BT Fibre - Are speeds and pings consistent even at peak?

[Risco]

I can get 80/20 where I live. How consistent and good are the pings and speeds during peak hours as these are the only times I really get to use it.

[craigj2k12]

pings/jitter remain the same around the clock on BT, there is enough upstream capacity for every user to have 20mb dedicated upstream apparently, also BT use QoS to make sure pings remain unaffected by load

As well as this, BT use 70% as threshold for high utilisation versus VMs 90% - not to mention that BT deal with it far more efficiently

overall BT kicks VMs arse

[qasdfdsaq]

Uhh lets see:



Yeah.

Also should mention, every time I've had a performance problem with BT, it's been fixed within 3 days, without me having to report it. Every time I had a performance problem on VM, it took at least 3 months, and came back again weeks after.

OFCOM's last national monitoring results showed BT's service had far lower degradation and 80x lower jitter at peak times compared to VM. Based on my impressions VM's service has gottten worse since then...

[kwikbreaks]

Not regretting the move then qas?

[qasdfdsaq]

Not at all. Far better speeds and consistency than VM even after the latest upgrades, and getting it for less money too

[Risco]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Not at all. Far better speeds and consistency than VM even after the latest upgrades, and getting it for less money too

What about the wireless router they supply? How good is the range and what is it like for streaming to PS3 etc?

[kwikbreaks]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

I've found it uses half the power and has double the wireless range, but does have intermittent issues accepting connections that I'm yet to figure out.

One major omission is it's incapable of responding to pings, so I use my own router anyway, in BT's case you have a separate modem so don't need to leave the router connected even though you use your own.

[qasdfdsaq]

Thanks for that :-P

P.S. Kwikbreaks, any idea why it's taken so long to get your FTTC install? (Your blog says you ordered on the 2nd and got an install date of 25th - most people I've seen are getting install dates about 7 days after their order)

[m419]

Originally Posted by Risco

I can get 80/20 where I live. How consistent and good are the pings and speeds during peak hours as these are the only times I really get to use it.

But can BT's network manage the traffic, its all good having them speeds but once people start joining in the masses, it might slow down???

I'm not convinced about the reliability of both Virgin and BT as at peak times in over subscribed areas, it will dwindle. That was one good thing about 3, when it had no customers, internet was fast now it is so slow after recent rapid expansion

[qasdfdsaq]

Based on existing history when peoples start joining in the masses, speeds increase.

[m419]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Based on existing history when peoples start joining in the masses, speeds increase.

Broadband companies don't throttle speeds for nothing, what people are experiencing is a honeymoon period

[qasdfdsaq]

Yeah, a 2 and a half year honeymoon period.

We'll see in the next 30 days or so whether it continues.

[kwikbreaks]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

P.S. Kwikbreaks, any idea why it's taken so long to get your FTTC install?

No idea - the first available date was the previous Friday but that was no good for me. It is maybe because I'm having a BT line installed too although most of that is already in place already.

[qasdfdsaq]

Hmm - I had a new BT line install too, got an install date 7 days ahead. Weird, maybe the engineers are just super busy in your area with everyone wanting it :-P

[kwikbreaks]

Possible as the cable has been truly dire here for a while and Infinity is new so there will have been a lot waiting on it.

It could also be because they are so incompetent they have to revisit every job umpteen times. I binned BT and went to cable when they failed to fix a line fault after 5 visits.