Toob FTTP in Southampton

Does anyone on here have any experience with Toob FTTP in Southampton? It looks like it'll be available soon in my area. Do they use CGNAT or do we get a public IPv4 address? Can we get a static IP? Do they support IPv6?

I've tried the sales line but can' get past the "coming to you soon" script.

Edited by ionic (Mon 15-Feb-21 14:35:41)

Sorry about the late reply -- only just noticed the question.

I have toob. They do not use CGNAT -- thank goodness. You get a public IP address.
They don't provide static IP addresses, but they do give a sticky dynamic address. [Mine's been stable despite reboots, and the two recent overnight network maintenance events].

As for IPv6 -- not sure, as I haven't bothered to set up my system to use it.

As for tech questions in general, I found sending an email to [email protected] worked.

From my experience of their service -- it is scarily fast.
I'm not used to Linux Install images appearing so quickly.

all the best
Lawrence

It looks like Toob do CGNAT on IPv4 addresses now. I'm waiting for their conformation but it explains why my port forwarding has stopped working all of a sudden.

They do offer a static IP for £8/month however....lol.

Yeap. And all my stuff has now broken Thanks for letting me know.

In reply to a post by digitalface:

It looks like Toob do CGNAT on IPv4 addresses now. I'm waiting for their conformation but it explains why my port forwarding has stopped working all of a sudden.

Frustrating but not surprising, as Toob are just starting to build in my town. Not surprising as these smaller ISPs won't be able to get the IPv4 blocks.

Don't suppose they do IPv6 at all ?

Yes they have IPv6.

That is good to know. Thanks!

Yep they've confirmed it to me now - CGNAT is in use due to IPv4 depletion. I've no idea about how to use IPv6 for my remote access needs so will have to read up on it.

I had the same problem. All my ip forwarding just stopped working over night, thought it was a issue my end. Then noticed a ip change but it was a odd address.

Called toob and they said CGNat had been turned on. Nice of them to let us know.

The easiest way to get it working again is the £8 static IP. I couldn't find anything in the terms about them doing this kinda thing.

If i had know i probably would have stayed with my previous provider making it £33 per month with the Static IP.

Dont suppose anyone has found a way around it? there are options but still means spending out more money. There is Ngrok which works for web pages but didnt work very well with a media server.

The other option is VPS with a VPN tunnel.

£8 per month for a static IP? That's quite steep.

If you just need remote access then I would look at OpenVPN Cloud or ZeroTier, both of which have free plans for sort of usage you're likely to require as a home user.