In reply to a post by s_h:

Many thanks for replies - I think orders will go in early February, which is the best way to check this?

Pass.

In reply to a post by billford:

Light level at the internal box (ONT?) is -17dBm, very happy with that.

Someone saying anything below -25dBm is good one.

Google search say:

Technicians measure in dBm (decibels relative to one milliwatt), with acceptable residential ranges often between -14dBm and -26dBm, depending on distance and equipment. Lower negative numbers (e.g., -10dBm) mean stronger signals, while higher negative numbers (e.g., -28dBm) mean weaker signals

Glad you got it, not sure if you would notice any difference between 80Mb/s and 100, but they may give you better prices. If i did not have Zzoomm and if I was pushed onto a Openreach FTTP service, I would have gone for something like 70-100Mb/s.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

not sure if you would notice any difference between 80Mb/s and 100

You're right, I don't, but in a way that's the point. The FTTC was fast enough for all my needs, what's the point of paying a lot more for a much faster service that isn't really going to make any difference to me?

TBH, I'd have been perfectly happy to stick with the FTTC indefinitely, but I knew that wasn't going to be an option... and one day the whim suddenly took me and I bit the bullet

In reply to a post by MHC:

I want OR to offer an SFP ONT which would plug straight into my gateway.

Just buy one. GPON SFP ONTs are pretty cheap.

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

not sure if you would notice any difference between 80Mb/s and 100

You're right, I don't, but in a way that's the point. The FTTC was fast enough for all my needs, what's the point of paying a lot more for a much faster service that isn't really going to make any difference to me?

TBH, I'd have been perfectly happy to stick with the FTTC indefinitely, but I knew that wasn't going to be an option... and one day the whim suddenly took me and I bit the bullet

When speaking to SiL about internet at a new to them property, I said just get 150FTTP, she said "we don't need fibre, we aren't gamers", my reply was " At that address copper will be slower, less reliable, and cost more", I'm not sure she believed me, but a few days later she said "150FTTP was the cheapest we could get".

In reply to a post by burble:

When speaking to SiL about internet at a new to them property, I said just get 150FTTP, she said "we don't need fibre, we aren't gamers", my reply was " At that address copper will be slower, less reliable, and cost more", I'm not sure she believed me, but a few days later she said "150FTTP was the cheapest we could get".

Common challenge, people assume the technology type is speed, same happens with “I don’t need 4G, 3G is all I need”…. They actually need enough internet speed to do emails, WhatsApp and light browsing. It unfortunately gets confused with technology.

Don’t some ISPs offer the VDSL/FTTC 80/20 product over Openreach FTTP ?

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Don’t some ISPs offer the VDSL/FTTC 80/20 product over Openreach FTTP ?

We can't once we move to FTTP then Openreach won't let you order SoGEA/FTTC & G.Fast anymore. Any placed an order you get rejected from OR if you already got FTTP live.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Don’t some ISPs offer the VDSL/FTTC 80/20 product over Openreach FTTP ?

You can get 80/20 FTTP from Plusnet.

40/10 also