Morning all,
I am on a FTTC connection with Sky, and have been with Sky for 10 years or so - time for a change!
My line is about 1600m (apparently) from the cabinet, and I Sync at 39900 down and around 5700 up. ECI Cabinet, so provider with speed profile would be a bonus.
My current setup at home is a Zyxel 1312 in bridge mode, with my own OpenWRT (Luci) router.
With Sky, I am on a legacy 'Pro' (80mb) connection - originally obtained as that was the only way to get a static IPv4 address, and also it was 'different' support. The upshot of this is that I am having my pants pulled down on the price - £32 for the broadband, and £19 odd for the landline/calls - around £62 all in for phone/broadband! I am also getting increasingly frustrated with the support since the 'pro' team disappeared. Just recently, having switched to OpenWRT from DD-WRT I have also identified an issue where I periodically lose my IPv6 address - it appears that for customers on the 'static' address, the IPv4 DHCP renewal request needs to have a 'discover' or the IPv6 request gets ignored - not the end of the world, but still.
Main driver for change is to save money, but if it results in something breaking, my family will probably hang me or something
Looking at Zen - considered AA, but I think the data caps will be an issue.
If I switched to Zen from Sky:
1. Is it just a case of signing up on their website, and they will deal with the switch, terminate sky etc. (checked the site and they can offer FTTC at my address)?
2. Will I be able to continue to use my OpenWRT / 1312 combination - are the settings for the router easily obtainable?
3. What is the difference between unlimited fibre 1 and 2? As far as I can tell, they both offer static Ipv4 adresses, and given my distance from the cabinet the same estimated speeds. Even at £35/month for unlimited 2, it is still asaving on my current setup if there is a benefit of some sort.
4. I assume Zen offers IPv6?
Any others I should consider, in your experience? Zen looks like a good fit.
Many thanks,
Jason.