No worries...

Oh OK, I had it December 2012 through to May 2013... when I moved a couple of mile up the road and ended up telling BT their was no way I was being held to contract when expected speeds where going to go from 10mbps to 2mbps...

It was pretty terrible all the way through... with a firmware update nearly weekly to try fix issues... I didn't have the live streaming service, only the on demand until i reverted back to freeview.

Did you have a Humax box or a BT branded one?

I had the BT Vision branded Humax box. I didn't get it until they had fixed a number of the issues and had released recording of the IP channels.

I probably didn't have any more issues with it than I do on a Sky box. It was pretty stable, series linked pretty flawlessly (as far as I remember) and didn't need regular reboots. Obviously don't know what the firmware is like now but it definitely was a reasonable quality box.

Plus, it was cheap compared to Sky. Trouble is I watch a relatively small number of regular shows but quite a few of them are Sky only (or Now TV) and I just got fed up with it - I prefer to record and watch at leisure - I watch little live TV and don't rely on streaming as I would forget to watch.

Oh OK fair enough.

Well I noticed they hae now released newer smaller boxes but I don't even watch Live T anymore so wouldn't be something I would be too interested in...

I did have Now TV but due to some issue with the app on games console and also the Now TV box's WiFi not being 5Ghz capable I cancelled it.

I think the Sky boxes are probably the best on the market to be honest... TiVo was cool for about a week and then it just slowed down and became a bit annoying.

In reply to a post by AAuser27:

My friend did the same and she got a ticket from Sales. She dosen't want it either but now she can click it again so they reset it. Is it not BT TV in another wrapper?

As far as i know I have not got anything from sales. sop maybe the click did not work, suits me.

Im sure it will be a fantastic service, especially as their network is really stable.






NOT!

It won't traverse the Plusnet network. The BT television platform used for these YouView services delivers the content directly from the VDSL2 cabinet to the subscriber, using IGMP managed multicast outside the PPP connection to the ISP.

The technical specifications are available in the Openreach FTTC NTE compatibility documents, which detail the technical requirements for a compatible router that can provide IGMP proxy services using the same logical interface it uses to establish PPPoE.

I used the Openreach specifications to build a custom configuration on the Fritz!Box that makes it compatible. I shared the details with AVM but they've not implemented them in the standard configuration, making the Fritz a poor choice for anyone wanting YouView online television.

There's a 'hidden bonus' for users on Plunset's 40/20 FTTC 'Fibre Unlimited' who sync above 40Mb/s, the multicast can make use of the extra (sync) bandwidth available so you can still get your full 40Mb/s while streaming internet channels.

About time it caught up with Cable. You can download full speed and stream 1080P without any loss.

In reply to a post by DougM:

I used the Openreach specifications to build a custom configuration on the Fritz!Box that makes it compatible.

I did the same for OpenWrt. I've no YouView box to test with but i've been able to watch the test channel using VLC and others have reported that it works.

um, so I now got a email from Plusnet saying

Hello,

Thank you for pre-registering your interest in our TV product. We are nearly ready to launch, which we are very excited about.

When we are ready to go, you have indicated that you would like us to contact you. We'll give you a call specifically about our TV service regardless of your other marketing preferences.

Kind Regards,

The Plusnet TV Team


Which means my click did work, so how do I get out of this pre-register l;ot as I am certainly not interested.

Alsoi, anyone from plusnet on here, can plusnet make it so that it is not so easy to click on the pre-register link, or if they do ask them if they are sure they want to pre-register.

i do not even have a a TV licence, so Plusnet TV would be a waste of time for me.