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Author Topic: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...  (Read 6800 times)

dorzb

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might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« on: August 08, 2019, 11:38:15 AM »

A couple of years ago I downgraded my BT Infinity 2 to 1. At some point, BT changed their product name and I think my Infinity 1 became superfast fibre 1 50mb.
I never thought about checking the speed except for the first few months of my new contract, at which the result seemed ok. I replaced my router 3 weeks ago and then I noticed my sync speed was only 39999kb(very stable).
Googled it and found out that's actually for BT superfast fibre essential 36mb. I know I probably should blame myself for not checking the speed more often...
Now my questions are:
1. Is there any way to find out when my IP profile became effective?
2. Is it possible to ask for a refund from BT as I haven't got what I've been paying for?

Thanks.
« Last Edit: August 14, 2019, 03:04:28 PM by dorzb »
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j0hn

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2019, 01:55:16 PM »

Its possible you're provisioned on 55/10 as you should be, but that the DLM has capped your line at some point.

BT have had a number of different products over the years and have given various free upgrades at different times.

Some of these upgrades were only applied when signing new contracts
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dorzb

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2019, 02:26:47 PM »

Its possible you're provisioned on 55/10 as you should be, but that the DLM has capped your line at some point.

BT have had a number of different products over the years and have given various free upgrades at different times.

Some of these upgrades were only applied when signing new contracts

Thanks John. But I can see my broadband package is the 56mb one under mybt account.
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j0hn

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2019, 03:02:58 PM »

Then possibly my 1st suggestion.

Its possible you're provisioned on 55/10 as you should be, but that the DLM has capped your line at some point.

DLM caps lines the exact same way product caps are done.

BT phone support tends to be useless at this kind of thing going through the whole reboot your hub nonsense.
I'd recommend making a thread on the BT Community forums and a Moderator will look in to it.
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Alex Atkin UK

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2019, 01:57:35 AM »

Do you have any line stats such as SNR margin and attenuation values?
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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2019, 10:02:22 PM »

Do you have any line stats such as SNR margin and attenuation values?


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bkehoe

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2019, 03:18:48 PM »

Well the cabinet must be in your garden with stats like that!
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jaydub

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2019, 06:28:38 PM »

Well the cabinet must be in your garden with stats like that!

Significantly better stats than mine and my cabinet is the other side of our front garden wall. :(
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dee.jay

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2019, 06:58:48 PM »

You must be on the wrong profile, surely?

Why don't you have 80/20?
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fat jez

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2019, 08:21:53 PM »

You must be on the wrong profile, surely?

Why don't you have 80/20?

Depends on what you want to pay for, I suppose?
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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2019, 08:52:08 PM »

I agree it looks like you are on the wrong profile. The best way to proceed is post on the BT forums as suggested.

Do you know when you originally downgraded from 80MB? I ask as at one stage BT were automatically upgrading BT Infinity 1 customers to 80MB for free if their line supported the speed for free - and I wonder if you should have been caught in that exercise.

Perhaps one to ask BT...
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dee.jay

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2019, 09:17:56 PM »

Depends on what you want to pay for, I suppose?

Yes, that's true
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dorzb

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2019, 09:42:45 AM »

Well the cabinet must be in your garden with stats like that!

The cabinet is about 30m away from my house. ;D
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dorzb

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2019, 09:48:37 AM »

I agree it looks like you are on the wrong profile. The best way to proceed is post on the BT forums as suggested.

Do you know when you originally downgraded from 80MB? I ask as at one stage BT were automatically upgrading BT Infinity 1 customers to 80MB for free if their line supported the speed for free - and I wonder if you should have been caught in that exercise.

Perhaps one to ask BT...

To answer the questions from other kitz citizens, I just do not need 80/20 as I barely download anything nowadays, and 56mb seems fast enough for online streaming. So when I renewed my contract almost 2 years ago I chose the 56mb package, it was still called BT infinity 1.
I have submitted my question to the BT forums. Will update this thread when I hear from them.
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dorzb

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Re: might be on the wrong IP profile for years...
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2019, 10:28:41 AM »

I just had a BT online chat and I was then told by a lady that there were some issues within their exchange due to which the speed dropped to 36 but I was still on the 56 IP profile. She then cleared the issue and now my line it is on 56 again. She also asked me to factory reset my BT HUB to make the changes effective. I told her I was using a non BT router and she said just reboot it I should get 56mb download speed back.

I will have to wait until I get home tonight to try it. Any thoughts about her explanation though?
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