrected.
The big question you need to ask is will you utilise the increased speed and bandwidth.
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Don't be silly Rik - I don't want to use it! I just want to own it!
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:laugh:
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In that case, Clive, buy some BT shares. ;D
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I had some once but offloaded them many years ago. I didn't lose a great deal of money on them. :laugh:
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It's a completely new installation, Clive, with BT installing a new master socket and a modem, you also need a new router. There's been mixed results so far, BT have failed to anticipate that people might actually use the service, so their backhaul has been inadequate - this is slowly being corrected.
The big question you need to ask is will you utilise the increased speed and bandwidth.
So would it all be pre-set up by IDNet in the same way as my existing Netgear router? Who would supply the new router and modem?
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BT supply the modem, IDNet can supply you with a pre-configured router, or you can buy your own.
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Preconfigured sounds good to me Rik. I want it to work as seamlessly as my changeover from BT to IDNet. But what is the BT modem you speak of? What sort of prices are we looking at? :dunno:
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That's part of the installation fee, Clive. In time, BT will probably do a wires only install, as they do now with ADSL, but for the moment, it's the whole caboodle to get you up and running with a single computer.
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wait.....whaddya mean "single computer"? Won't it be wireless? :dunno:
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No, that's where the router comes in. Your current router is one box with a modem and router in it. For fibre, they are two separate boxes (for the time being).
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Phew! Oh that sounds OK then. I'm fairly certain to go ahead with this when it's rolled out at my exchange. Permission has been granted. ;D
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:thumbs:
Go ahead and make me jealous.
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I was the first on my exchange to have BB so I must keep up appearances you know! ;D
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You'll be the first one here to get fibre too, Clive, so you'll be our expert! :woot:
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Two coats of gloss should do that, Clive. ;)
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You'll be the first one here to get fibre too, Clive, so you'll be our expert! :woot:
Be afraid... very afraid! ;D
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I already am. ;D