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Old 06-01-2020, 23:41   #1
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Thumbs up New ISP process started!

After sorting out some new e mail address that are independent of ISP I have started the process away from Virgin Media currently @ £72.00 plus pcm to go with BT for TV Entertainment,Fibre Super Fast Broadband & phone package with extras on a 24 month contract @ £43.99. One off cost of £19.99.

Spent a bit of time looking at cheaper packages but this still saves me £316.11 in year one. Decided against Talk Talk as they seem to have poor customer ratings. Some sort of guarantee on my Broadband Speed that gives me a reduction if it does not measure up. Not sure what it means but also getting a one off £70 voucher - probably a supply of Vegan Magazines. lol
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Old 30-01-2020, 17:42   #2
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Thumbs down Not a great start with BT so far!

On Monday BT installed my phone line with internet & phone deal - I kept my number so it was transferred from VM.

The TV box seems okay I ordered a pair of BT Mini Connectors V2 for Ethernet over mains protocol connection to our rear lounge.

So far our phone has never rung though you can ring out okay. If I ring from my mobile the house phone stays silent. The self test number they gave me has not fixed anything - the ring back does not work.

BT are returning this Friday to check my connections. I had a text telling me they will charge me £85 if its an internal connection issue!

I assured them when I reported the fault that I had tried two different phones and had even removed the ADSL extender / plug to see if that made a difference (at their request).

Probably a related fault but the broadband is intermittent - speed is 50 Mb/s when it woks down to 9 Mb/s before it drops down to zero. Hopefully its just teething problems.
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Modern technology is just not all it seems, especially communications, so much is still running on old wires laid down many years ago, wish you luck, Rick
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Old 30-01-2020, 21:56   #4
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Modern technology is just not all it seems, especially communications, so much is still running on old wires laid down many years ago, wish you luck, Rick
I was with Sky about 5 years ago I had no land-line for about 10 days as they had to dig a trench across the road as not one nearby neighbour had a BT line. lol
They had to route a new cable through central shared ducting so I figured the wires would still be good. It's supposed to be fibre broadband - I guess the fibre junction is miles away so plenty of scope for signal loss.
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I was with Sky about 5 years ago I had no land-line for about 10 days as they had to dig a trench across the road as not one nearby neighbour had a BT line. lol
They had to route a new cable through central shared ducting so I figured the wires would still be good. It's supposed to be fibre broadband - I guess the fibre junction is miles away so plenty of scope for signal loss.
There's 2 ways for fibre broadband. Fibre directly into the property and fibre to the green cabs which then jumps onto your copper phone line. You then have a splitter/filter to divide your land line and router. The further you are from the cab, the slower your speed.
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There's 2 ways for fibre broadband. Fibre directly into the property and fibre to the green cabs which then jumps onto your copper phone line. You then have a splitter/filter to divide your land line and router. The further you are from the cab, the slower your speed.
Is this the case with VM as well ?
Our VM connection looks as though its Optical Fibre to the junction box on the street then a phone line type connection to our house.
I know BT did/do Fibre connections to business premises never seen it on private house connections.

Openreach visited today and have fixed my phone line - it now rings - he disconnected & reconnected at the exchange to fix this.

I will need to monitor the broadband over a few days as the drop out is intermittent.
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