New infinity connecton speed

After many years of strugglng with adsl our village has just had FTTC enabled. I am sure that there are no cross talk issues just yet and am wondering if my servcie is acceptable as it is nowhere near what I was expecting or told it may be when ordering.
The HH5, (not engineer fitted but plugged into master socket with flter) has been stable snce it was connected, and syncs just over 20/4 Mb/s
Could someone please look at the figures pasted below, partcularly the noise and attenuation.
Also the data sent/received seem much higher than I would have expected.
I am curious to find out why even the slowest quoted impacted speed is still half as much again as I am actually getting?
1. Product name: BT Home Hub
2. Serial number: +068543+NQ44611335
3. Firmware version: Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A) Last updated 13/02/15
4. Board version: BT Hub 5A
5. DSL uptime: 3 days, 06:34:36
6. Data rate: 4798 / 21074
7. Maximum data rate: 5803 / 22429
8. Noise margin: 8.4 / 7.9
9. Line attenuation: 34.7 / 27.2
10. Signal attenuation: 33.6 / 23.0
11. Data sent/received: 3.7 GB / 9.3 GB
12. Broadband username: [email protected]
13. BT Wi-fi: No
14. 2.4 GHz Wireless network/SSID: xxxxxxx
15. 2.4 GHz Wireless connections: Enabled (802.11 b/g/n (up to 144 Mb/s))
16. 2.4 GHz Wireless security: WPA2
17. 2.4 GHz Wireless channel: Automatic (Smart Wireless)
18. 5 GHz Wireless network/SSID: xxxxxxx
19. 5 GHz Wireless connections: Enabled (802.11 a/n/ac (up to 1300 Mb/s))
20. 5 GHz Wireless security: WPA2
21. 5 GHz Wireless channel: Automatic (Smart Wireless)
22. Firewall: Default
23. MAC Address: 18:1e:78:10:87:22
24. Modulation: G.993.2 Annex B
25. Software variant: AA
26. Boot loader: 1.0.0
BT Home Hub 5 (Type A) | Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 | Last updated 13/02/15
FTTC Range A (Clean)
64.4
45.3
18.5
11.9
Available
FTTC Range B (Impacted)
54.8
30.6
18
7.9
Available
ADSL Max
Up to 2
1.5 to 4.5
Available
Fixed Rate
2
Available

Hi jlpcld,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting, I'm sorry to see you're having issues with your connection. Those stats don't look great compared to the estimated speed even if it was an impacted line. If you need any help with this please use the 'contact the mods' link in my forum profile to send in your details. You can find the link by clicking on my username.
Thanks
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New Infinity User/Speed Question

Hi All, I`m another newbie in here and also to the Infinity BB as well.
So Hello and Good Evening to you all. :-)
I had my Infinity installed on Monday Afternoon without a hitch I am pleased
to say and I have been lurking on the forums reading up over the last week
or so checking out the pitfalls and wrinkles I am likely to encounter.
I know this is an on going chestnut on here from all that I have read but when I
was given a over the phone (by a nice BT lady employee) speed test (I have had a new line installed
before getting Infinity) I was told I would get 37.5 meg down and over 8 meg upspeed of which I
was obviously happy and impressed.
When the young man did a speed test on Monday I got a creditable around about 32 meg so that was fine.
I have been testing since then on and off and a few times its got back to 30 and over but mainly in the 20s
and teens.
Tonight I did a test at about 20:06pm and got just 6.96 meg down what is that all about?
The Up speed had been mainly around 7-8 so I down have a problem with that at all but what about my dowload speed, the homehub is wired into my PC.
What do you suggest I do next as I dont really fancy waiting until the 10 days as it seems a bit convenient that date I am committed for 18 months!
Any help will be gratefully accepted.
Andrew.

"Is that 15 sync or through put ?"
To be honest, I don't know.
I have been hovering around these forums for a couple of months, since Infinity came to my area, not sure whether to change over or not. I was forced into a decision when informed that my ISP was closing down (UKOnline), and I could move to Sky with 6 month free broadband. As I detest the whole Sky/Rupert Murdock organisation ........ here I finally am, on Infinity
Sorry, strayed a bit from the topic there. During this 'hovering' period, I swear that I've seen a post stating that 15 Mbit figure, but I cannot remember where it is, so cannot confirm or quote it.
Perhaps, based on the Speedtester results output, which states :-
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 12000-38717 Kbps
That it maybe the sync speed rather than the throughput. Either way, they are BOTH low, if true .....
Cheers
Edit: @Monkey - I would regard sync speed as the speed negotiated between your router/modem and your ISP, and the throughput the actual speed OBTAINED when transferring files, taking into account the overheads of the protocols/methods used (losses)
Throughput always being less than the sync speed
When i was on ADSL2+ I would knock off around 15% for losses (overheads). So if I synced up at 12 MBits, I would expect to a get throughput of around 10.25 Mbits'ish, and this usually was the case. 12Mbits - 15% (1.8 MBits) = 10.2 Mbits. This 15% figure may not be relevant to Infinity, I would hope it would be less, but don't know.

New Infinity 2 installation - speed lower than exp...

Hi
I switched across from O2/Sky ADSL to Infinity 2 on 27 March. BT estimated the DL speed range for my line as 47-65Mbps.
The Openreach chap (contractor) was reluctant to change the faceplate because I already have an ADLSNation XTE-2005 filtered faceplate and it was proving a little tough to remove. He said this would probably be ok as it's 'fairly modern'. Muttered something about it delaying his next job.
I've read various comments about the compatibility of the XTE-2005 faceplate for vDSL.
He went away to do the cabinet stuff and returned to hook up the Homehub 5. While waiting for the hub to boot up I asked what speed he'd got at the cabinet. Blank stare. Oh, he said, I just check it on my iphone! Anyway, he did this and got a speed of around 31Mbps, less than expected but not a very good test over wireless. Thought it might pick over the next couple of days.
Now, I thought that initial line training period is 10 days, but the HH5 booklet talks about the line settling after 3 days. Which is right?
After 5 days, I've re-synced twice since installation and the BTW speed tester now shows the DL has crept up to 33.39 with an IP profile of 34.28. Obviously still nowhere near even the lower end of the range they estimated.
So ... do I need to wait for the full 10 days before complaining and/or mucking about with testing via the test socket etc ? I feel if I was going to get anywhere near the estimated speed range, I'd have got there by now.
I stupidly expected the Openreach engineer to check the speed at the cab and compare it with the speed at my faceplate to make sure I'm getting the best possible speed. Maybe this investigation needs to be done properly now.
I'm about 200 yards from the cab and my line quality may not be great. If they test properly and this is all I can get, then fine, but I'm not prepared to pay for Infinity 2 when I'm not even getting Infinity 1 speeds.
Any advice welcome. Many thanks.
Ian.

Here they are:
1. Product name:
BT Home Hub
2. Serial number:
+068343+NQ40608284
3. Firmware version:
Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.173.1.6 (Type A) Last updated 28/03/14
4. Board version:
BT Hub 5A
5. VDSL uptime:
1 days, 10:12:03
6. Data rate:
7708 / 35413
7. Maximum data rate:
6552 / 33261
8. Noise margin:
4.5 / 4.8
9. Line attenuation:
0.0 / 20.5
10. Signal attenuation:
0.0 / 17.9
11. Data sent/received:
285.7 MB / 1.2 GB
12. Broadband username:
[email protected]

New Infinity and BT Vision problem solved - thanks...

Not a problem or a complaint this time, but a pat on the back for BT.
I received my new BT Infinity service today, the engineers were on time, professional and quick. After my Infinity service was active however I noticed I was getting a lot of V04 errors on BT Vision On Demand stuff. I checked the line speed, and all seemed to be great, I am getting over 42meg!! So why the V04?? I called BT support and spoke to a lovely lady who seemed to know exactly what I was talking about, and she had the problem sussed out and fixed in about two minutes.
It turns out the problem was due to a QoS setting on my profile. Over the last 18 months or so I had several times that my old ADSL broadband line speed would just dissappear to almost nothing, each time the BT support staff would push up the QoS in order to try and provide a good enough line speed for the BT vision to work. This setting was never fixed when my new Infinity connection was setup and it was causing problems, hence the V04. Problem appears to be fixed now, thanks for the quick resultion BT.

sjtp wrote:
One thing on powerline adaptors (picked up from a comment by another poster on the forum at some point).
Powerline adaptors should never be used on power surge controlled extensions.
Where possible, they should not be used on extensions.
They should not be plugged into the one half of a twin socket with a surge controlled extension in the other half.
Most people know the first two, but maybe not the third ~ I didn't till I saw that other post. It is quite natural to have all your computer equipment plugged into a surge controlled extension with the powerline plugged in conveniently next to it. When I read the other post I changed mine around; because of the layout I had to break rule 2 to do it and temporarily use a long mains extension for the powerline, but it still very considerably imporoved the powerline performance.
That said, the performance I was seeing even with the problem wasn't bad enough to stop streaming working.
They say that because it can hinder the performance, as some surge protectors destroy signal but some are fine.
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BT Infinity 2 Speed Issues

Got BT Infinity 2 installed on November 14th 2013 & since then I've had two periods where the speed appears to drop to that of Infinity 1 speeds, but the upload generally remains in the region of Infinity 2 speeds.
Modem log -
VDSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connectedppp3_0
Connection time:
22 days, 03:01:53
Downstream:
78.12 Mbps
Upstream:
19.53 Mbps
Here is a test performed using http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
32.46 Mbps
0 Mbps
77.43 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 32.46 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 16 Mbps-77.43 Mbps .
Additional Information:
IP Profile for your line is - 77.43 Mbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
14.71 Mbps
0 Mbps
20 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 14.71Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 20 Mbps
We were unable to identify any performance problem with your service at this time.
It is possible that any problem you are currently, or had previously experienced may have been caused by traffic congestion on the Internet or by the server you were accessing responding slowly.
If you continue to encounter a problem with a specific server, please contact the administrator of that server in the first instance.
Here are my speed test results via http://www.speedtest.net/
35.44Mbps Download & 18.63Mbps Upload with a ping of 27ms
Have already phoned BT about the issue the first time, when they told me to reset the modem, this was despite the service not having been active for 10 days & I was under the impression that you are supposed to leave it to acheive best speed. I have saw the connection wirelessly get about 63Mbps down & 18/19Mbps up for several days at a time.
The problem seems to be, its running at a speed where browsing is generally always fast enough. I am only catching that the connection speed is essentially half of what it should be when I run speed checks via several speed checking websites including BT's own.
I have read the problem of Christmas lights, & at least in my home for now, I can eliminate that as the cause. I don't have any Christmas decorations/lights up just now. Just wondering if there is anything that could explain why I am getting such low download speeds, but the upload remains on Infinity 2 levels, when previously I know the connection can run a lot lot faster.
Any help advice would of course be greatly appreciated.

Just restarted my Home Hub 5 & this is the result from the internal Hub manager.
VDSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connectedppp3_0
Connection time:
0 days, 00:01:31
Downstream:
78.12 Mbps
Upstream:
19.53 Mbps
Results from http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ after being reset for a few minutes are,
Download Speed (Mbps): 46.32
Upload Speed (Mbps): 14.57
Ping Latency (ms): 18.88
Results from http://www.speedtest.net/ are
Download Speed (Mbps): 44.48
Upload Speed (Mbps): 15.93
Ping (ms): 29
Not quite the dizzy heights of 70Mbps I've seen before, a little improvement which I've also saw before upon a restart/reset. Just wondering what the issue is with the speed dropping. When I have BT Broadband with the Home Hub 3, I never had any issues with speed, it connected & was rock solid. Already regretting upgrading to BT Infinity 2 as when you don't seem to check the speed you are getting, it seems to drop. Only noticable when you actually run a speed check to see if you are actually getting what you are paying for.
Surely I shouldn't need to keep resetting/restarting my Home Hub 5? I know its bad for the connection & to be honest I think its an issue with BT's new installation of FTTC cabinets in my area. The engineer changed my telephone socket face plate over, so its a filtered socket at the main line. No other phones in the house have filters on them as they are no longer needed, so I'm just looking for answers as to why I'm seemingly not getting anywhere near the speed I am paying for (I know with the internet speeds can vary, but its been twice now in about a month I've caught this connection running at just over 30Mbps, when its happily ran before at nearer 70Mbps).
Hopefully the further tests/results can shed some light on this for someone more knowledgable.
Thanks again for the replies so far & of course for any further help/advice with regards this issue.
Kevin

New Infinity 2 Order

Hi Guys,
Ive recently placed a new Infinity 2 order, porting from a TalkTalk ADSL service.
When I placed the order I did not have my TalkTalk MAC code, however I received this on Sunday via email.
When I go into the ordertracking page to input the MAC code, the web page does not recodnise the code (I never get past Step 1 of whats indicated to be a 2 step process)
I called the 0800 number indicated on the BT welcome email, and gave the MAC code verbally to somone who spoke English as a second language. He appeared to struggle with the MAC code input as well, and after several attempts announced there seemed to be a systems problem, but it had finally gone through.
My issue is that when I look at the ordertracker today (48 hours after verbally being told the MAC code has been accepted) the order update still says that the MAC code is outstanding and no dates have been confirmed for installation.
Is this a problem, or does the ordertracker status always lag behind the status on any internal BT system?
Cheers,
JKW.

So the plot thickens....
Ive talked to a UK BT agent who checked the order progress, and they confirmed that the MAC code is still outstanding.
I gave them the TalkTalk MAC code I was issued with, only to be told that its in the wrong format!
The issued MAC has the following format: XXXX1234567/XX12X.
However the BT portal is requesting the MAC in the following format: XXXX12345678/XX12X. So my TalkTalk MAC code is one digit short. BT asked me to go back to Talk Talk and request they check the MAC code issued is correct, which they have.
They also said the MAC code digits can be between 7-9 digits long.
I was also then told by Talk Talk that the MAC code for my current service is actually provided by BT themselves (I assume via Openreach?) as Im on a BT provided LLU service. In addition, I cant request for another MAC code until a full 30 days has elapsed from when the current one was issued.
My Infinity 2 order is currently still unconfirmed, awaiting MAC code.
Are there any BT moderators who can assist? I seem to be caught in a Catch 22 loop between BT and Talk Talk, with BT themself not recodnising the MAC code that they apparently issued to Talk Talk!
I just knew this would turn into a mare........
JKW.

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i have new mac the speed download is very slow please let me know.

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Very slow infinity 2 speeds and regular drops in c...

since i had my infinity 2 connection set up on the 4th april 2014 i have experience multiple and regular drops in connection. happening every day or so.
i have also been getting much lower speeds than i should be getting. i was advertised 65mb down and 15mb up! i am currently getting 33mbps down and 6mbps up. this is round about the speed i have always got but it seems to be going down slowly (i was getting 37mbps straight after installation).
i have tried contacting bt multiple times and nothing has been done. i believe i need an engineer out to test the line in my street as there seems to be serious problems with my connectivity and i know it is not something to do with my internal wiring. i am using ethernet connection from my homehub 5 to my computer.
something needs to be done asap as i have been playing for infinity 2 speeds and i am currently getting speeds lower than infinity 1 speeds and with continual drops in connection. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE :s

Hi Beardo87,
Welcome to the community and thanks for posting!
I'm sorry for the problems you're having with your broadband speed. I'm happy to take a closer look at things for you from here.
Click on my username and under the "about me" section you'll see the link to get in touch with us. If you could also include the link to this thread when you complete the form that would be great!
Thanks a million,
Robbie
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New Infinity Install - Dialup Speeds ...

This morning, I had Infinity installed by BT, although it was ordered through our ISP, a local firm who I've bought internet connection and services from for years - they have some sort of proxy deal with BT, and so actually my broadband has always been a BT service. However, the supplier, after checking recommended the NetGear N600 Dual Band Router, and I see that quite a few people here and on other forums are using 'non-standard' routers, and clearly they work.
We got off to a shaky start this morning, which turned out to be no username and password in the router. Fixed that. Got a connection - slow at first, then managed to get to 8.6Mbps up and around 16Mbps down - I was told 25Mbps down and 10Mbps ... that's what it says on my order confirmation.
The line is confirmed at 38Mbps.
But through the day the speed has dropped to near dialup rates, and most of the day I've been getting an uplink of around 120kbps, as reported by YouSendIt after it took 15 minutes to send a 12Mb file. The web is slow - pages are refreshing in slow motion, and email is sluggish.
Speedtest.net reports 0.12Mbps both up and down.
This is an entirely cabled setup, by the way. Yesterday I was still running my ADSL ... and frankly I wish I still was ...
I'm told I'm in the settling down period and have to wait 10 days ... but seriously, speeds this low?? Is that normal? I might expect them to wander between fast and medium, but not to drop way below ADSL.
My work is screwed and my supplier tells me he can't do anything until the 10 days are up.
But I'm here asking if anyone has any ideas about this? Configuration of the router? Anything!
I did a BT Speed Test this afternoon, and oddly that reported the line at 35.35Mbps down and 8.86Mbps up ... the performance, however, is nothing like this, not even close ... genuinely Speednet seems to be telling it like it is, not BT ...
I'd appreciate any help at all, because I'm in a bit of fix now.
Thanks.
Julian.
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Haha! Well, at least that made me smile!!
The company I use is a family company, a tiny company really, quite local, and they have had my business since 1994, so there is a high degree of trust and reliability, and they generally deliver a good service and great tech support.
But, they are new to this system - they said that yesterday, and unfortunately will likely be at the mercy of BT Wholesale and whoever else.
More unfortunately, my current work, my livelihood, is suddenly in jeopardy because of this. So it's a fraught and difficult issue suddenly ... and one in which I don't want the 10 days excuse thrown at me.
Settling down with middling to high speeds is one thing, but here, something is badly skewed, I agree.
Well, thanks anyway for your attention ... when and if it gets resolved, I shall post here so hopefully some other poor soul may get some help from it!
Julian.

New infinity line and major speed issues with almo...

Hi,
Just has infinity installed after moving from my previous FTTC provider. With the previous provider i was getting 16 down / 1-2 up and it worked great.
Had my my new inifnity line put in on thrsday and i am getting 17 down / 0.5 up!!
I work from home and connect to the office via vpn and remote desktop and its almost unusable. Laggy, slow, unrepsonsive and is constantly dropping the connection with a failed to read from socket error and is making it very difficult to work form home effectively.
I have a 4g EE modem also and if i switch to this it is like lightening compared.
I also had absolutely no connection issues with my previous provider and as i posted above had a mich better uplink speed - which is where i think im getting most of my issues.
When i signed up to BT this is what i was sent via email:
We estimate your download speed will be 19.1Mb.
We estimate your upload speed will be 3.9Mb.
Im fine with the download but the uplink is shocking compared to the estimate - and as i had much better before i think something is amiss.
Also when i signed up i was told that if i had any connection issues with the new line i had to notify BT within 7 days and it woudl eb investingated but it seems there are so many roadblocks to creating support tickets etc.. Its like it s been hard to report a fault on purpose.
Where can i create a support ticket or similar to get this looked at?
Thanks
Damian

dgreenuk wrote:
Hi,
I work from home and connect to the office via vpn and remote desktop and its almost unusable. Laggy, slow, unrepsonsive and is constantly dropping the connection with a failed to read from socket error and is making it very difficult to work form home effectively.
Thanks
Damian
As you use the internet for work purposes did you have business broadband with your previous provider ?
This is the Residential forum. You may be better posting on the BT Business forum.
Best regards,
dfenceman

New Infinity User - Reduced speeds

Dear all,
As a fellow BT Infinity user, I thought I will share my experience with you.
I got my BT Infinity option-2 (unlimited) installed on 27/09/2011 with a white box modem and Home Hub-3. The BT Engineer said that I should get approx. 33.9mbs downstream and 8.6mbs upstream (as stated on my BT order) and would take up to 10days to achieve this speeds.
When we did a speed test using a wired connection on http://speedtester.bt.com the reading was approx 15mbs downstream and 7mbs upstream. When I queried the less than half downstream reading, once again the BT Engineer said it would take up to 10days to get the required speeds. Then we did a couple more tests and the line speed was ranging between approx. 11 – 19mbs downstream and 5-7mbs upstream.
I then called the BT broadband support and updated them with the speed issues and once again I was told to wait until 10days and I’ll get the speeds specified on the BT order confirmation. So I waited for 10 days….
Now 10 days have passed and nothing has changed. I have already done several speed tests (wired connection) and logged my results with BT. Called BT support and they say to wait for another 10days and the speeds will increase.??
My speeds are still raging between approx. 11-19mbs downstream / 6-7mbs upstream.
I have read some forum suggestions to contact the mods. Is this (contact form) the right form to fill in and send to the mods ?
With kind regards,

Yes that's the correct form, include a link to this thread. A Mod will respond in a couple of days.

New Infinity install - abrupt decrease in speeds.....

Infinity installed Monday 27th June
Ran speedtest.net test with OR Engineer present (wireless connection...)
First image (above!) doesn't appear on preview - so I'll summarise
d/l 35.64 u/l 6.23 ping 32
Speeds have plummeted, and connection lost on several occasions, followed process in Hub Manager (summarised very well I see in http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Infinity-kit-keeps-dropping-connection/m-p/162937)
speedtest. net (ethernet connection) now
speedtester.bt.test result (yesterday evening) ethernet again
This is a slight improvement on the previous test when d/l ip profile was about 1100 !
I was unable to carry out the further test (after changing username and re-connecting) as test did not run
So...
Should I expect this? should I wait a couple of days (or more) for the ip profile to improve (by a factor of 20x or more?)
Or contact the Mods?
Cheers,
Alb
There are 11 kinds of people in the world..... Those who understand binary, those who don't and those, like me, who wish they'd never heard of it...
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Thanks Dave,
/Quote (quote button fails with error so copy/pasted)
Turn both boxes off, turn on the modem and wait for DSL then turn on the HH£ with everything preconnected and you should then resume superfast BB
end Quote/
checked version and date, and would seem to be OK. Didn't really want to shut down modem and hub as it may affect IP profile. [mind you, this is hub version not modem firmware] Anyone know how to check that?
Mind you the latest results are not particularly inspiring anyway...so it couldn't make it any worse!
Al
There are 11 kinds of people in the world..... Those who understand binary, those who don't and those, like me, who wish they'd never heard of it...

New Infinity 2 poor real life download speeds

Hi
I'm hoping someone can help. I had infinity 2 installed on Tuesday and have had poor download speeds since. Now I use mainly iPads and iPhones for connecting to the internet.
My connection downstream on my modem says I'm connected at 78.12 Mbps however I can stand right next to it and try download something from sky go and this downloads at 11-12mbps. This doesn't seem right to me however as it is wireless devices the BT help centre will not help me.
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Are you sure that it is your speeds that are slow or are you possibly confusing your Megabyte (MB) with Megabit (Mb)
A Megabyte (used for file size) and a Megabit (used for download speeds). People often assume that a download speed of 1 Megabit per second (1 Mbps) will allow them to download a 1 Megabyte file in one second. This is not the case, a Megabit is 1/8 as big as a Megabyte, meaning that to download a 1MB file in 1 second you would need a connection of 8Mbps. Most downloads are shown as MB/s
If this is not the problem can you use this speed tester then carry out the further diagnostics and post back a screen shot of all the results including your IP profile for up and down. This test must be done with a wired connection for an accurate reading.
http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/

New Infinity Order - As it happens !!!

I've just ordered Infinity (today) and I thought I'd track the order etc here for others to see 'live' what to expect:
As a precursor, I've had BT ADSL for many years, and no end of problems with the Indian call centre, but great experience from the users and mods on this site - the mods are the reason I'm staying with BT instead of switching to TalkTalk...
In Autumn last year my Infinity availability showed as available from end of Jan 2013 (and confirmed by email from Openreach), but in Winter this changed to an earliest date of End of March 2013 - not a problem, just have to wait. This weekend this changed to now available to order, so today I did just that.
My current set-up is adsl2+ unlimited, with minimal phone + BTVision unlimited. I wanted Infinity 2, + minimal phone + BTVision with Youview box. I have 5 months to run on current contract.
04/02/2013 - Called BT to upgrade. Approx 5 minutes on hold, but ok - everyone gets busy. Spoke to John who seemed very knowledgeable about his products and also very helpful. I was put on hold a couple of times for a couple of minutes, but eventually we agreed the following package, with prices as advertised:
New contract:
Phone - 12 months, prepaid so save £56.40.
Broadband: Infinity 2 unlimited (including non-throttled P2P), estimate 59Mbps down / 20Mbps up.
TV: TV Unlimited as we had before, but with new Youview box - free, but with £49 activation fee. (Not sure what he activation fee is for as I'm already on BTVision - advice happily received if this can be waived, but not a deal breaker if I have to pay it).
Installation date agreed as pm (1pm to 6pm) on wed 20/02/2013.
John could not confirm if my old BTV box and Youview box would work together, but confirmed that BT want to aim for multi-room so suspected that at some time this would stop working if it even started.
John also confirmed that my new youview box should work fine with powerline adaptors in the same way as my current BTV box.
First problem was that John can order everything except the Youview box - there is apparently a problem doing this for existing customers - John confirmed he'll call back within 1 or 2 days with the Youview order added on. I confirmed to him that this is necessary for me to complete my order - I won't accept the Infinity package with a 12 month contract then have to pay for a youview box.
Cancellation terms stated as:
I can cancel the broadband/TV service up to 17th Feb.
7 days to cancel the prepaid phone line. After this I'm tied into the BT line for 12 months which implicitly means I can't change broadband suppliers because they normally require you take their phone line rental. This is the critical path, so if my free youview box doesn't appear on my order page before this then I need to cancel everything and then re-order the complete set.
I'll let you know when/if John calls back and what the update is on the youview box and also the install date.
Cheers,
Alan.

20/02/2013 - Sixth undate.
Hopefully the last update. I was given the 1pm to 6pm slot and the Openreach engineer (Dave) called at approx 2pm, explained what he needed to do at the cabinet and that he'd be with me in 30 mins.
Dave was the same engineer who fixed my line in October and also fitted the new faceplate ready for infinity at that time. He tested the line speed and then connected the new modem to my hub - and viola, 75.1/14.9 connection (wired test) against an estimated 59/19.
I expect this to fluctuate as the line settles and also it may go down quite a bit but I'm extremely happy with this result.
Anyone else in the PO15 postcode, cabinet 18 - I was no.2 Infinity connection so there's plenty of space left for now.
So for everyone who is having problems - good things can happen using the advice on this forum. A few months ago I was so hacked off with BT I was going to leave. Now turned round to an extremely happy customer after a few months of good ADSL, flawless BTV (now Youview too) and an upgrade to Infinity with a new contract. All it took was a bit of patience to get my line fixed and get rid of all the noise.
Cheers,
Alan.

New Infinity Connection Slow and Keeps Dropping ou...

Hi all, I had Infinity installed on Friday and am not 100% sure on the time it takes to become stable. Basically I checked my hub page yesterday and found it had dropped out at 3am Sat morn, today I have checked again and it dropped out at 8am Sun morn. I am also having periods where the Internet goes painfully slow, around 0.5 down and 0.0 up (yes NO up speed). Is this normal for a new installation. This is wired and wireless I must add. I have a HH3 as BT haven't sent me a hub 5 and he only had 3 REV A hubs on his van. My profiles are as follows when using BTW Performance Test:
Download speedachieved during the test was - 37.6 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 12 Mbps-38.72 Mbps .
Additional Information:
IP Profile for your line is - 38.72 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 8.81Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 10 Mbps
Might I add the painfully slow periods of internet are not resolved by rebooting or anything, the internet simply comes back up to speed on it's own.
Edit: Just did a tracert to bbc.co.uk as saw it recommended on here, results below.
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1     1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms BThomehub.home [192.168.1.254]
2     5 ms     5 ms     4 ms 217.32.144.166
3     5 ms     5 ms     5 ms 217.32.144.206
4     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms 213.120.181.58
5     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms 217.41.169.201
6     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms 217.41.169.109
7    52 ms     7 ms     7 ms acc2-xe-4-2-0.sf.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.159.251.22
9]
8    16 ms    18 ms    17 ms core2-te0-4-0-2.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.25
1.131]
9    13 ms    16 ms    17 ms peer2-xe7-0-1.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2
52.41]
10    15 ms    16 ms    16 ms 194.74.65.42
11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
12    17 ms    16 ms    16 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
13    16 ms    16 ms    15 ms 132.185.255.156
14    16 ms    15 ms    16 ms www-vip.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]
Trace complete.
Should I be worried yet or is this all normal? Thanks.

Your speed will fluctuate during the first few days. BT say it takes 10 days to "train" your line. You just need to leave it alone during this period. Do NOT switch the Openreach modem off and on. If you previously had BT Broadband and are using the same homehub I would do a factory reset by pressing a pin into the recess button on the rear for about 20 seconds so that it reconfigures to Infinity.

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