RFoG will not receive the 100mbs upload?

[locky1]

Lots of people had the 100mbs upload today. 

but from what I have been reading those on RFoG connections will not be getting the 100mbs upload due to the limitations of the technology used..

[IPFreely]

That little box isn't the Hub though. 

[IPFreely]

PON kit doesn't show how fast your service is as a general rule. The shaping is done at the other end.

You also aren't provisioned in the same way as the cable modem folks. Completely differently in fact. For some reason they've decided to copy the cable tiers: only thing that comes to mind is that they plan on offering that and charging extra for symmetric.

The engineers I'm sure want to let it rip, the beancounters want to wring every last penny out of customers so testing a speed boost service seems possible. 

As always with VM hoping and praying that upload doesn't become a major part of purchasing decisions. 

Either way you're on a trial not a production product so nothing everyone else sees on their services applies to you. I fully imagine a fair amount of manual work was done to set you up and manual work will be what changes your tier, not the same configuration management system that pushed the cable change. 

[Cawsie]

[Cawsie]

Looks like i had the 100 mbps upload after a reboot. Noticed my upload qam still at 64. Is this normal?

[IPFreely]

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@Cawsie wrote:

Looks like i had the 100 mbps upload after a reboot. Noticed my upload qam still at 64. Is this normal?

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Yes, absolutely.

[Cawsie]

Ok thanks

[jhuk]

"On RFoG here and just got the upgrade. As per my original post my latency has gone through the roof.
In Sheffield here."

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[IPFreely]

Are you part of a big block of RFoG or a small infill do you know?

Valid reasons to ask. If they've deployed it to RFoG larger builds all over the place that's a questionable one - selling 110 Mbit over 150 Mbit of capacity doesn't strike me as smart. If they've deployed it to those small areas that are using inverted nodes and hanging off HFC areas that can't have 3.1 upstream due to the RFoG that's an error.

Did the latency calm down at off-peak times? I can think of the obvious issue, capacity, but a few others that might have gone wrong specific to RFoG.

[jhuk]

I am on Coax so got the 100Mb/s, that was a quote as someone earlier said they were not to get the 100Mb/s uplift due to limitations or such.

[Martyn]

they are doing the entire area/town and further out, never seen it been pushed so hard before, installing quicker than the altnets around here, a lot quicker. since they using PIA, tiny channels are all that are needed. it's mental really, PIA should be available for all tbh, with less environmental impact.

they have done it so quickly.

there are 2 dedicated installers doing the internal work, and then you got the people "running it" AV Online Networks, my installation got cancelled at one point due to the third-party call centre not detecting work had been completed externally, setup account etc on 13th and on 14th external work was complete, took forever to get hold of someone to sort it, who was a friendly guy from AV Online Networks. They gave everyone on the trial £200 also, and also said after the 6 months "I'd get a really good deal to stay on as a customer" So with any luck that happens, I do get the odd feedback thing, it has been solid, the only downside is the upload, if grain gets here before they fix that, then have no reason to stay on with VM, will go with whoever is cheaper. (most likely grain 900mb for £34.99 with no incontract price rises)