Inferno

The slow single thread may be due to your PC, depends on speed of your multi core processor. Some older PCs seem to have a cap on single thread speeds but Multi threads multiply up where you have multi core processors.

Your distance means you have more core equipment to go through as well as the Km, each adds a small amount of latency and Durham may go via Newcastle and a Scottish Core node so goes up and down the country.These routers will not be visible on a traceroute.

My confirmed build charges have finally come through.
not what i was expecting to say the least, was looking for something more around 2-4k

£6924 + VAT
so £8308.80 inc VAT

original estimate build charge was £8900+VAT (£10,680 inc VAT)

so only a £2371.20 reduction between the two.

Oh well maybe i can hold out a few years more as Swansea is a fibre first city and it should come to my post code...

In reply to a post by bomber456:

My confirmed build charges have finally come through.
not what i was expecting to say the least, was looking for something more around 2-4k

2k was wildly optimistic. 4k (+VAT) might have been possible if you were lucky; sadly you weren't.

This might indicate unusual difficulty with your particular install, or it might reflect Openreach finding that a proportion of installs are turning out more expensive than the surveyor predicted, so lifting the pricing in general.

Yeah i guess i was being optimistic, but the nearest aggregation node isn't too far away, roughly 800m, and its ducting all the way.
but yeah guess they have upped their prices with the difficulties of some of their other jobs.

I've just had payment taken out for the field survey. I'm thinking this is a good sign that it'll start soon.

Does anyone know how long between the payment taken to OR physically starting the field survey?

Thanks in advance.

In reply to a post by bowdon:

Does anyone know how long between the payment taken to OR physically starting the field survey?

Could be days/weeks/months. Depends on Openreach staff availability in your area.

I've finally reached the commissioning stage, with Openreach wanting to install it next week. Waiting on a more precise date and AM/PM slot, but hooray!

Same here, after waiting several weeks today received an invoice for the survey charges so appears the survey is getting booked.

In reply to a post by Ixel:

I've finally reached the commissioning stage, with Openreach wanting to install it next week. Waiting on a more precise date and AM/PM slot, but hooray!

I bet you must be relieved! From my own experience the last few weeks are the worst

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

In reply to a post by Ixel:

I've finally reached the commissioning stage, with Openreach wanting to install it next week. Waiting on a more precise date and AM/PM slot, but hooray!

I bet you must be relieved! From my own experience the last few weeks are the worst

Definitely! I thought this day would never arrive, with the order appearing to become a process of getting one step forward and then another two steps backwards.

I don't know the procedure for Cerberus sending PPPoE and IP address details but I assume they send these a day or two before the service is supposed to go live, as I'll need ample time to make sure the router and such here is ready for the service.