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Old 19-12-2011, 20:53   #16
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Re: BT Infinity installed

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Bt gets free caller ID free calls to 0845 and no superhub!
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True, but i wouldnt say the Home hub is any better.

My upload speed has increased now to above 6Mb... progress.

---------- Post added at 14:54 ---------- Previous post was at 14:44 ----------

Uploading at 730KB/s on utorrent
dont forget on infinity you can use whatever equipment you want, change the homehub, change the modem, complete control over it, better up/down speed ratio, lower ping, pretty much no jitter, so priced at the same as VMs 30mb, the BT option is rather a lot better!!
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Old 19-12-2011, 20:55   #17
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Re: BT Infinity installed

This will be why virgin are looking at the tiers of service
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Old 19-12-2011, 21:33   #18
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Re: BT Infinity installed

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dont forget on infinity you can use whatever equipment you want, change the homehub, change the modem, complete control over it, better up/down speed ratio, lower ping, pretty much no jitter, so priced at the same as VMs 30mb, the BT option is rather a lot better!!
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Re: BT Infinity installed

BT have also significantly improved their profile system so the throughput matches the line speed much closer at all times.
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Old 20-12-2011, 14:36   #20
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Re: BT Infinity installed

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Unless I'm mistaken, your line doesn't settle like it used too on ADSL, what you get now is what you get period.

Not that there's anything wrong with your throughput.

I'm toying with giving BT Infinity a go, but it's just there bad rep for poor customer service that's putting me off.
I want unlimited anytime calls,BT line rental and BT infinity top pack and BT Vision Gold pack for about £30. They won't do it, they won't get my custom, it is unreasonable for the price they are asking for considering BT Vision is freeview,BT Infinity goes as high as 13mb around here and voip like vonage give you better value.

BT are too behind to offer that kind of value because the state of its network is outdated and the upgrade to fibre should have been done by 2005 latest, in fact they should be able to provide a full Cable IPTV service down it by now, but no its way to behind! Too busy funneling money into BT Cellnet and BT 3G in the late 90's as well as well as its overseas subsidiaries.

Not only that, the government should never have given cable companies licences to run telephone services, financially it has put BT far behind. What they should have done was to let BT and the cable companies to operate together similar but not as bad as how Virgin Media and BT operate the Milton Keynes and Westminster cable TV franchise. That way both parties would be able to compete with the likes of Sky as well as invest in better internet products and network development.
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Re: BT Infinity installed

If anyone knows, as i've tried looking. Is there anyway to check which maximum speed im being allowed to get to? i know on Sky you can log in and check.
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Re: BT Infinity installed

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...?topicId=29017

scroll down to Check if you can get BT Infinity theres 2 ways of doing it. try them both. customer and non customer.

I'm being quoted 27.7Mb download - 10.0Mb upload
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Old 20-12-2011, 15:09   #23
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Re: BT Infinity installed

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http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...?topicId=29017

scroll down to Check if you can get BT Infinity theres 2 ways of doing it. try them both. customer and non customer.

I'm being quoted 27.7Mb download - 10.0Mb upload
No, for example like on sky when you login to the router, it tells you the exact speed that your upload and download has been capped at, not the predicted line speeds.
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Old 20-12-2011, 15:13   #24
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don't know man sorry
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Old 20-12-2011, 15:17   #25
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don't know man sorry
thanks anyway
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Re: BT Infinity installed

Can you not login to the BT router, like you can with the Sky router's.

I would imagine the login details would be on a sticker underneath the home hub somewhere.

I don't really know as I've never used one I'm afraid
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the login ID password etc. is within some pull out thing, top rear of the router I tihnk
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Re: BT Infinity installed

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Can you not login to the BT router, like you can with the Sky router's.

I would imagine the login details would be on a sticker underneath the home hub somewhere.

I don't really know as I've never used one I'm afraid
yeah i can, but i have looked there and cant seem to find it, maybe im not looking in the right place.
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yeah i can, but i have looked there and cant seem to find it, maybe im not looking in the right place.
Sorry I can't help you there, hopefully some one will reply with the necessary info
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Re: BT Infinity installed

So after 1 day of testing, here is what i think so far... and im comparing this to my VM 30Mb connection.

Page loading is a lot more responsive and noticeably sharper. Streaming is much more smooth, no buffering at all on 4od or iplayer, and 1080p HD videos on youtube load fully within about a minute. great speeds on bittorrent, and im able to upload at around 760KB/s which is the highest i've seen so far. i've noticed ping is lower usually on BT too.

Overall from this experience so far i'd recommend BT Infinity over VM 30Mb.

This is my result from BT infinity wireless



This is my respect from VM 30Mb wired




I'd also like to point out that i get a very slight increase on speed on BT if i connect to wired, goes to around 31Mb/s also.
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