In reply to a post by Kr1s69:

Should also note he installed the modem on the wall, which the wife wasn't too happy about

I got the same grief!

I had hoped to be one of the first connections on the Ashington exchange but OR screwed that up by not turning up on the day! Next door neighbours then allegedly beat me in the "first connection on the CAB" race because of the weeks delay

Their existing HH has been replaced by an HH3 which I can log into with BT FON - I signed up for it but am continuing to use my Billion 7800N as the wireless is MUCH better - wireless N up to 300Mb/s splats all over more than half of the channels!

The Sky router at 150Mbps is fine for me. Until all my devices move from wireless G to wireless N I won't be making full use of the wireless speed anyway.

Random question - does your cab have the Openreach "Fibre broadband is here" sticker on it?

In reply to a post by Kr1s69:

I had already setup the router before he arrived - I knew the sky fibre router was the same as the ADSL router but with a custom firmware - what I didn't know until I installed it was that the ADSL side is still live and so it can work with both ADSL and FTTC. This allowed me to already have the sky router setup and working before I got FTTC. It was simply a case of removing the RJ11 cable and connecting the Openreach modem via ethernet.

Good news!

I haven't heard anything about when my phone line (currently using Sky wholesale line rental, so a BT line) will be moved over to Sky. I'd rather stay as a shared LLU customer but this wasn't an option. I'm connecting at 40/10 with speed tests ranging from 30Mbit to 35Mbit. I have tried a linux torrent and got 4MB/s out of it sustained speed, so I'm happy.

Interesting. I've ordered Sky Fibre and have received a load of paperwork about moving from BT to Sky and the activation of the phone service - and yesterday I received a "Sky Broadband D-Link Setup CD" in a cardboard

Should also note he installed the modem on the wall, which the wife wasn't too happy about

That's good, I was going to request this if he doesn't offer. I also want him to relocate my master socket back to where it was originally (by the front door) and put the VDSL modem and thus Sky router next to it. In 2002 my employer had BT fit the phone line and they relocated it to my front room (for USB ADSL modem use) which is now in the way

My voice service has now been switched from Wholesale line rental via Sky to full LLU.

I got a couple of badly written emails from Sky saying welcome to their broadband and telephone service. I don't think it would take much to write separate emails for existing customers changing service.

In reply to a post by Kr1s69:

Random question - does your cab have the Openreach "Fibre broadband is here" sticker on it?

One appeared earlier in the week. Presumably the majoraty of punters don't know what it means though!

I work for a major IT company and the majority of the development and testing staff I work for don't know what I am talking about when I mention FTTC, fibre broadband etc. When I say "faster" some assume it in Virgin cable!

All my wireless devices are wireless G now (I think) and the greater bandwidth means I can move further away from the router and still run at decent speeds. Having said that in a late 80's build bungalow with egg box internal walls it would only be the back garden that would be a problem and I have never ventured that far with a PC - maybe next year!

I work for a major IT company too, I wonder if it is the same one. Based at Cobalt by any chance?

I'm based on Cobalt too, working for P&G.

Just over the road from me in HP then.

The EDS building? We have lots of HP in Cob 12A working for P&G.

Yeah it was the EDS building but the EDS sign went a long time ago, I'm on the 3rd floor looking at the P&G building. We are very envious of the wii you have in one of your break rooms above the main entrance.