By running hot I meant running high on CPU, not temperature that seems fine.

The device has been running just fine, it's pretty stable. I won't be retiring it due to the device but because I no longer need it. The device itself works perfectly well.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

Sorry to bother you again Carl,

Some people are saying that I could end up contending myself with another line or 2. Is this because of it all running off the same pair(s)?

Do you find any problems running 2?

Thanks

Pete

You contend with yourself in the same way you contend with other people, there's nothing special about having 2 lines, you just happen to have 2 lines into the same place rather than one here and one next door. The contention points are cabinet to exchange/handover point and from there onwards on the service provider's network. That you have multiple lines is irrelevant to this.

Neither line shares the same pair, there's a 2 pair drop cable into the house, each of the 2 FTTC lines uses a pair. They can't share pairs, things would go very wrong!

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In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

I see, thanks for explaining.

Someone else suggested that I get separate providers so to give more redundancy. I really can't afford downtime which is why I have the FTTC line as well.

I spent years at Plusnet telling people if they were serious they should have a backup. I can hardly go against that. also It's well within the "burn" for my 2014 budget.

Based on the assumption the VM FTTP would never get here i really could do with having 2 more -

Sorry forgot to ask - will this unit take a potential 311 down?

My version 1 hardware will not, your mileage on your version 2 may vary however I doubt it if there are multiple PPPoE connections involved.

Wireless access point ?