Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:21:36 -0500 Subject: Re: Moving ISP Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc From: Paul Oates X-Editor: EmailEdit 6.00 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:39:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: <52c95573badave@davenoise.co.uk> <52ca5edc29dave@davenoise.co.uk> <0c8c63ca52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net> <52ca6478dfdave@davenoise.co.uk> <52ccf24548alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/6.06 (MsgServe/6.04) (RISC-OS/5.18) NewsHound/v1.52-32 Lines: 50 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-paz/vnYc/hgGX5DIeCY4Rmc4r36jNU4AU7GgIfm7Ig9Bvaq2zUL14ejctpctag9YkxXmpXF2vCOcHWZ!Gfg1UR3Mb4ftRznMaQp8dWc9jFsP2KCD/mDCWbNIvOa/Ua6tf7eyIpgpswOsPMo= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3480 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:6391 In message <52ccf24548alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> Alan Dawes wrote: > In article , > Brian Howlett wrote: >> Reply-To: Brian@brianhowlett.me.uk >> On 9 Sep, Bryn Evans wrote: >>> If BT has provided "Fibre to the Cabinet" in your area, then your >>> existing Router will not notice or require any change. The only >>> difference will be the received speed you get. Mine went from 2mbits >>> to 12/13 Mbits. >> FTTC does require new kit, which will be installed by an Openreach >> engineer. You're thinking of ADSL2+. > I think you may be talking about something different. In my area (Ilford) > the worn out copper cabling from the exchange to the local boxes was > causing problems so BT has replaced this by fibre optic cable (ie "fibre > to the box") any interfacing between the fibre optic cable and the copper > to the houses is done in the box - the only thing that users notice is > much faster speeds (11/12 Mbits in my case) no new equipment or contract > required. In my area BT are also installing fibre optic to the telegraph > pole which I believe will require new equipment but will give a very much > faster speed at a higher tarif. > Alan If you sign up for BT infinity then you will have two boxes, a modem and a router (BT's Home Hub). What you end up with is Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) and copper to the premises. An Openreach engineer will bring and fit the modem because that and the line is supplied by BT Wholesale; BT Retail will send you the Home Hub. With Infinity 1 you can get up to 40Mbs downstream, and 10Mbs upstream, with a usage limit of 40GB per month. With Infinity 2 the monthly limit is removed and max speeds double. The speeds depend on your distance from the cabinet. Fibre to the Premises is currently available only in very limited areas, and again there will be two boxes, one to terminate the fibre, the other a router. One downside of fibre is that if you have an intermittent fault, it can be difficult to find the cause. Mine is now working at full speed, but it took a while to get there. -- Paul Oates oatespaul@btinternet.com