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In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

As far as I am aware we are on Huawei same as everyone else on our exchange so it might just be a waiting thing.

I also have FVA too.

Paul

Most likely your exchange only has 1Gbps bt wholesale backhaul links rather than 10 Gbps links.

Its possible, I know they have recently put in more fibres / infrastructure by my exchange, so probably a waiting game.
But 330 down and 50 up is fine, more up would be nice, but not an issue.

Also ours if I recall was upgraded to 50 up a month or two after yours.

Paul

I think I�d be happy with 20-30Mbps rather than 4!

200Mbps will be great, 1Gbps probably overkill for my house!

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I think I�d be happy with 20-30Mbps rather than 4!

200Mbps will be great, 1Gbps probably overkill for my house!

An average person would never get a download speed of 1Gbps unless they have a 10Gbit LAN, this is due to overheads / headers etc.
The most I "would" go would be the next tier where the uploads goes up to about 75 to 100Mbps.

But currently we are all happy with what we have.

Paul

Well like I said it's probably just waiting for the database to be updated, just checked BTW DSL Checker again just now and guess what I saw:

BTW DSL Checker 20180710

Not that BT sells anything that speed, but would of been nice to see what other uploads speeds BT do sell that are very close to the 314Mbps that I already get..

TBH The download speed is fine, but would love more up speed.

Paul

Looks good.

Couple of days to go for my install.

Just over six years ago I had a pretty stable 10Mbps cable service until I moved house. Then it was around 1.5Mbps, later 4.5Mbps (and quite unstable).

So this week I should overtake my old speed big style!

Like yourself I was on a low speed (4 Meg) ADSL connection due to line length in Milton Keynes

Got my FTTP installed in January and what a difference it makes.

It was like going from dial-up to ADSL but better.

Don't think I could ever go back.

You'll be really chuffed.

Yeah, its a shame BT don't provide it yet lol

BTCare are useful as usual by just pointing me to the BTOR Where and when page.
I only asked then when they will be selling the faster speeds and how much will they be.
That just cracks me up.

Probably will be a few weeks, not that I was going to upgrade anymore, was just wondering what speeds they will be and their prices.
But at least I know the infrastructure is there for it.

Grats on yours finally getting done, what speeds have you gone for ?
We also expect a speed test result when its live.
As for going mad, I did for the first week lol

Paul

This is so true.

I was originally on 4 to 5.5 Mbps (on a very good day) via ADSL2+ when FTTP became available after 5 years of my local MP and myself arguing to BT that it was all there, where we was then able to order it.

I did go mad for the first week uninstalling all my games and then re-downloading and installing them, which freed up 21GB or space which was nice.

As for going back, hell no lol

As for being able to order the faster speeds above 330Mbps with BT (not that I would atm), there is no chance at the moment going by what I was told by BTCare.

Nothing has been announced as of yet Paul. Should it become available we will announce it on the BT website.

But then it took a few weeks for their systems to get the update when it changed from 330:30 to 330:50.

Paul

I�ve ordered the 200 Mbps service

Speed test results - the before: Tinypic

Engineer appointment confirmed, so now it�s just a waiting game.


BTCare don�t seem as good as the used to be. Maybe because FTTP has to go through the dedicated phone team.

I have used their new SMS �concierge service� seems quite good, but sometimes the replies are slow - I guess the more people they offer it to, the slower it�ll become.

In reply to a post by B31:

I�ve ordered the 200 Mbps service

Speed test results - the before: Tinypic

Engineer appointment confirmed, so now it�s just a waiting game.


BTCare don�t seem as good as the used to be. Maybe because FTTP has to go through the dedicated phone team.

I have used their new SMS �concierge service� seems quite good, but sometimes the replies are slow - I guess the more people they offer it to, the slower it�ll become.

Well 200Mbps is a hell of a lot faster than what you got before.

Lets hope there is no issues, I know we had a slight glitch where the fibres were all in the wrong trays in our splitter node.

BTCare have normally been ok for me, but sadly it seems like they have lost the plot, or maybe you are right.

I have gotten better results when phoning the required team in question that way its faster to get answers.

Well I will give it a couple of weeks before I phone due to it was just a query anyhow.

Paul