FTTC & Router: Can I plug in WAN 2 of my old good draydek 2820

Rik · Sep 23, 2010, 08:43:38

Or it could be planning issues in NIMBY areas...

Lance · Sep 23, 2010, 09:16:13

Quote from: Holodene on Sep 22, 2010, 21:48:29
My exchange was supposed to be ready at the end of this month. The date has changed to 31st March 2011. They have already laid the fibre. I don't know what is going on.

Maybe (and it's a big maybe) BT have realised they haven't got the capacity on the backhaul from the exchange so won't light the fibre until they've sorted that.

Rik · Sep 23, 2010, 09:18:31

Perhaps they use it as Xmas decorations in the interim.

Gary · Sep 23, 2010, 10:09:17

Quote from: Rik on Sep 23, 2010, 09:18:31
Perhaps they use it as Xmas decorations in the interim.

No xmas talk till December

Rik · Sep 23, 2010, 10:09:37

jm_paulin · Sep 23, 2010, 10:55:07

Ok, let's face it... I really would love xmas to beat Halloween...

So I checked again, the BT checker is dead (why did they broken it for chrome users), but my exchange (Mitcham) is marked as `live`....
IDNet checker still say Dec 2010....

When is xmas again?

Rik · Sep 23, 2010, 10:59:06

Which year did you have in mind?

Glenn · Sep 23, 2010, 11:03:59

What does it say here http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome The exchange may have FTTC, but there maybe additional work to enable the cabinets connected back to the exchange.

jm_paulin · Sep 23, 2010, 13:41:13

BT Says:

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Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st December 2010. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 22.2Mbps and upstream line speed of 9.9Mbps

I guess this is my answer...

MisterW · Sep 23, 2010, 14:17:35

Very similar to mine

QuoteYour cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 31st December 2010. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 17.8Mbps and upstream line speed of 7.7Mbps.

The downstream estimate for FFTC seems a bit conservative to me. I currently get 8Mbps on ADSL MAX and the same checker says

QuoteOur test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL2+ broadband line speed of 15Mbps.

Surely if the line would support 15Mbps on ADSL2+ its going to more like 30Mbps on FTTC ?

jm_paulin · Sep 23, 2010, 14:52:44

Quote from: MisterW on Sep 23, 2010, 14:17:35
I currently get 8Mbps on ADSL MAX and the same checker saysSurely if the line would support 15Mbps on ADSL2+ its going to more like 30Mbps on FTTC ?

Not quite. See the VDSL degradation over distance from the cabinet here: http://www.leyingitout.co.uk/2010/01/what-is-fttc-and-how-does-it-work/

VDSL is not always the answer to speed....