How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
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How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
21-05-2011 12:48 PM
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I'm wondering what are the chances of being able to order Plusnet Fibre before the free installation offer expires.
Graham
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21-05-2011 1:53 PM
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21-05-2011 2:36 PM
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That's depressing! Still, it probably means I don't have to worry about whether I'll just miss the cutoff date for free installation.
Given that I don't download lots of video, it may not be worth switching anyway. On the other hand, the installation charge plus a year's extra subscription fee is probably not much more than the cost of getting Openreach to fit a new master socket, and I'd have the extra speed and usage.
Graham
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21-05-2011 5:06 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
21-05-2011 5:40 PM
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I had a 1.5Mb connection prior to FTTC, which was stable but slow. Most of the time you could just about cope with it, but on occasions it caused problems, such as downloading firmware for iphone, which would timeout after a few hours.
My original FTTC date was Dec 2010, that got moved to March, then Sept, then back to April.
If you already have a fast enough line, then the realistic side of me says why pay more. Me, I didn't really, I just lived with the slowness hoping something would come along one day. It did, and I'm happy now.
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
21-05-2011 7:35 PM
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However, I am currently on a Value package with download speed of 3.2 MB which is quite adequate for what I need. Fibre would nearly triple the cost, so I probably won't bother....
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
22-05-2011 12:54 AM
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The only advantage I can currently see for fibre is in say streaming video to your TV. But then you would also need a very large usage allowance to make that viable.
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
22-05-2011 10:06 AM
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This is an area cabled for Virgin, so BT clearly wanted a slice of their business...
Now on 34mbs
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22-05-2011 7:42 PM
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Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
22-05-2011 7:47 PM
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To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
23-05-2011 11:15 PM
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Quote from: phil4 .... about 7minths prior to go live.
But was it one of the first to be installed or later in the series of installation? I cannot believe they would so all at once.
Re: How long between installation of cabinet and FTTC availability?
24-05-2011 7:19 AM
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25-05-2011 9:25 AM
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In the end, the exchange was publicised as accepting orders in November 2010, but none of the cabinets seemed to actually be live at first. That changed in mid December, when most cabinets went live, and orders started being accepted, with installation dates at the end of December.
Unfortunately, my cabinet seemed to get delayed. It needed 2 more sets of roadworks in February & March (both seemingly power-related), and went live itself at the end of March. In fact - 2 months ago exactly - which is how long my FTTC order has been in place (which is a different nightmare).
The dates reported by the DSL checker stayed at Dec 31st until mid-December, when they made 7 changes in less than a week, varying through Mar 2011, June 2011, Sept 2011, and Dec 2010 (but not in that order), as well as disappearing sometimes. They finally changed to March 2011 and sat there until mid-March, when they changed to June 2011. Then, on March 23rd, they changed back to a go-live date of March 25th.
That means the majority went live around 3 months after installation, while mine was 6 months.
All-in-all, watching the date changes go back 3 months only a week before-due, twice, was a very frustrating experience, and one I complained to BT's CEO about.
So be prepared for some amount of frustration at the dates... especially if you are hoping to match some other cutoff date. I was aiming to get onto the original FTTC trial - and if i lived 100yds away, I'd have made it
Using FTTC since 2011. Currently on 80/20 Unlimited Fibre Extra.
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