The gfast pod would stick out into the pavement if the pod can't articulate?
bit of a pointless exercise in combe down.VM are in the process of doing many streets where the g.fast pods are & expanding their network ::) Probably beat OR to it considering the pods were fitted last summer and still not active.
I've tried to locate WNCKO P8 but it is proving to be a rather difficult cabinet to find.
What is I don't get it, why is 13 houses are not g.fast planned? Really weirdo.
Hi,
In summary yours should be the same not sure why its reading differently unless it’s a data anomaly.
The only other actual factor could be the wiring in your home depending on layout this can generate some speed loses.
However estimated speeds from the checkers should be the same based on your house distance to cabinet and the network resistances/line loss.
1 330
3 330
5 238
7 245.2
9 150.4
11 249.1
15 264.9 <---
17 273.2
19 281.2
21 228.6 NH
23 264.9 NH
25 256.9 NH
1 330 DP Corner of street which is also serves some houses on the main road.
3 330
5 238
7 245.2
9 150.4
11 249.1
15 264.9 <---
17 273.2
19 281.2 DP I can see that this pole is serving #19,17,15,11 & #9
21 228.6 NH
23 264.9 NH
25 256.9 NH
1 330 DP DP[a]
3 330 DP[a]
5 238 DP[a]
7 245.2 DP[a]
9 150.4 DP[b]
11 249.1 DP[b]
15 264.9 <--- DP[b]
17 273.2 DP[b]
19 281.2 DP DP[b]
21 228.6 NH DP[c]
23 264.9 NH DP[c]
25 256.9 NH DP[c]
Address *snip* on Exchange HUNSLET is served by Cabinet 82
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Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate(Mbps) Downstream Handback Threshold(Mbps) WBC FTTC Availability Date WBC SOGEA Availability Date
High Low High Low
VDSL Range A (Clean) 80 68.4 20 19 60.7 Available Available
VDSL Range B (Impacted) 80 65.1 20 18.4 49.5 Available Available
G.fast Range A (Clean) 330 330 50 41.6 330 Planned Planned
G.fast Range B (Impacted) 330 293.2 50 29 274.3 Planned Planned
I can't believe you've contacted Openreach about this.
Almost there!
According to this link (https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-broadband/when-can-i-get-fibre) it should be available but it's not showing in the dsl checker yet.
(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fkcm9mc.jpg&hash=aa8b52223b252a8401d12c4007b4740d676d2a4e)
And it's here!
(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Fruzghi.jpg&hash=8b16b1f1c1ac92ffde1a8804d6205eeeae0ca0cd)
For reference I am 175m straight line from the cab and a GEA test gives an estimated line length of 283m.
Mine G. Fast has been removed from btw checker. :(
Very nice that is 7.3X faster than a 40Mbps service it took me 1 hour to download a 16GB file from a site this week :ouch:
lol. Sorry, but that is kind of funny.
It's ok as BTw has updated of re-correct g.fast as Openreach has contact BTw to correct my g.fast speed from 246/35 to 330/50 :)
It's ok as BTw has updated of re-correct g.fast as Openreach has contact BTw to correct my g.fast speed from 246/35 to 330/50 :)
Could it be the case there is a team of people going around attaching the G.Fast pods but they are simply nothing but empty shells, and are just waiting for some future date when an engineer will appear and add the kit and connect things up? Does this explain why some people are seeing them appear but then never see service enabled?
pcp in Bath that was done last summer and is now finally live to order the service, took about 7 months from fitting of the g.fast pod to going live ???
I'm in Bath, which cabinet & where is it.
Cabinet 31 is apparantly enabled for G Fast according to checker,I can't find cabinet, but it's somewhere around Sydney Place, Bathwick.
I'm in Bath, which cabinet & where is it.
Cabinet 31 is apparantly enabled for G Fast according to checker,I can't find cabinet, but it's somewhere around Sydney Place, Bathwick.
PCP31 (Bath), is right outside the 'Church of St Mary The Virgin', at the roundabout where Darlington St meets Vane St. So, near to Sydney Place but not, if you know what I mean. ;) :)
cab1 combe down exchange
They all have their inner gubbins.
They need to wait for 10Gbit handover links to be installed at the exchange before activating them.
That's why entire exchanges of G.Fast pods are sitting idle for months then suddenly they all get activated.
Hi,
No not yet the full roll out has not been confirmed yet for this financial year.
The program start was April.
Very strange as I did emailed via openreach a few weeks ago of when will g.fast release to all isp's as a commercial rollout and they reply below:
In what sense, Alex ?? There are people connected to G.fast ....... maybe not on this forum, but there are people connected.
They all have their inner gubbins.
They need to wait for 10Gbit handover links to be installed at the exchange before activating them.
That's why entire exchanges of G.Fast pods are sitting idle for months then suddenly they all get activated.
Out of interest, what is the 'Ultrafast' hub? With g.fast, can you still use a sperate openreach modem, or do you HAVE to use their hub?
BT Smart Hub X (https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/uk-isp-bt-launch-new-smart-hub-x-router-g-fast-broadband.html)
If you're not using BT, then the engineer should leave a standalone openreach modem instead unless your ISP offers their own combined unit.
I think the HG612 modem is already G.Fast ready, so if I already have this and I get g.fast enabled then I should be able to continue to use it?
STEER CLEAR of the ASUS (DSL-AC88U) VDSL/G-FAST wireless router, it's a nightmare, full of bugs which they are taking AGES to fix.
I have one which I tried to use on BT Infinity 2, but it's currently back in it's box as it won't work properly with the BT-TV IPTV channels.
The streaming SD channels are ok, but HD is iffy & UHD doesn't work at all, with my TP-LINK router however all channels work perfectly.
It's been nearly a year now since this bug was acknowledged by ASUS but they just keep saying it WILL be fixed in a future firmware update.
Also lots of DHCP issues which are ongoing, many people are complaining that their Amazon wireless devices don't like it either, frequent drop-outs.
STEER CLEAR of the ASUS (DSL-AC88U) VDSL/G-FAST wireless router, it's a nightmare, full of bugs which they are taking AGES to fix.I'm using one on Plusnet 80/20 with no problems whatsoever.
I have one which I tried to use on BT Infinity 2, but it's currently back in it's box as it won't work properly with the BT-TV IPTV channels.
The streaming SD channels are ok, but HD is iffy & UHD doesn't work at all, with my TP-LINK router however all channels work perfectly.
It's been nearly a year now since this bug was acknowledged by ASUS but they just keep saying it WILL be fixed in a future firmware update.
Also lots of DHCP issues which are ongoing, many people are complaining that their Amazon wireless devices don't like it either, frequent drop-outs.
No complaints here.
Now TV & Amazon Prime work fine and Youtube 4K plays without issue.
I was looking at the G.fast map here: https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/broadband-map#9/53.8023/-1.5841/gfast/ (https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/broadband-map#9/53.8023/-1.5841/gfast/) I had to zoom out to see entire UK.
I was surprised at how few G.fast pods are on the map! It's hardly anything. I assumed the G.fast dots would have been nearly everywhere, at least all over the inner cities.
All the ones that we know about that are live and taking orders. If you know of ones that are live (rather than just pod attached but otherwise dormant) then let us know
So I guess by that he means when the pods become live it should light up the map.
Is there any switch-on date for pods? Is it being done in groups based on geographical area? We know some are live, and we know the service is available for some.
I have to say, technical debate about G.fast aside, the marketing for G.fast so far seems like a bit of a shambles.
1. ISP's reluctant to offer it.
2. It only being available to a very limited market.
3. No big switch-on, no progress report.
4. No promotional materials, tv adverts, flyers etc.
I asked him on his tweet about the map and he replied;
So I guess by that he means when the pods become live it should light up the map.
Is there any switch-on date for pods? Is it being done in groups based on geographical area? We know some are live, and we know the service is available for some.
I have to say, technical debate about G.fast aside, the marketing for G.fast so far seems like a bit of a shambles.
1. ISP's reluctant to offer it.
2. It only being available to a very limited market.
3. No big switch-on, no progress report.
4. No promotional materials, tv adverts, flyers etc.
Unless a person knows what G.fast is, AND happen to be looking at the dsl checker or go to a ISP offering the service, AND of course happen to be very close to a cabinet, then even if you see G.fast the average person wouldnt know what it is.
For a service that only has a limited potential customer base the lack of promotion will make a bad situation worst.
Sorry for going on a bit of a rant. But I am passionate when I don't see the potential of technology or people being fulfilled to the max.
As Ronski says they used to put dates months in advance.
It likely just caused them to get dozens of messages when the dates weren't met.
For whatever reason they no longer put dates a long time in advance.
Three complainants challenged whether the estimated dates in ads (a) and (b) were misleading and could be substantiated, because in their experience the quoted dates were frequently put back.
We considered that, although the original advertised dates were based on a likely estimated timescale to completion, the revised dates were likely to mislead consumers, because they were not based on an analysis of how long the delays might possibly take. We therefore concluded that the revised dates presented on both availability checkers were misleading.
We told Openreach to ensure that estimated dates displayed on their checker were based on a robust calculation, and were not routinely rolled back without specific information being taken into account. We told BT Consumer not to display estimated dates on their checker unless they could substantiate that Openreach, as the provider of the fibre broadband infrastructure, were using a robust method to calculate those dates.
Oh well I ain't bother to be honest. I knew openreach failed on G. Fast planned. Not good enough in my view. Plus G. Fast are expensive anyway as I would not order it if it was available.
There's a list of pilot locations here (https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/08/openreach-extend-330mbps-g-fast-broadband-pilot-1-million-uk-premises.html).
I was so close to saying that maybe it meant they had changed their mind on G.fast for those areas and were hoping to deploy FTTP instead but had a flash of conscience.
. . . the latest collected stats from an Asus DSL-AC88U can be seen here (http://browni.co.uk/dslstats/Webserver/).
I changed the graph to logarithmic and got this!
http://browni.co.uk/images/fec.png
Having them there leads to a certain class of people contacting BT complaining about the estimate or wanting to know when exactly the build is due.Guilty. :blush: Though I was not complaining since for myself the high of the clean and impacted range was 330/50, but rather just curious and made enquiries about approximately when (without success).