As of the 9th my VM circuit has ceased to be, so I have left the fold for the second time.
Nothing to do with the service, I was lucky and very, very rarely had any issues with my broadband supply. Most likely because I was always in modem mode 😉
Now running BT on FTTP 500/70 as the sole supply for broadband.
For the curious here's a wired speed test, I couldn't not do one, could I? 🙂
Good luck and let us know how you get on.
No issues at all with my BT FTTP connection for the last 2+ years. VM now looks like a very poor alternative in my area while waiting for their fibre rollout to get under way.
Am now being bombarded with offers from Lit fibre who are new to the area and significantly cheaper than BT (after 2 years of BT baked-in price rises).
Do you both now also haunt the BT equivalent of this site 😊
The BT equivalent (also on the Khoros platform) is pretty dull by comparison to the exciting, unusual and inexplicable things that happen on here regularly!
There also seems to be a much-reduced turnover of topics on there in comparison to here (presumably because BT's other means of support contact actually work!).
I have had no reason myself to contact BT support for anything so far.
Adduxi wrote:As of the 9th my VM circuit has ceased to be, so I have left the fold for the second time.
Nothing to do with the service, I was lucky and very, very rarely had any issues with my broadband supply. Most likely because I was always in modem mode 😉
Now running BT on FTTP 500/70 as the sole supply for broadband.
For the curious here's a wired speed test, I couldn't not do one, could I? 🙂
And even though BT are using legacy GPON rather than XGS-PON (which VM's Nexfibre use incidentally), those speeds mirror my mother's BT FTTP for that package tier, although her ping times are like 5ms, even though she lives in middle of a farm field. She gets around 513mbps anytime of day and somewhere around 69-71mbps for upload. Downfall of BT is not doing symmetric, but mother is lucky as Cityfibre doing work and will be just days away from be able to change to their symmetric services. So flaky ADSL Max until 2019 that went every time there was high winds and torrential rain and now she will have two FTTP providers; would never have seen that coming as till last minute, BT and BDUK could not say "when" back in the day. Then BT suddenly came out and did the work whilst the village down the road had to wait, although they had Superfast BB via FTTC for a while before. Cityfibre doing work there now, whilst no sign of BT doing FTTP there yet, although they have committed to doing it.
BT are similar to VM in that they will insist on the Home Hub being used for any troubleshooting, even when the ONT supply is dead. My HH is still in the box unopened as it's not needed, I have my own networking kit, but available. That's one bonus with Openreach installs, most FTTP suppliers allow 3rd party kit to be attached. The other bonus is with the Openreach infrastructure in place, it opens up a lot more ISPs to choose from.
Adduxi wrote:BT are similar to VM in that they will insist on the Home Hub being used for any troubleshooting, even when the ONT supply is dead. My HH is still in the box unopened as it's not needed, I have my own networking kit, but available. That's one bonus with Openreach installs, most FTTP suppliers allow 3rd party kit to be attached. The other bonus is with the Openreach infrastructure in place, it opens up a lot more ISPs to choose from.
Yep, but most of the ALTNETS allow your own kit too. The one thing where BT is slightly better is you get a dynamic IP that is routable by Dynamic DNS whereas most of the ALTNETS are CGNAT and don't give a routable IP address from internet. With most though, you can usually pay a little extra for static IPv4 address or a number offer IPv6 as well, but people in that situation would most likely want IPv4. Some of them intend to go wholesale like Netomnia/You Fibre, and CityFibre is already a wholesale provider.
I am hoping to go only fibre broadband next June.
Just my mom likes phone line.
Hope by then there is better mobile signal around us. So can move to fibre broadband only and use mobile phone instead of landline
Just had my EE service connected, 500/ 70 Mbps and showing a little over on both.
Very happy with installation, a dream compared to VM. A fixed appointment time with several yes/no reminders, the guy arrived on time and introduced himself. He ran the cable and mounted the ONT exactly as I wanted. As it should be.
Such a relief to be free of VM.
Cool. Nice to have a choice 😎
Can I ask u what ur wifi is like and if u use wifi pods or extenders??
With ee
Sorry, I don't use their WiFi. I use my own Draytek router and mesh.
Yes Alessandro, you're right 🙂
You’ll just have to get your EE forum badges up and running …. 🙂
I've been on that forum for months, checking out potential problems before signing up to EE.
Just like people should check the VM forum before signing up to them.
And their free, reliable DDNS. 🙂
What's free ??
No argument there. I was expecting to use mine as separate APs, but the setup offered cable connected mesh. Being Draytek which I have used and trusted for years at work and home, I reckoned they had something worth using, so I did.
All I can say is that the phone app shows it moves reliably from one AP to another.
This morning I contacted Openreach on line about a potential problem I had noticed with cables on the pole that feeds my new EE service.
Four hours later I happened to walk past and found they had already visited, made a temporary repair and put a fence around it!
Compare that with the Virginmedia response to a reported problem!
What was the issue.?
