yeah it sounded very odd to me.

In reply to a post by mumba:

One other thing. They mentioned to me that FTTPoD can be 1 Mbps slower than normal FTTP due to some extra connections with the way Openreach get the cable to your house. So they said I should expect 329/29 instead of 330/30.

Utter bollax [pardon my French]. Once installed, FTTPoD is technically the same as native FTTP.

Just got new cable with virgin media as engineer has installed 200/12 but told me that I have to phone up VM as they will activated 350/25 later today which I did.

I got offer 350/25 for just £42 a month standalone with no contract. Super Hub 3.0 including here.

Speedtest of 200/12: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6528454686
TBB Speedtest: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/15023741461...

Edited by adslmax (Thu 10-Aug-17 15:42:58)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Just got new cable with virgin media as engineer has installed 200/12 but told me that I have to phone up VM as they will activated 350/25 later today which I did.

I got offer 350/25 for just £42 a month standalone with no contract. Super Hub 3.0 including here.

Speedtest of 200/12: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6528454686
TBB Speedtest: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/15023741461...

Try some more speedtests tonight between 8pm and 10pm when everyone is watching Netflix and iPlayer... Virgin seem to offer good headline speeds but seem to have much worse contention at peak times compared with FTTC.

Will test it later at 9pm. Virgin Media say 200/12 is traffic management unless u addition £6.99 a month extra for homework 200/20 without any traffic management and are protected with maximum speed during peak times. But offer me 350/25 for £42 a month and it will be protected with maximum speed during congestion area and peak times with no traffic management at all.

The activation from 200/12 to 350/25 take up to 24 hours to be completed. But I will keep FTTC 80/20 for backup.

Edited by adslmax (Thu 10-Aug-17 15:58:46)

Sounds like things may be improving though

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7788-are-the-dar...

Which is good news as they are currently installing full fttp in our area.

You've existed in the broadband space long enough you should have learnt not to believe sales people surely...

Some further info. I called FluidOne for a quote. I received my quote very quickly which shows how much more in tune they are with the whole FTTPoD product.

However it seems the monthly fee is now £320. Also my house is in band E and they quoted me a £3900 install and activation fee. The salesman said there is nothing they can do about the pricing as it's fixed by Openreach. On Open reach's price list band E should be £3,150.

Is there another setup cost that Openreach charges to make it £3,900 or are they adding their own 24% margin.

I also asked the salesman why it's £320 a month when openreach charge £100 to them. He said no it's more complicated than that and rambled on a bit nonsensically. He didn't talk about bandwidth costs just routing and networking costs that sounded internal to themselves.

Anyway it seems that Fluidone is £320 a month now.

If anyone can explain what the extra install costs are that are not on Openreach's price list that would be much appreciated.

thanks

In reply to a post by mumba:

If anyone can explain what the extra install costs are that are not on Openreach's price list that would be much appreciated.

The Openreach price list shows a Fixed Connection cost of £750 which takes it to £3900. Cerberus do seem to charge a slight premium as for Band B they quoted me £2000 instead of £1800 (£1050+£750).

Edited by brookheather (Thu 10-Aug-17 16:29:44)

Go to VM 350/25 and job done for just one off fee of £65 and get an offer credit of £50 in your account plus £42 a month with no contract with free of charge Super Hub 3.0 (wifi) and you will get no traffic management on 350/25 24/7 with fully protected. Far better than expensive FTTPoD 330/30 with expensive install charge, activation fee, distance band charge and a very long 36 months contract.