Thanks to everyone, it is a Huawei cab that's why I was asking. The cost to return the thing isn't worth it unless it wouldn't sync due to old firmware or something. I am getting the 40/10 service and the line checker suggests 30/7 min even for a degraded line. As much as I would like to geek out on them I can live without line stats (assuming nothing goes wrong!) The main point is I didn't want a [censored] HH5. I only went with BT against my better judgement due to massive quidco cashback and the current offers, otherwise it would have been zen or AAISP - moving house is expensive...

As it's a Huawei cab you'll be much better off with a Huawei HG612 which will give you G.INP. You won't get that with the ECI modem or a HH5A. You would with a HH5B but the wifi thruput is dire.

You should be ok with the ECI modem, and who knows in future you may opt to upgrade to an all in one device that supports full capabilities of the Huawei DSLAM (cab)

Meanwhile, its not really talked about much as most seem to abandon the ECI modems on Huawei cabinets, but G.INP is supposed to work with ECI devices or the HH5A (Which uses same or very similar chip) however this is on downstream only (though its not being activated on upstream anymore)

I would give the ECI a go and consider an all in one device in future maybe.

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

but G.INP is supposed to work with ECI devices or the HH5A (Which uses same or very similar chip) however this is on downstream only (though its not being activated on upstream anymore)

I have seen you trot out this incorrect information before. As I've already said, G.INP doesn't work on the supplied ECI modem or the HH5A.

SIN 498, modems and routers must support retransmission in the downstream, but it is not a mandatory requirement in the upstream. Taking this into account and to maintain a high level of service, when we first rolled out retransmission to our Huawei estate we introduced interleaving on all lines where the modem/routers did not support retransmission in the upstream.

SIN498 Requires devices be G.INP capable on Downstream, it was only when upstream was enabled with G.INP that everything went wrong.

I've witnessed my neighbours HH5a see an increase of 9Mb/s* since G.INP Phase 2 was rolled out on our DSLAM.

* note this is 9Mb/s faster than when the modem was connected in fast path mode and before any G.INP was rolled out on our DSLAM.

Lol

As I said last time, mine doesn't. You should buy your neighbour a HG612 for Christmas, they'll love it.

and because yours don't work, it means everyones won't then??

You don't even have one and you're not a BT customer.

Whats your point.... this don't mean nothing!

I mean that you don't know what you're talking about.