Just ordered BT Infinity

Hi All
Just ordered BT Infinity option 2 package 40mb down 10mb up. Speed checker estimated 39.5 down, and the full 10 up. Reading through the posts on here I am slightly anxious about what to expect. I download heavily, game often and stream on a regular basis. Moving from o2 where I have been getting 24mb down, but only 700k up. I understand a lot of people won't post on here, if their service is running fine. The cabinet has just been activated as well, so hopefully no teething problems. Activation is for the 5th of december, so hopefully all goes to plan. Already thinking of changing the router though!
Any tips or recommendations to get the best out of this service (other than keeping the engineer who'll be coming to do the install happy)
TIA

ianm42 wrote:
toekneem wrote:
ianm42 wrote:
toekneem wrote:
I have to disagree with that.
So my advice is to use the Openreach modem Until you are sure that there are no problems with your connection.
I have to disagree with that.
My neighbour never waited more than 1 minute with his 2750, the BT installer hadn't even got back to his van when he plugged his 2750 in, settings already verified using my Infinity connection and got 40Mb/s down 8Mb/s up and has done ever since.
Got profile 17a straight off as well.
If he had an unstable connection and on day one had replaced the modem, he would not have known where the problem lay.
Actually he did have an unstable connection about a month after installing, rate changed all over the place, really obvious with 2750 status page, ending eventually with no connection one evening.
Traced to flooded manhole in street. Once drained and connections replaced the Infinity was back to 40/8Mb/s again. I know why my connection next door was not affected, as years ago I suffered dropped ADSL, traced to water in pipe to my house so BT filled the pipe to my house (both ends) with a silicone plug. So I assume the water now was going to his house
Phoned BT one evening and a man came out and had fixed it by 8:30 next morning. BT man didn't seem at all bothered non BT equipment as being used.
Please carry on, i see there is no point in going on with you.
Goodnight
toekneem
http://www.no2nuisancecalls.net
(EASBF)

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