To be honest I don't want G.Fast because of overpriced, unreliable and don't want it. I want Cuckoo Oak to have FTTP instead of G.Fast (well I hope so but I doubt it won't happen because OR want a cheaper G.Fast roll out) I am staying with FTTC 80/20 until FTTP.
There is no G.Fast current on the Cuckoo Oak exchange. (good riddance)
*Sigh*
... and I'm going backwards as far as advances in technology goes.
I was:-
- On one of the first exchanges to be dsl activated as part of Ben Verwayeen's "Broadband4[exchange]" campaign.
- The first ever exchange to suffer severe contention.
- One of the first to get 2Mbps down and 800kbps up.
- One of the lucky ones to get the highest residential speed of full 24/2.6 Annex_M when BE* started rolling out LLU adsl2+
- FTTC available since Sept 2012
For years I've had a stable 80/20 with plenty to spare.
Now... I'm syncing at 65Mbps and it would be much less if I didn't have dslstats sending me an alarm when CRCs reach a certain point... and if I didn't use a VMG8324.
I do not have
- G.INP
- 'x' dB
- no vectoring
- no sign of g.fast but doubt I would get it due to line being >300m
- Absolutely no sign of FTTP
- No VM in the area.
Am I harping on about it all the time? The only concession I do make is having a system set up so the modem can be remotely rebooted to stop the line being interleaved when it does its daily freak and occasionally gets stuck so DLM kicks in.
There's no point me worrying because I can't do anything about it.
Tell me Max - honestly what do you need more speed for? I do a heck of a lot of streaming. I also like the higher upload because I use FTP and because of the site. Is there anything you do that would justify the additional outlay?
Openreach G.Fast are just a waste of time and money - should have scrap it! FTTP for all. Why do I want FTTP because :-
1)
It’s always on
There’s no go-slow with FTTP full fibre technology – just better performance, impressive speeds, zero buffering, and less drop-outs.
2)
Never lets you down
Fibre optic cables are so powerful and resilient, they’ll never degrade like copper, so you can always rely on being connected to big bandwidth wherever you are. No DLM either.
3)
Ready for anything
Be unstoppable online, on everything from phones, tablets, smart appliances, laptops, desktops, VR headsets, smart glasses - and even the heating button in your home.
Sounded scripted so thanks ejs for the link.
As regards to 1)
Your connection is already always on. You get practically full 80Mbps which far exceeds the majority.
You wont be seeing any buffering nor do you see drop outs.
2)
The option of no DLM is nice as is the additional bandwidth. But on the whole I think you can say that your existing connection doesn't let you down.
If you had a household full of teenage kids or working from home then yep I could see the need for higher bandwidth... but your existing connection should enable you to easily cope with multiple HD streams.
3)
"Ready for anything".
Nowt new there. I already can and do use tablets, smart appliances... and one of those that uses it to control lighting, power and heating.
One of the reason's I'm delaying switching over routers is that I have that many smart devices and tablets etc that it would take me an eon to swap them all over. :/