Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Trust me, BT is not rock bottom prices. I was interested in the free BT sport. But as for the BB prices nothing is rock bottom cheap about that.

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

True, and Plusnet is the cheapest of those 3 for BB but has the best customer service ;)

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

I did warn you about BT overseas call centres! :( (They probably share the other half of same Mumbai jerry built call centre with VirginMedia? ;)

I assume you have some overlap with retaining VM in parallel with BT Infinity install - although it seems you might have given 30days notice to VM already?
Have you checked/confirmed what "user satisfaction", if any, BT offer (other than statutory 7 days distance buying cancellation) if the instal doesn't meet your expectation (or exceed VM's current degraded service) within say a month?

Not that you have much choice other than to gamble with BT as VM's Lancing service on your node will likely further degrade as you also predict over next 9months+ to Sept2014! :(

Seems you're between a "rock and a hard place" again.... :(

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Yep, I feel pretty stuck.

My VM is due to be terminated on Feb 10th, BT Infinity to be installed on Feb 3rd, If they hold that date. If worst comes to worst on the Infinity install I will push Virgin back for another month and hopefully they will credit me still for the degraded service. I almost want to keep the VM BB so I can monitor it over the coming months - I guess I could still get credits every month?

I feel rather deluded by the whole experience - urrgghh!!

P.S. BT have told me I have 14 days cooling off period from activation day - Hope that is true.

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Good luck with BT mate the problems i have had to deal with for my father in law Openreach not turning up blaming the poor speeds on the wiring in the house after i rewired the house . I was lucky knowing someone at BT who helped get it sorted :)

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

FTTP the fibre goes to the node, i.e. where the VDSL cabinet connects to

They are using poles and ducts depending on area, this product will be available in all FTTC areas

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

What's the ETA on FTTP on Demand in FTTC areas? Just curious as I'm thinking of going to BT Infinity when my VM contract expires, have no gripe with VM just think BT's product with it's predicted 63/18 FTTC speed would be more ideal for me.

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

FTTPoD and prebuilt FTTP use different layouts and node locations.

FTTPoD is already available in limited areas (CP trial) including near me. I'd guess 3-6 months before it rolls out more widely (i.e. Starts expanding towards all areas)

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Yea I'm aware FTTPoD and existing FTTP are a bit different, but I guess the end result (from the user perspective) is more or less the same. Given it's an all fiber run.

My contract expires in October this year so if BT FFTPoD is at a sensible price (but I'd doubt it) I would consider it, if not BT FTTC would be fine.

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Openreach have made FTTPoD available in all areas to all ISP's, so far no ISP is offering it.

For those intersted here's the price list for install.

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home...2e9%2Bmw%3D%3D

36mth min contract though ISP's may extend that to 5yrs and reduce the instal cost. No-one knows yet.

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

And dont skim that page, there is an important line in there..

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

It is also worth noting that the charges are what Openreach will charge. By the time it filters down to the ISP's and then the customer...

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

It isn't though.

FTTPoD uses a dedicated fibre link with SyncE capability (not sure if they'll be making use of it anytime soon) Prebuilt FTTP uses GPON split fibres shared with many other users, with protocol similarities to that of DOCSIS cable. The latter being a contended, shared service, and the former is not.

You're talking about as big a difference as a leased line vs. Virgin Media cable.

---------- Post added at 05:16 ---------- Previous post was at 05:13 ----------

Source please?

Most recent I could find was this:

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6...openreach.html

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Re: (Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb
 

Don't see how that proves it's available everywhere, in fact the first address I check shows it's not:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/01/14.png