I'm not aware that ECI made any version of the home hub.

In reply to a post by witchunt:

I'm not aware that ECI made any version of the home hub.

The HH5A has an ECI chipset and the HH5B has a Broadcom chipset.

It doesn't have an ECI chipset.
ECI don't make chipsets.

It has a Lantiq chipset, which is the same Vendor of chipset as the ECI DSLAMs.

I too thought the ECI modem had Lantiq, but was uncertain enough not to respond myself .

Billion 8800NL are best for VDSL as a modem only. It's support G.INP, Vector, VDSL2. Mine was current stable for 106 days now with a maximum rate of 80Meg down and 20Meg up with G.INP enabled with lower interleaved on downstream bearer 1 below:

adsl info --stats
adsl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Last Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 27871 Kbps, Downstream rate = 83731 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 19999 Kbps, Downstream rate = 80000 Kbps
Bearer: 1, Upstream rate = 0 Kbps, Downstream rate = 0 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL2 Profile: Profile 17a
TPS-TC: PTM Mode(0x0)
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 6.8 14.9
Attn(dB): 11.6 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 12.5 0.0
INP: 49.00 0
G.INP: Enabled Not enabled
Vectoring status: 5 (VECT_UNCONFIGURED)

Bearer 1
INP: 4.00 0.00
INPRein: 4.00 0.00
delay: 3 0
PER: 16.06 0.01
OR: 95.62 0.01
AgR: 95.62 0.01

Edited by adslmax (Sat 12-Jan-19 01:21:19)

Delighted with the TP-Link so far

Zero errors since installation, max uptime and great sync

I wanted to ask when I change providers to plusnet from BT next week - do they move me from one VDSL port to another at the local street cab or do they move me at the exchange?

Asking because my brother is just down the road on the same cab and he has a huge difference between max sync and data rate, more errors etc. So I don�t want to be moved onto a noisy port with crosstalk.

Maybe I should stay with BT - can moving providers really mess with the sync that much?

In reply to a post by oldskool:

onto a noisy port with crosstalk.

Um, cross talk is not related to a port in the DSLAM. Cross talk occurs in the cable bundle in the street, where all the signals are very close together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosstalk

ok thanks

Is it possible that moving ports with a provider switch can affect sync?

Yes. The ports re individually wired from the DSLAM to the Pcp using tie cables. Any issue with cables or the terminations can cause problems with connectivity. These issues are fairly common across the thousands of cabinets all over the country.

In reply to a post by oldskool:

ok thanks

Is it possible that moving ports with a provider switch can affect sync?

Moving ports can affect sync yes.
Your port usually isn't changed when migrating though.

Unless OpenReach sent an engineer to my cabinet at midnight the last couple times I migrated, the most recent being October 2018.

It's all done remotely by remapping the port to the new ISP.