You have a point, though the light is not turned off. It has a binary state of high and low power, corresponding to 1 and 0. It is basically therefore a digital transmission, not an analogue one.

The signal travels end to end digitally, whereas on DSL it travels in an analogue manner.

Pulse Amplitude Modulation, (PAM), is being used for fibre optics at speeds above 50Gbps but I know little about that.

My point basically is that the "modem" function is only a part of what the Openreach ONT does with the signal. It is a heck of a lot different from the DSL frequency/bin system that underlies what we normally call a modem.

I was more concerned really by the unnecessary original quibble, given that "modem" is short for "Moduation/demoduation", where the mis-spelling isn't a typo as it is repeated. I think the post he was quibbling with was a lot more useful than his and in fact mine .

Thanks everyone.

Now ordered my survey but i'll update the other thread.

In reply to a post by DougM:

Yes, FTTP reliability has been 100% since I moved into this house in December.

Basically the same here - the router seems to auto-reboot every two weeks exactly in the middle of the night, but that's probably just housecleaning. No other downtime.

VDSL2 I was probably lucky, 100m to the cabinet so huge SNR buffer, only occasional short problems. Still, fttp is surely going to be more reliable longterm.

How much has it improved your day to day browsing experience?

I would say that given the improved reliability it has helped with that alone. During the summer one of my lines suffered with periodic retrains, sometimes to very low speeds for a temporary time, but getting the fault to be identified was near to impossible as it was intermittent. All I get now with FTTPoD is the rare overnight work done somewhere else in the country (e.g. datacenter), otherwise it's wonderful. Latency is also consistent, as I don't have to worry about DLM putting me on traditional interleaving which can increase latency by either 8/16ms, or worse if it's applied on both downstream and upstream.

Has streaming been improved?

I can't say I'm experiencing streaming issues except beyond the usual ones I and others I know generally have with ITV and sometimes Channel 4. BBC iPlayer seems reliable and consistent.

Are you able to get detailed line stats from the modem?

Well, the ONT is locked down. However I own a Firebrick 2900 which has detailed logs and graphs of what the connection is currently doing and how well it appears to be performing.

Any slowdowns in the evening?

I haven't noticed any yet. The connection I'm pretty sure is going via BT Wholesale's backhaul. I used to be on TalkTalk Business's backhaul, prior to FTTPoD. I was with AAISP but I'm currently with Cerberus Networks. I wish I was able to get 330/50 (instead of 330/30) in the first 12 months but from what I've observed and have been told this probably isn't possible without paying off the FTTPoD contract term first.

Any issues with your provider/Openreach?

None to mention currently. They were on top of matters regarding the order process with Openreach. I had to request an IPv6 /56 (at least) due to standards stating that assigning a /64 doesn't conform with standards and such. That was easy enough though.

More to the point, no doubt many of you would have paid a considerable amount for it to be installed, so was it worth it?

For the price I paid, yes (on the lower end of the range). I also pay a lower than average rent for the house and area I live in so it was worth it to me for sure. I don't anticipate having any issues with the landlady, which would force me to find another place, nor for the rent to suddenly shoot up. As I also tend to work remotely from home this is another good reason for having a reliable connection.

Edited by Ixel (Thu 09-May-19 17:32:51)

Thanks.

Does the Cerebus initial 12 month FTTPoD contract come with IPv6?

Didn't see it mentioned on their website.

I would like to find it in my living room..........I just don't fancy spending £17.5k + vat for my �delightful� neighbour to get native FTTP.

In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

Does the Cerebus initial 12 month FTTPoD contract come with IPv6?

Yes though I only received a /64 block and had to request a second /64 for the LAN side - I believe some have requested a /56 which should be provided as standard.

It should come with a /64 by default. However, I would try to put in a request for a /56 and if you get some trouble then there is a RIPE standard and one other standard (can't remember off hand, sorry, best Google for it) which will back up what I've said earlier regarding issuing a /64 not conforming to the accepted standards and may cause issues with your local network.

In reply to a post by brookheather:

In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

Does the Cerebus initial 12 month FTTPoD contract come with IPv6?

Yes though I only received a /64 block and had to request a second /64 for the LAN side - I believe some have requested a /56 which should be provided as standard.

Just received my Inventory Report from Cerberus and it has a /64 block noted. I have asked them to issue me a /56.

As yet I don't have a go live date as OR are apparently installing an extra cabinet in the exchange before they can do their OCR reccy. I'm told all external cabling and jointing is complete and the last pole looks quite ready, although no drop cable to the house as yet.

I'm hoping it will be ready to go in June....

They'll do the drop cable to the premises on the day of installation. Mine took around four hours before the installation was complete and live. Hopefully Cerberus will issue a /56 without much fuss, I know I managed to get mine easily although I did also quote a RIPE and some other standard which backed up my reasoning for wanting at least a /56.