Posts by CriticalEagle

BT launches all-singing converged 5G product for... oof... £58 a month

Re: Are you sure about that "converged" broadband + 5G stuff?

Drew Scriver.

You are in Virginia, where this product is not offered and where BT does not trade or do business to my knowledge.

You will also be aware that, in terms of price and what you get for voice and data services varies dramatically from country to country, market to market. There are many countries where customers have access to far faster services for far less money than people in the UK.

It is a pity that you find yourself in that position, but what good does comparing your situation to this do? Are you trying to suggest that the BT Halo prices are cheap? The comparison isn’t really valid is it? It would be like me complaining that the weather is cold here in the UK and someone countering by saying “it’s nowhere near as cold as it is in the Arctic though!” So what? I’m using, as I obviously would, a local frame of reference. You are not.

Forgive me but I don’t think BT are going to be operating in your area anytime soon and nobody here is going to feel lucky just cus there are people who are worse off, like yourself.

Not so G.fast: Hybrid fibre 'under review' as Openreach remembers it's all about FTTP now

I don't think all the people on TB have given you a balanced impression.

Today I've had G.fast installed. Previously I was on a good VDSL2 line and, like you, I was syncing at 74 down and 19 up. The DSLAM cab is about 120m from my flat.

Openreach engineer did the work at the cab and set up an OR G.fast modem and his diagnostic returned sync speeds of 330 down and 50 up, which is the max attainable in the spec and what my ISP estimated I would get.

Doing a speedtest using fast.com on a wireless connection in a bedroom I am getting 300 down and 43 up. I'm fairly convinced that if I had a system connected to the modem via gigabit, my speeds wouldn't be far off the max sync speed.

Whilst I'm certain that it very much a case of "your mileage may vary" - what you're posting here amounts to scaremongering and hearsay. Use the bt DSL checker website and put your phone number in and see what comes back. Look at the downstream handback threshold for an impacted line. That will give you a good indication of what speeds you're likely to get. Mine showed 330/50 for both the clean and the impacted line figures. I have only a BT master socket and it was installed 10 years ago and hasn't been touched since.