Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
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Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 8:57 PM
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Having just looked through the Fibre area of the forum and seen that many people are having all sorts of problems perhaps I would be better off not bothering with the upgrade?
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 9:04 PM
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In my case it will be an almost nobrainer going from 3.4Mb to about 30Mb when it arrives later this year
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 9:06 PM
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even after a wobble with the install i'd still do it again as the improvements are that good.
If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 9:23 PM
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Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 9:36 PM
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However, if you want to stream TV, download movies or heavens forbid, play games, then yes, it is worth the upgrade. Don't be put off by the moans & groans on the forum, they are incredibly isolated incidents. Like 99.9999% of PN's fibre customers, for 2.5 years I have received a superb service. My change from ADSL to fibre was, like most customers, a painless experience & the engineer was present for less than 20 minutes.
Since then my connection has been much more reliable than ADSL. It is worth mentioning that the PN fibre router isn't anything special for a lot of customers. It again depends on your layout & your requirements.
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 9:45 PM
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I had a drop due to a supposed line fault knocking me down to 59Mb three enginner visits and no faults found, speed doesn't return I'm told Cross talk is mostly to blame for that being the case, I then since had a further 2 drops again due to supposed line faults although none are found by Enginners knocking me down to my current 50Mb, DLM has banded my line stoping me from going above 60Mb even if speed was to rise back up again which it hasn't, i'm still above my estimate despite it being cut from 67Mb down to 37Mb so BTO / BTW / Plusnet wont do anything and it's not even been a year yet.
I don't want to sound like a total doom monger I'm just letting you know it's not always plain sailing, Fibre is far more prone to Crosstalk and DLM intervention that can simply knock your speeds down and keep it there and there is nothing you can do about it when it does, If your happy knowing that then go for it, I would still get fibre knowing what i know now even though it can be so damn annoying at times.
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 10:41 PM
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I suppose nothing tried, nothing gained so I think I will go for it.
I take the point about the plusnet router, any suggestions about which to buy?
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 10:53 PM
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My experience is that I had a constant 5Mbps with ADSL no matter what the time was.
I 'upgraded' to FTTC and I get speeds as low as 0.5Mbps at peak times.
The support seems good if you are having problems configuring your router e.t.c.
In my case it's likely that there is an issue with BT's infrastructure but Plusnet don't seem to have enough leverage with BT to get it sorted.
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
02-02-2015 11:10 PM
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I already have an ADSL one and it is useless for me so went back to the TG582n
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 6:32 AM
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Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 7:56 AM
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Reason this line hasn't been converted to PlusNET. Latency is a key role in gaming
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 8:33 AM
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Do bear in mind what has been said before in this thread. The vast majority of customers don't post on these forums because they never have a problem!
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 9:09 AM
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Quote from: Oddball Thanks for your comments. I have 5.5Mb on ADSL which is very reliable. However my family want to download the whole internet every day so the benefit of a fibre connection is attractive.
You sound like exactly the sort of user(s) who would benefit from fibre.
I asked the same question last year, but I live on my own so no-one is sharing my ADSL connection which I use mainly just for surfing, and the consensus was that there would be little to be gained by swapping to FTTC, which is probably just as well as every time I check availability it has slipped further into the future.
As others have pointed out these forums tend not to be frequented by the vast majority who have no real problems with either their ADSL or FTTC.
Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 11:37 AM
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Re: Is an upgrade to fibre a worthwhile move?
03-02-2015 12:09 PM
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Quote from: thesawdust @tijara33 - fibre for gaming isn't any better than some ADSL. I've got a ping of 8ms and speeds of 16-18mb but on my plusnet line i get lowest of 13ms no matter what gateway etc (FTTC)
But if you try to host fibre is a big help with its faster upload speed, that and it can and does help with ping if on a long line. You are lucky for it to be so low and must live next door to your exchange.
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