In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Hence why I am keeping one ADSL2+ line and one FTTC line, so if cab gets demolished by car accident I can fall back to ADSL2+

The FTTC is more in line if someone does not stop at the t junction than the old PSTN cabinet

What happens if the driver demolishes te pole supplying you though? As I found out 6 weeks with no voice or data - BT would have resolved in 48 hour but the LA stopped them.

Then I relocate to coffee shop in village or nearby town

Might be easier to get one of these:

http://www.alycesantoro.com/SRT/satellite_dish_hat.jpg

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Then I relocate to coffee shop in village or nearby town

Or better still as one punter told me the local pub !


Mines a pint

When on vdsl/fttc I assume that the copper from the cab back to the exchange is eliminated completely from your line and voice and internet go from the pcp to the exchange via fibre?

Sorry, no.

I've got this fairly simple explanation.

"The PSTN phone connection continues to operate over the pre-existing cable from the old cabinet to the exchange. It does not get put onto the fibre connection."

Thanks ! : -)

Some other posts make a bit more sense to be now, ie being connected and having internet but no voice etc.

Presumably then if there is some fault on the exchange side copper line it will not effect the vdsl?

In reply to a post by bilbonvidia:

Some other posts make a bit more sense to be now, ie being connected and having internet but no voice etc.

That specific problem is quite common and can occur on ADSLx as well as FTTC.

If we take ADSLx first, then that can work at a very slow speed with just one wire of the pair between you and the exchange connected, but the phone cannot work at all with only one wire of the pair.

With FTTC, then if such a fault occurred between the PCP and the exchange you would lose the phone but the FTTC should go at full speed. If it occurs between the FTTC cab and you then same again re the phone, but the FTTC would be a lot slower than normal.

Presumably then if there is some fault on the exchange side copper line it will not effect the vdsl?

Normally you are correct. Whether that is always true I doubt - there must be some sorts of fault that can defeat the filter that is present in the FTTC cab. It certainly cured my long-standing problems that were down to a dodgy e-side line.