BT Fiberoptic

[uncle dick]

Just be aware the BT will only ever let you upgrade - and not go back. I pay for Infinity 2 but only get 18mb. Can I downgrade to Infinity 1 - can I f**k. I'd start off with 1 and see what speed you get.

 

[Gonzo]

Well, Plusnet have just pleased me again.....

They are sending me a new router (a re-branded BT home hub which apparently is a top piece of kit for the average consumer rather than a techie), they've upped my speed to just under 50meg and have knocked £7.50 pm off my £17.50 broadband bill as I've transferred my phone to them on an 18m contract - £2 less than BT for the same package.

My monthly outlay is now £26.99 compared to £36.50 so I'm better off and have a better service and kit. Result.

 

[ShakeyGS]

I live out in the sticks & I've got fibre to the premises from BT. Took 2 years of laying cables & installing new telegraph poles but they got there in the end max speed offered up to 200mb. I chose 37mb which they have just upgraded to 50mb & 10mb upload. Before this only had 1mb down telephone line.

I'm 3 miles from our box. How did you get them to do that for you?

 

[SOAA]

Is there a way of checking if you can get fibre to the home, as I said in an earlier post the new green box is in our street so it's not a massive stretch.

Easiest way to see if you can get Fibre To The Home, otherwise known as Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) is to stick your landline number into the BT DSL Checker page: https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/

You need to look for availability of something called WBC FTTP, if that's available to you then great news you are able to take an FTTP package from BT with speeds of up to 330mbs

 

[ShakeyGS]

Read 'em and weep. Looks like I live well away from the 21st Century

 

[ymfb]

These are the only exchanges that are up and running FTTP.


Alvaston Bypass - Derby
East Anton / Augusta Park - Andover
Aveley Village - South Ockendon
Aylesham Village - Aylesham
Beccles Roar. South Bradwell - Gt Yarmouth
Berryfields - Aylesbury
Bishopthorpe Road - York
Kings Drive Bridgwater - Somerset
Brooklands - Milton Keynes
Tollgate (Broughton Grounds Lane) - Milton Keynes
Rotherhithe, Canada Water - London
Poppyfields, Charing - Kent
Chilton Fields - Didcot
Cranbrook - Exeter
Brabaham Road - Cambridge
Cucumber Lane, Brundall - Norwich
Pinhoe - Exeter
Filton - Bristol
Gooshays Drive, Harold Hill - Romford
Greenwich Millenium Village - London
Hanham Hall - Bristol
Hagley Road - Birmingham
Kempston Road - Bedford
Kenavon Drive - Reading
Kings Cross Central - London
Chobham Manor, Stratford - London
Dalston Western Curve - London
East Melksham - Melksham
Little Sydneham Farm - Bridgwater
Martello lakes - Hythe
Forge Wood - Crawley
Summers Park, Coxhill - Lawford
Newton Road - Worcester
Bridewater House, Blackpole Road - Worcester
Barleythorpe - Oakham
Old Park Farm - Exeter
Pitt Manor - Winchester
Pleasley Hill - Mansfield
Peters Village, East Malling - Wouldham
Priors Hall - Corby
Church Crookham - Fleet
Sowerby Gateway - Thirsk
Stanground - Peterborough
Stanion - Corby
Phoenix Quarter, Temple Hill - Dartford
Tixall Road - Stafford
The Bridge Dartford - Dartford
Heyford Park - Bicester
Regents Park - Consett
Doseley - Telford
Christ College, off Arle Road - Cheltenham
Wichelstowe - Swindon
Woods Meadow - Lowestoft
Wyvern Farm - Colchester

 

[Deleted account Cooperman]

You need to look for availability of something called WBC FTTP, if that's available to you then great news you are able to take an FTTP package from BT with speeds of up to 330mbs

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I have FTTP on demand instead of WBC FTTP?

 

[SOAA]

These are the only exchanges that are up and running FTTP.


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That list must not be complete as my exchange is not listed and I am definitely operating from an FTTP connection

I have FTTP on demand instead of WBC FTTP?

FTTPoD is unfortunately no longer supported / an option. It was dumped by Openreach a short while back, I think mainly due to it's ludicrously high installation and operating costs which made it somewhat unpopular

 

[ymfb]

That list must not be complete as my exchange is not listed and I am definitely operating from an FTTP connection

or maybe not the latest, it came from the IT admin at work. But I spoke to BT Openreach who confirmed our local exchange (Wilton) does not have this facility yet nor could they give an indication when or even if.

 

[iand46]

I'm 3 miles from our box. How did you get them to do that for you?

They are supposedly doing all rural areas in the UK according to their website info.

 

[iand46]

or maybe not the latest, it came from the IT admin at work. But I spoke to BT Openreach who confirmed our local exchange (Wilton) does not have this facility yet nor could they give an indication when or even if.

I'm saying nowt, don't want them to take it away as I'm not on the list either.