Has any members got BT infinity. I have heard from BT that Accrington is now wired for infinity. Has anyone got any issues with infinity?
BT Infinity
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So I would think it will be for me too Margaret
i dont think ntl/virgin have expanded their service in teh last 10 years but if they have it hasnt been much.
BT were supposed to have upgraded all thier exchanges by mid 2012 so people at the end of the exchange didnt get slow broadband like 0.5 in some areas and got decent speeds.
As usual too much money in the fat cats pockets and not enough put into upgrading and maintaining their systems just like the rest such as the waterboard
BT were supposed to have upgraded all thier exchanges by mid 2012 so people at the end of the exchange didnt get slow broadband like 0.5 in some areas and got decent speeds.
As usual too much money in the fat cats pockets and not enough put into upgrading and maintaining their systems just like the rest such as the waterboard
It wasn't NTL or Virgin that laid the cables it was a firm called Ninex back then Ntl took them over then Virgin took Ntl over they cabled most streets down one side and where going to do the other but got took over so most of Accrington is cabled on one side of the street only lucky for me its the side i am on
No idea it does seam strange just to do one side of a street.Yeah. Wasn't sure on the company name so I just wrote Cable
Oh that's funny. Did they run out of money or something?
There must be some logic behind it but no idea why the only thing i can think is they wanted to say "the whole of lancashire was cabled" in an advertising campaign but not say but only half can use or get it
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i got a phone call from bt trying to flog me infinity a couple of months ago ... and they said id get up to 40meg .. i said if im paying for 40 then i want 40 ... not up to ... and they did a check on my line i would get 28 meg ... and i said well if im paying for 40 i want 40 and not 28 .. it didnt seem to go down very well 
Didn't think it worked that way with cable. I heard that its a share thing rather that distance from an exchange like it is with DSL. If loads of people in Ur neighborhood hood are downloading then Ur connection slows down a little. Dunno if that's true or not
How fast is bts DSL capability? Anyone know?
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They didn't do most of Accrington, round Woodnook they did 2 blocks one side in Nuttall St. From Broad Oak Rd East side of Manchester Rd to end of 1st block, some of Manchester Rd, Marl Terrace area. They had also marked out with blue spray paint one side of Mountain Lane to Rough Lee Rd, you can still see the little cast iron covers on all the junction boxes on the above streets, but none of them appear to have been connected to the main supply, when every thing went pear shaped. I remember there were loads on complaints about the shoddy workmanship in relaying pavements, and leaving trenches open for too long.It wasn't NTL or Virgin that laid the cables it was a firm called Ninex back then Ntl took them over then Virgin took Ntl over they cabled most streets down one side and where going to do the other but got took over so most of Accrington is cabled on one side of the street only lucky for me its the side i am on
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with them saying fibre optic on the advert I assumed.... and with only certain people being able to get it in accrington.... I assumed again. Silly me
I have never heard of that either. But this explains it better
BT Infinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In short. It uses the same thing as cable until it gets a few hundred meters to your house.
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I have never heard of that either. But this explains it better
BT Infinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In short. It uses the same thing as cable until it gets a few hundred meters to your house.
we must be cabled up in colne so to speak, i tried the bt, expected them to come and connect, they sent a box and other bits, through post ,not that way minded to put together myself but had a go,it advertised that computer could be any where in your home,and would be wireless, couldnt get a signal so rang them, the answer was buy a cable it will work then, not bad for a wireless system, needless to say i bagged it up and sent it back, the tried to bill me but trading standards sorted it
A few months ago I switched my ISP from Orange to BT.
I did so because I was frequently experiencing internet downtime with Orange and wanted a more reliable provider.
I chose the BT Option1, which at £13 monthly, was the same as I had been paying to Orange.
I soon found out that BT were limiting me to 10MB a month, whereas Orange hadn't.
Every month I got close to exceeding my monthly allowance despite rarely watching BBCiplayer and never watching live news (which I did often previously).
I felt cheated and wished I had at least explored the option of Virgin cable (which is available at my address)
I am tied to an 18 month BT contract.
The options open to me were - put up with the inadequate 10MB or pay an extra £5 a month to get 40MB.
Then news of Infinity arrival reached me on this thread, so I looked at what it offered.
I found that I could get Infinity for that extra £5 a month, along with the 40MB.
The forcasted speed for my address far exceeds what I get now (can't remember precise figures quoted)
So I have signed up for it.
The difference between the upgrade to 40Mb(broadband Option2), which before was my only option, and the Infinity, is a one off payment of £25 for an engineer's visit and a different home hub. The price of both is £18 a month. There is an ever faster Infinity option with no download/upload limit , but that costs £26 a month.
There is a video on the BT website which explains what the engineer does at the home visit.
I will be switched on to Infinity on 18th July.
I did so because I was frequently experiencing internet downtime with Orange and wanted a more reliable provider.
I chose the BT Option1, which at £13 monthly, was the same as I had been paying to Orange.
I soon found out that BT were limiting me to 10MB a month, whereas Orange hadn't.
Every month I got close to exceeding my monthly allowance despite rarely watching BBCiplayer and never watching live news (which I did often previously).
I felt cheated and wished I had at least explored the option of Virgin cable (which is available at my address)
I am tied to an 18 month BT contract.
The options open to me were - put up with the inadequate 10MB or pay an extra £5 a month to get 40MB.
Then news of Infinity arrival reached me on this thread, so I looked at what it offered.
I found that I could get Infinity for that extra £5 a month, along with the 40MB.
The forcasted speed for my address far exceeds what I get now (can't remember precise figures quoted)
So I have signed up for it.
The difference between the upgrade to 40Mb(broadband Option2), which before was my only option, and the Infinity, is a one off payment of £25 for an engineer's visit and a different home hub. The price of both is £18 a month. There is an ever faster Infinity option with no download/upload limit , but that costs £26 a month.
There is a video on the BT website which explains what the engineer does at the home visit.
I will be switched on to Infinity on 18th July.
Doesn't sound bad that Margaret, I had been thinking about increasing my download capability so I can connect my hub to my Sky HD box which will enable me to access more films when I want them, think I'll sign up myself
I think you mean 10Gb a month download limit Margaret, not 10Mb.
I have been with BT a long time and was limited to 10Gb a month and I had a download speed of just under 10Mb.
I kept seeing the advert for BT offers so decided to give them a call.
They gave me unlimited download and the speed is the same, they dropped my payments and I am now £1.30 a month better of, it pays to ring and tell them you are not happy with the service and hopefully they will give you a better deal.
The reason I wanted to increase my download amount was due to the fact that my friend gave me his Sky account password so I could watch the football now and again and I don't have Sky. With his password I can access Sky via Skygo on my laptop and connect to the TV via the HDMI cable.
The first match I watched used half my 10Gb monthly download amount so now I am unlimited I don't have to worry about extra cost.
There was no buffering when I watched the Sky football on my laptop so my download speed is fast enough not to want Infinity.
I have been with BT a long time and was limited to 10Gb a month and I had a download speed of just under 10Mb.
I kept seeing the advert for BT offers so decided to give them a call.
They gave me unlimited download and the speed is the same, they dropped my payments and I am now £1.30 a month better of, it pays to ring and tell them you are not happy with the service and hopefully they will give you a better deal.
The reason I wanted to increase my download amount was due to the fact that my friend gave me his Sky account password so I could watch the football now and again and I don't have Sky. With his password I can access Sky via Skygo on my laptop and connect to the TV via the HDMI cable.
The first match I watched used half my 10Gb monthly download amount so now I am unlimited I don't have to worry about extra cost.
There was no buffering when I watched the Sky football on my laptop so my download speed is fast enough not to want Infinity.