58 down and 20 up for me.
Ta for the heads up. :-)
Good news! We predict your download speed will now be 70Mb/s and your upload speed will now be 20Mb/s:pomppomp: :pomppomp: :pomppomp: :pomppomp: :pomppomp:
Just requested my f.o.c Infinity upgrade to the new max speed of 76mb down and 20mb up. :happy2: Should all be sorted in about 3 days, I'll confirm what speeds i get once it's all done. :happy2:
Still umming and ahhing about doing this. The phone socket near the pooter isn't the master socket and is behind some cupboards, too, so a right PITA to get at.
WTF!!!
this is mine. this is the fastest you can get it where i live. Thinking of going 3G instead
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Just requested my f.o.c Infinity upgrade to the new max speed of 76mb down and 20mb up. :happy2: Should all be sorted in about 3 days, I'll confirm what speeds i get once it's all done. :happy2:
WTF!!!
this is mine. this is the fastest you can get it where i live. Thinking of going 3G instead
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Your lucky, thats nearly double my fastest speed!! :sad1:
Infinity is coming to my exchange in June though! :party:
Still umming and ahhing about doing this. The phone socket near the pooter isn't the master socket and is behind some cupboards, too, so a right PITA to get at.
IIRC The Openreach engineer can move the master socket for you if required when they come to do the installation. The alternative would be to buy a pair of these http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopSearch.asp?CategoryID=433 (http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopSearch.asp?CategoryID=433) then you can push the connection anywhere in the house.
Currently what I have at work, network is underload at moment too
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Currently what I have at work, network is underload at moment too
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Currently what I have at work, network is underload at moment too
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It's a shame I can't do one from the right place as we are Gigabit to the Internet. :wink:
I'll see your poxy 78Mb and raise you :P :P
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Ordered!
Engineer is coming May 10th. Hope he willl enjoy the surprise of me telling him I want the master socket moved... :evilgrin:
You only need 3 wires. :confused:
It's 2 wires for both actually. The orange/white ones date back to the old pulse dialling system and are no longer used. They can actually cause a little interference and some knowledgable folk recommend disconnecting them altogether.
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/socket.htm
My understanding of it is 2 from the street into Master socket. You then get filters applied which leaves you 2 for the phone and the 2 for the data. Assuming you then extend all 4 wires then no problem.
In the good old days though you needed to extend an extra wire from the Master to allow your extensions to ring.
Guess that's changed these days. :smiley:
And did the nice Mann from openreach put his master socket in your preferred location?
My understanding of it is 2 from the street into Master socket. You then get filters applied which leaves you 2 for the phone and the 2 for the data. Assuming you then extend all 4 wires then no problem.
In the good old days though you needed to extend an extra wire from the Master to allow your extensions to ring.
Guess that's changed these days. :smiley:
nice one, :happy2:
And did the nice Mann from openreach put your master socket in your preferred location?
Infinity doesnt use micro filters btw Ian if that's what you were referring too?
Correct, the physical cable coming into the house has multiple pairs in the event you want additional lines etc, but a single phone line only uses one single pair.
When you get Infinity installed the same single pair your phone line uses is required. Infinity is just VDSL which as the name suggests is just another form of DSL so it works by using unused frequencies on the phone line that are not required for the voice service. The faceplate BT fit on is simply just a filter but it's neatly integrated into the socket. It's nothing special, no other pairs are wired up. In fact, I'm sure even regular ADSL filters will still work for VDSL as I have seen a couple of VDSL installations with the original BT engineer installed 2001-era faceplates left on and it works fine.
When I had Infinity installed, the tech just took off my standard BT only faceplate, put the new VDSL faceplate on and that was it. Just unscrewed the old and screwed on the new. No wires were involved whatsoever because I have no extension wiring.
They used to do exactly the same back in the early ADSL days too. When I first got ADSL installed back in 2001 it was engineer installation only and BT charged £150 for the privilege. A year or two after they allowed users to do the self-install with plug in filters. I imagine this will happen for VDSL eventually also, just while it's a new product they want to be sure everything is ok.
As already mentioned, if you don't have a standard BT socket they should fit one and it shouldn't cost you any extra. Worst case scenario is that they should fit in a data extension kit (nothing more than an unfiltered data socket for VDSL only) and piggyback this as an extension off your current master.
Cheers Ian, but I already knew that :happy2:
Infinity doesnt use micro filters btw Ian if that's what you were referring too?
No I wasn't Steve. :confused:
Found this if it helps Steve from another forum. :happy2:QuoteCorrect, the physical cable coming into the house has multiple pairs in the event you want additional lines etc, but a single phone line only uses one single pair.
When you get Infinity installed the same single pair your phone line uses is required. Infinity is just VDSL which as the name suggests is just another form of DSL so it works by using unused frequencies on the phone line that are not required for the voice service. The faceplate BT fit on is simply just a filter but it's neatly integrated into the socket. It's nothing special, no other pairs are wired up. In fact, I'm sure even regular ADSL filters will still work for VDSL as I have seen a couple of VDSL installations with the original BT engineer installed 2001-era faceplates left on and it works fine.
When I had Infinity installed, the tech just took off my standard BT only faceplate, put the new VDSL faceplate on and that was it. Just unscrewed the old and screwed on the new. No wires were involved whatsoever because I have no extension wiring.
They used to do exactly the same back in the early ADSL days too. When I first got ADSL installed back in 2001 it was engineer installation only and BT charged £150 for the privilege. A year or two after they allowed users to do the self-install with plug in filters. I imagine this will happen for VDSL eventually also, just while it's a new product they want to be sure everything is ok.
As already mentioned, if you don't have a standard BT socket they should fit one and it shouldn't cost you any extra. Worst case scenario is that they should fit in a data extension kit (nothing more than an unfiltered data socket for VDSL only) and piggyback this as an extension off your current master.
Cheers Ian, but I already knew that :happy2:
Some of this then Tiger. :wink:
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Yay! :laugh:
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That's not fast, this is fast :laugh: :laugh:
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No I'm on Infinity 2 Simon. :P
No I'm on Infinity 2 Simon. :P
So am I! I'm on the "up to 76MB" package and was obviously rather pleased when it was 74MB. Now only getting around 37...