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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by Bill on May 12, 2024, 08:53:55 »Shouldn't that be fora for the pedantic?
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by Simon on May 11, 2024, 10:54:22 »As an amateur in these matters who has picked up what knowledge I have from various groups and forums (fora the pedantic) around the internet, AFAIK the head-end exchanges are normally existing exchanges as they already have most of the kit required. There will be a lot of space in those buildings once the exiting copper-based infrastructure is no longer required so there may well be a business decision to move to different premises once the copper is done but that is many years away yet.
Shouldn't that be fora for the pedantic?
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by Postal on May 11, 2024, 09:13:24 »Are the head-end exchanges separate from and different from the old telephone exchanges?
As an amateur in these matters who has picked up what knowledge I have from various groups and forums (fora the pedantic) around the internet, AFAIK the head-end exchanges are normally existing exchanges as they already have most of the kit required. There will be a lot of space in those buildings once the exiting copper-based infrastructure is no longer required so there may well be a business decision to move to different premises once the copper is done but that is many years away yet.
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by armadillo on May 10, 2024, 21:03:46 »That distance isn't a problem with fibre. My parents used to get 4Mbps on ADSL on a good day as the run from the exchange is about 4 miles. They now have rock solid 55/10 FTTP with the ability to order the 900Mbps service.That is rather amazing - in a good way!
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by armadillo on May 10, 2024, 20:56:49 »Perhaps a little bit of explanation.....Brilliant post! Thank you for a clear and comprehensive explanation. I did not realise that the FTTP supply was so independent of the current exchange map.
Are the head-end exchanges separate from and different from the old telephone exchanges?
I suppose that the problem for people in villages like my friend's is that there are very few residents there and no existing fibre service at all. So there is a lot of cost and little profit for any provider in creating infrastructure.
The USO aspect is interesting. My friend is a technophobe, I might even say techno-hostile, so the USO process would have to depend on initiation by a more techno-receptive member of the village if there are any.
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by john7 on May 10, 2024, 15:59:46 »My router was just switched from the existing connection to the new one and it clearly needed changing.
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by nowster on May 09, 2024, 11:13:51 »I think I have sorted my poor upspeed I changed the MTU to 1492 and up and down are now over 500Mb. Why something are crucial like that isn't in the setup information is beyond me.
The PPPoE connection needs to have an MTU of 1492 to allow for encapsulation overhead within the 1500 byte Ethernet frames. Most kit/software does this automatically.
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by Simon on May 08, 2024, 14:11:43 »Glad you got it sorted, John.
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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by john7 on May 08, 2024, 14:02:06 »I think I have sorted my poor upspeed I changed the MTU to 1492 and up and down are now over 500Mb. Why something are crucial like that isn't in the setup information is beyond me.