I would add don't trust the BT Wholesale checker...there appears to be areas where Openreach side is all Giga capable but BT Wholesale is just showing the 330 product

So if some in area can order 1000 service and you are trying to place an order and cannot (rather than worrying whether you might) then ISP needs to pass things on up the chain for someone to double check.

In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

Looking at these pics of the gen1 ONT, its got a manufacture date of 2012:

https://thecomputerperson.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/t...

I wasn't saying they are not ECI ONT's, I was just saying some ONT's back in 2011 - 2012 must of been Huawei also due to my area were originally upgraded back in 2011 - 2012 and they have the 4 port ONT's like mine.

Mine and the rest of my area have ONT's like >> this <<, I would of taken a photo of mine but we have a sideboard right next to it so I would need to pull it all out to take a photo.

Paul

Fair enough, in that case Openreach may have been installing both the ECI & Huawei ONTs around 2012. Otherwise it seems strange to see an ECI ONT with a manufacture date of Sept 2012 if no ECI kit was being installed around that time.

My ONT is Huawei

So if my ONT is Huawei, then the limiting factor is not due to ECI OLT. Thanks.

My main concern is after being stuck with poor broadband for a long time, now I've finally got FTTP, I don't want to be in a situation where I'm limited again in the near future.

I'll wait for the faster consumer services to become available and then pester BT for database updates.

A couple of general questions not directed at any specific person.

I thought all newly installed ONT's by Openreach were Huawei so am I correct in thinking this?

There are still a lot of ECI OLT's out there so what happens if someone orders FTTP today and their local infrastructure (e.g. Splitter, CBT) runs back to a ECI OLT what ONT do they get? I'm thinking Huawei but am I correct?

Edited by deleted (Thu 19-Sep-19 17:30:01)

In reply to a post by dect:

I thought all newly installed ONT's by Openreach were Huawei so am I correct in thinking this?

Correct, the current 1+1 gen 3 ONT is Huawei. The upcoming gen 4 looks identical to gen 3 but without the outer casing + BBU. Also I think its 1+0 (no voice port)

In reply to a post by dect:

There are still a lot of ECI OLT's out there so what happens if someone orders FTTP today and their local infrastructure (e.g. Splitter, CBT) runs back to a ECI OLT what ONT do they get? I'm thinking Huawei but am I correct?

It would make sense for Openreach to use the same manufacturer at both ends (ONT + OLT) but I'm not sure if that's really the case everywhere. For example, near me there are 2 new FTTP only estates which only went up a few years ago so they will all have 2nd or 3rd gen ONTs, ie all Huawei's. Yet, despite both estates being fed from the same exchange in town, one site can't get more than 330/50 yet the other one can get the full 1000/220. Bedrock is seeing something similar and it may well be an Openreach database error but I have my doubts.

I thought all newly installed ONT's by Openreach were Huawei so am I correct in thinking this?

Only if the OLT is Huawei.

There are still a lot of ECI OLT's out there so what happens if someone orders FTTP today and their local infrastructure (e.g. Splitter, CBT) runs back to a ECI OLT what ONT do they get? I'm thinking Huawei but am I correct?

My understanding is they would get an ECI ONT.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

My understanding is they would get an ECI ONT.

No one I've asked seems to be 100% sure thats why I asked the question here.

Do Openreach still stock ECI ONTs?

I've also been told that a Huawei ONT will work on a ECI OLT although some of the proprietary stuff will be lost but the basic functionality for FTTP will still work.