G.Fast will available soon?

[#1]

@jab1 

Here's some detail on the copper VOIP

https://www.theregister.com/2020/03/03/openreach_ip_voice_network/

The plan appears to be to switch off the PSTN (ie voice) network leaving the copper in place for internet.

Brian

[#2]

Yep, think that is where I read it myself @bmc , but it seems to have stalled and gone very quiet, although it is still referenced on the BT Availability checker.

[#3]

@jab1 

I suspect it'll only really come into play when they start trying to close down the PSTN part of an Exchange. Any customer not on the Internet will be given a SOGEA phone connection (whether they like it or not!).

Brian

[#4]

@jab1 

Speaking of closing down the PSTN part of an Exchange have a look at

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/05/openreach-stops-selling-traditional-copper-phone-in-mi...

Brian

[#5]

Plusnetg and other ISPs offer a home move option, what f you are moving to one of these stop sell locations?

 or change ISP in one of these areas? IE Sky/Talk talk or other  LLU to openreach, or VM to openreah

The advice on the openreach states that in the event of a powercut  is this

" Most people in the UK have a mobile phone, so the advice is just as you do today, use this as a backup in case there is a power cut."

But yet if you are in an area with a weather warning, this will advise that the area may expect powercuts due to the weather, and a loss of mobile phone reception due to the powercuts ( knocking out the base stations)

[#6]

I just left Plusnet.

Got new G.fast 160/30 today. 😁
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/1621957043554724355

[#7]

Following up from yesterday (good job I order 160/30) as impossible to get 330/50 no chance!

============================================================================
xDSL Training Status: Showtime
Mode: G.fast Annex A
Traffic Type: PTM Mode
Link Uptime: 0 day: 0 hour: 4 minutes
============================================================================
xDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 29.023 Mbps 160.269 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 28.881 Mbps 159.909 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 2.8 dB 4.8 dB
Actual Delay: 0 ms 0 ms
Transmit Power: 4.1 dBm 0.0 dBm
Receive Power: 4.7 dBm 3.0 dBm
Actual INP: 540.0 symbols 550.0 symbols
Attainable Net Data Rate: 28.571 Mbps 184.549 Mbps
============================================================================