topic Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter? in Full Fibre

Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Leapy — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:30:40 GMT

I joined PN a few months ago.

With my last ISP I was all copper from the exchange and now I'm fibre to a green box and copper from there.

So, my questions are

1. Which Green Box am I connected to?

2. Can I find out?

3. Does it matter?

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

HairyMcbiker — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:35:42 GMT

Go to the OR broadband checker, enter your phone number it will tell you which cabinet you are connected to.
it doesn't matter, as long as it works.

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Browni — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:39:06 GMT

Have a look here http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/cabinet-lookup.htm

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Leapy — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:13:05 GMT

Super (I think) Thank you both... I'm cabinet 67

Can someone tell me, from the data is this good, bad, average or other?

Its all gobbledegook to me.

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

PeeGee — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:59:07 GMT

You will be on the same copper from the cabinet as before. Whether it is "any good" is more easily guestimated by providing your modem-router stats, as the sync rate and SNRM values are a more reliable indication.

Phil

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

bmc — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:43:07 GMT

FTTC is VDSL as opposed to your old service of ADSL.

With the latter it is the distance from your house to the Exchange which matters - with VDSL it is the distance from your house to the Cabinet.

Look at the VDSL results for details on your line. It shows a "good" line (A) and an "impacted" line (B) which gives an indication of what speeds you should expect.. You don't say what your actual speed is.

Brian

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Leapy — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:08:06 GMT

I just ran some speed test on my fibre broadband and the results are...

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Mustrum — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:53:18 GMT

How are you running these tests, wired or wifi? And what are you using to test?

A copy of the sync speeds from the helpdesk tab of the troubleshooting area of the router would help with diagnosis.

Re: Which Green Box? Can I find out? Does it Matter?

Leapy — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:17:02 GMT

@Mustrum wired to a Windows 10 desktop PC.

I just did the whole checking system and found a microfilter might be part of the problem as when replaced it went from 5mbps to 20mbps, which is what I normal get on my line (up to 35mbps).

I think I will replace all the microfilters tomorrow.