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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on May 01, 2024, 17:23:15 »

Apologies John, I had no idea about IDNet partnering with Fibre Heroes.  The only option I had with them was to go with Openreach, which seems to be a different set of packages. 

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by john7 on May 01, 2024, 16:35:07 »

What package did you actually order?
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Fiber Heroes 550 up and down no confusion as most non BT supplied fiber is both much faster and cheaper than BTs. There are so many of them I expect as with what started as many cable TV firms/providers which moved to cable internet, TV and phones and were all taken over in the end by Virgin

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on May 01, 2024, 12:14:52 »

  Simon in joining the Fast Club.   

 

They're digging up the road again nearby - another fibre company laying more cables.  They'd better not mess mine up!   

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on May 01, 2024, 12:05:58 »

I have no idea (on this sort of product) if it is but clearly its not expected given there is no minimum speed given. I thought these over hyped speed claims had been clamped down on by Ofcom but clearly there are gaping loop holes left showing the regulators are doing there job of protecting the industry not users as usual.

I think there may be some confusion, John.  The packages IDNet offer are:

FTTP 55/10
upto 55 Mbit/s Downstream
upto 10 Mbit/s Upstream

FTTP 160/30
upto 160 Mbit/s Downstream
upto 30 Mbit/s Upstream

FTTP 330/50
upto 300 Mbit/s Downstream
upto 50 Mbit/s Upstream

FTTP 1000/115
upto 900 Mbit/s Downstream
upto 115 Mbit/s Upstream

What package did you actually order?

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Clive on May 01, 2024, 10:50:27 »

   Simon in joining the Fast Club.   

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by john7 on May 01, 2024, 09:16:45 »

Is it even possible to get 550 upload speed?

I have no idea (on this sort of product) if it is but clearly its not expected given there is no minimum speed given. I thought these over hyped speed claims had been clamped down on by Ofcom but clearly there are gaping loop holes left showing the regulators are doing there job of protecting the industry not users as usual.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Apr 30, 2024, 18:20:11 »

Just a quick update on mine - all seems stable and I'm getting an average of 107/22 on a 115/20 connection, so that's not bad. 

I also apparently have incredibly low latency, at a steady 5ms.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Apr 30, 2024, 18:14:09 »

Is it even possible to get 550 upload speed?

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by john7 on Apr 30, 2024, 17:00:41 »

I fallowd this thread with interest as we were migrating to cut the telephone costs.  One disappointment I have found is IDNet is now using the misleading speed estimates in there claims. I went for a 550 up and 550 down. Only to be told there is no speed guarantee with the up (I get under 100Mb) with a 200 guarantee for the down (not a very good one but as I am getting nearly 600 I can't complain at that). Its a disappointment that this old rather misspelling is still going on and even more that its IDNet doing it or must be knowingly passing on the speed misinformation (I have been told others using different providers going through the same fiber firm get the same disparity as I am getting so it must be known to be an unlikely up speed to all the firms selling the products).

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Networking & Routers / Re: New UBOSS VOIP service in addition to CENTREX

« Last post by nowster on Apr 24, 2024, 23:21:16 »

IIRC BT have already trialled it (Bournemouth is an exchange which took part in the first trial).

That's because they've run out of numbers in that code and will have started to use 0 or 1 as the start of the local number, meaning the exchange can't tell if you're doing local dialling, dialling a short code (eg. 17070), or an STD code without applying a timeout.

eg. a number like 01202 123456 or 01202 012020.

There have been "shadow" numbers with local parts starting with 0 and 1 since the 1990s at least, eg. 0161-0xx xxxx, usually used as the physical destinations of 0800 or similar numbers.