Hyperoptic CGNAT is by default also.

In reply to a post by smouty:

I’m assuming that DDNS will still work?

It may partly work, as in it may give you a fixed IP/hostname.
It won't help with any of the routing issues associated with CGNAT though.

Your IP is shared with other users. Presumably those other users IP would also point to your DDNS.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

In reply to a post by smouty:

I’m assuming that DDNS will still work?

It may partly work, as in it may give you a fixed IP/hostname.
It won't help with any of the routing issues associated with CGNAT though.

Your IP is shared with other users. Presumably those other users IP would also point to your DDNS.

That is a showstopper for me. I did originally have CGNAT on BT but could disable it for free. I don’t see that you have to pay extra for a static IP to resolve this is an acceptable solution.

In reply to a post by smouty:

That is a showstopper for me. I did originally have CGNAT on BT but could disable it for free. I don’t see that you have to pay extra for a static IP to resolve this is an acceptable solution.

That's what the free market is about. Altnet provides a service: if it does what you want at an acceptable price, take it. If it doesn't, then take the alternative (if any).

Think of it as the altnet giving a £3 discount to people who are happy to take an inferior CGNAT service, rather than a £3 surcharge for those who want a real, static IP.

Hi Keith - I'm also in Chinnor - Swish installed last week. All good - though I'm not super thrilled with the "in home" kit - planning on adding my own router (linking with BT Whole Home disk setup and some wired connections to downstairs). You may already have also been installed now - it all happens quickly. Install teams are really helpful and (for us at least) put things exactly where we wanted them.

signed up in December, but they still didn't dig up my side of the street. Just got the letter thru the door that they will be back next week. Still contracted with fttc service until March, so don't mind if it takes a bit longer. Any ideas how long between getting the black stripes down the pavement outside and getting live fibre?

Also I saw somebody from swish here say that if you register interest you get more information about progress by email, but that seems to be rubbish, the only email I had from swish was to confirm direct debit. The website said they were in my road for the last 4 days, but apart from 5 blokes and a yellow spray can, no sign of that...

Lastly, what is the current hardware? and is it likely to change? seen several routers mentioned here. I currently run openwrt on a homehub5. I wonder how it will compare?

If you give Swish a call, they are very transparent about the process and where they are - only limited by the information, I've had conversations within DMs here and on the phone.

As for the kit supplied, neighbour opposite and myself were given Plume Pods, fantastic for the less tech-savvy users but they're not exactly flexible and upset a lot of my home network, I went out and got a new Netgear router and left the Plume unplugged, plus the Plumes have one small LED light that tells you it's status and you have no idea what means what, when's it off, it's working?!

As for going "live" it can vary, the Swish vans worked their way up the road and got to me quickly and I've been live since November in Beaconsfield.

Thanks @juzzy25 , So you get multiple (3?) pods and something to plug them into (ONT?) separate?
Just read a review of the superpods and it talked about a "membership fee" to get the full functionality out of them?

Do Swish charge extra to redirect landline to mobile or is that included?

The ONT is fitted onto the wall, it uses a screw mount, where two screws are fitted and you hang them off them, a small hole is then drilled to take in the fibre line. They’ll do some external work running a cable to a brown box (my cable comes from a telegraph pole)

They’ll run a provided network cable from the ONT to the Plume Superpod, you receive the extras as part of your subscription as the pods firmware are branded as ‘Swish Fibre’

I’m unsure but extra pods may cost extra - I could’ve had extra for free but decided against it.

Coll forwarding is an extra £5/month but I purchased and setup a VOIPfone account and bought an adapter for my phones, they are looking into offering a voice service but this is still billed as ‘coming soon’

Hi

They dug up our street (Cowleaze) about three weeks before we were installed. I'd already signed up, direct debut set up etc. Whilst BT have actually been quite reliable - speed wise no real comparison and their out of contract phone charges are so outrageous I want to ditch the landline. I got a call from Swish in December asking if they could install the following day - and so it happened.

In terms of hardware... I use a standard BT Home Hub 6. Irritating the BT hardware as it seems to die every few months (in our experience). Anyway - Swish terminate with a boxin the house (the ONT) - which has an Ethernet port (optical up to the box) you can plug a router into. They provide a Plume Wifi mesh thingy (not sure what to call it) - which is quite neat along with the app - but - only has one additional Ethernet port and unfortunately takes two power sockets due to width. Anyway I ditched that and bought a new TP-Link - plugged it in - all good (I use BT "Whole Home Wifi" disks which plug into a router port). I found Swish really helpful and encouraging - though they could do with more technical information being online. BT service goes at the end of the month - and then fingers crossed we go on without.