I also noted on the BT website, Infinity 3 and 4 have had a price reduction to £25 and £30 respectively. I'll assume it's a typo for now...

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Why is it a con?

Perhaps con is too strong a word, but it implies that BT Infinity will be getting faster, which is not the case. Nobody's potential speed will increase, the only people that will benefit are new Infinity customers who don't want to pay for 80/20 and existing Infinity 1 customers syncing at the maximum speed who want to take out a new contract to get a bit more. The main beneficiary is BT, who will be able to report higher average speeds without actually doing anything to improve their network!

Edited by kasg (Fri 15-Apr-16 09:03:15)

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In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Why is it a con?

Perhaps con is too strong a word, but it implies that BT Infinity will be getting faster, which is not the case. Nobody's potential speed will increase

Remember Openreach are also rolling out a 3dB target SRNM

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Remember Openreach are also rolling out a 3dB target SRNM

I'd missed that, I'll have to read up on it.

It implies nothing other than it's now up to 52meg instead of up to 38.

I believe the average predicted speed is around 55meg which is why Openreach chose the 55/10. Additionally, it will allow BT to provision UHD to infinity 1 customers without using the network trickery they currently do when a customer is on 40meg sync which is below the required 44meg.

I think 60/15 would have made more logical sense. I may have even opted to go for that, primarily for the slightly faster upload. But really, 55/10 doesn't gain me anything that I feel is of any value.

Will TalkTalk or Plusnet be changing there 40/2 packages to replace it with 55/10? I would like a higher upload without having to pay more. Also I assume like ADSL the 3db SNRM will allow for higher download speeds on VDSL2? I've noticed its the other way round with VDSL2 the lower SNRM on ADSL the faster but the higher the SNRM the potential to sync higher.

The fact they went down to 40/2 when 40/10 was available suggests they probably won't change to the new 55/10 package - but it's anyone's guess.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Remember Openreach are also rolling out a 3dB target SRNM

That's for ADSL2+ not for FTTC as VDSL2 the higher SRNM will get higher attainable rate.