I was surprise MrSaffron haven't reply yet over Openreach wednesday RxTx roll out?

Edited by adslmax (Mon 12-Jan-15 16:41:54)

It is called lets see if it happens rather than spread rumours that disappoint people

Some info here: http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=14867.0

Yeah, it's now confirmed that a rollout is starting as of today [1].


[1] http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=14867.msg277...

A little bird has told me that if you are using an ECI modem, this will require a firmware upgrade to allow ReTx to happen, this upgrade is triggered by a DLM reset .........

Interesting. So does this mean those on an ECI modem will be stuffed and need to call out an engineer for a DLM reset?

In reply to a post by MHC:

In reply to a post by Icaras:

Openreach are also implementing ReTx from this coming Wednesday, it will be rolled out presumably as a firmware update to the cabinets. Might help people with longer lines. Although is PhyR a brand name for retransmission? I guess it probably is.

And the relevance to this thread is ... ?

No idea, ask the other guy. I was trying to respond to another poster who mentioned something similar.

What I would also add is that my understanding is that it won't be enabled on all connections, rather it'll only be turned on when it is needed and will be part of a profile.

Edited by deleted (Mon 12-Jan-15 20:19:03)

I see, well I hope it replaces the standard interleaving somewhat, and not adds to it. I guess BT have their reason for making it part of DLM, but it seems silly to me. Well, if it discourages banding and standard interleaving methods as much then I still see a point to it.

I imagine this also means many people won't notice any changes yet until DLM makes any changes again.

EDIT:
Looking at the latest SIN 498, I believe this replaces the standard interleaved profiles, which makes sense. The other possibility is that retransmission either is a middle option between fastpath and interleaved, or that retransmission replaces fastpath and interleaved remains for those connections which perform considerably poorly.

Also regarding those on an ECI with old firmware, from what I read on another forum thread (here) - those won't be able to sync but it'll be considered a fault still. This means DLM should be reset so that the ECI can sync again and then at the same time will download the new firmware. I'm not sure about those who have unlocked ECI's such as me - the BT agent might be disabled unfortunately.

Edited by Ixel (Mon 12-Jan-15 23:00:36)

Pass ?!?!

I daresay there'll be some form of work around.

It's ok, already know the answer . Edited my post above.