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date = '2025-10-17T07:39:45-03:00'
draft = true
title = 'Fifteenth Post Intermittent internet & GSM access'
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GSM and 5G data

We often take for granted the access we have to data & VOIP networks, esp. when we have 'unlimited access'

Unlimited data access is a farce

• My ISP still delivers ancient xDSL connections maxed a 10MBit/s (1MBit = 1024kBit!)
• The connection is capped at speed meaning 30days per bandwidth pool
• * 10MBit/s = 36000Mbit/hr
• * 36000Mbit/hr = 36864000 MBit/day (x24)
• * 36864000MBit/day = 1105920000 MBit/month (x 30 days)
• * 1105920000MBit /1024 = 1080000 MByte/month
• * 1080000MByte /1024 = 1054.6875 GByte/month
• * 1054.6875 /1024 = 1.02996826172 TByte theoretical bandwidth.

You get only 1.0299 TByte/month at max!

Subtract from that number 10% for protocol overhead ping delays retries and what not.

• * 1.0299 TByte - 0.10299TByte = 0.9269TByte
• * 0.9269 TByte = 949.1456 GByte max in practice

The practical cap is at 949.15GB per month

Similar calculations can be made for unlimited post paid POTS phone connections

• The cap is at time. No one talks 24hrs and can pay the phone bill, so the cap is also economical
• No unlimited services exist. All are capped by time*
• Subscriptions can be a way out to good deals
• One of my GSM providers gives 100 minute prepaid subsciptions for 6 months a year and two years
• The difference is startling in comparision with the regular price
• 100min = 4.5 USD per month subscribed prepaid 6 months
• 100min = 25 USD month prepaid!

Don't take your connections for granted.

• Many people (me included) drop permanent services due to economical & technical reasons
• * I dropped my xDSL connection because I need fibre connections to work. My ISP has the fibre optic cables & FAT terminals (fibre acces terminals) in the first part of the street.
• * * My ISP even made the power company change the poles in the whole street
• * * The EBS changed the poles in 40% of the project time, a record for them.
• * * My ISP betrayed us by still giving us FTTC instead of FTTH as promised in the whole street.
• * * My ISP has massive corruption problems, since they abused the grand for FTTH to give us obsolete FTTC equipment with xDSL
• * * Only areas without POTS cables got FTTH first, the rest was shoved on obsolete ancient FTTC equipment you cant buy new anymore globally
• * * The ISP makes double money since they cant charge more for FTTC minimal, but have to give 50MBit/s minimal because there are no lower caps allowed in the contract grand
• * * The FTTH connection als0 gets your POTS phone connected to it
• * * when a pole is ripped off due to a car hitting it, you are SOL without a seperate GSM / smart phone, because your POTS phone is now on a SPF (single point of failure).
• • * On xDSL the lines are buried so POTS lines are safer
• • I also dropped the xDSL service because the ammount of data I can download is pitiful on xDSL
• • I can use the cash literally for food since they charge a massive USD 20/month for the ancient connection

Z
#GSM #2G #3G #4G #internet #technology #FTTC #FTTH #mathematics #programming #service #network #infrastructure #fibre #optics

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date = '2025-10-17T07:39:45-03:00'
draft = true
title = 'Fifteenth Post Intermittent internet & GSM access'
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GSM and 5G data

We often take for granted the access we have to data & VOIP networks, esp. when we have 'unlimited access'

Unlimited data access is a farce

• My ISP still delivers ancient xDSL connections maxed a 10MBit/s (1MBit = 1024kBit!)
• The connection is capped at speed meaning 30days per bandwidth pool
• * 10MBit/s = 36000Mbit/hr
• * 36000Mbit/hr = 36864000 MBit/day (x24)
• * 36864000MBit/day = 1105920000 MBit/month (x 30 days)
• * 1105920000MBit /1024 = 1080000 MByte/month
• * 1080000MByte /1024 = 1054.6875 GByte/month
• * 1054.6875 /1024 = 1.02996826172 TByte theoretical bandwidth.

You get only 1.0299 TByte/month at max!

Subtract from that number 10% for protocol overhead ping delays retries and what not.

• * 1.0299 TByte - 0.10299TByte = 0.9269TByte
• * 0.9269 TByte = 949.1456 GByte max in practice

The practical cap is at 949.15GB per month

Similar calculations can be made for unlimited post paid POTS phone connections

• The cap is at time. No one talks 24hrs and can pay the phone bill, so the cap is also economical
• No unlimited services exist. All are capped by time*
• Subscriptions can be a way out to good deals
• One of my GSM providers gives 100 minute prepaid subsciptions for 6 months a year and two years
• The difference is startling in comparision with the regular price
• 100min = 4.5 USD per month subscribed prepaid 6 months
• 100min = 25 USD month prepaid!

Don't take your connections for granted.

• Many people (me included) drop permanent services due to economical & technical reasons
• * I dropped my xDSL connection because I need fibre connections to work. My ISP has the fibre optic cables & FAT terminals (fibre acces terminals) in the first part of the street.
• * * My ISP even made the power company change the poles in the whole street
• * * The EBS changed the poles in 40% of the project time, a record for them.
• * * My ISP betrayed us by still giving us FTTC instead of FTTH as promised in the whole street.
• * * My ISP has massive corruption problems, since they abused the grand for FTTH to give us obsolete FTTC equipment with xDSL
• * * Only areas without POTS cables got FTTH first, the rest was shoved on obsolete ancient FTTC equipment you cant buy new anymore globally
• * * The ISP makes double money since they cant charge more for FTTC minimal, but have to give 50MBit/s minimal because there are no lower caps allowed in the contract grand
• * * The FTTH connection als0 gets your POTS phone connected to it
• * * when a pole is ripped off due to a car hitting it, you are SOL without a seperate GSM / smart phone, because your POTS phone is now on a SPF (single point of failure).
• • * On xDSL the lines are buried so POTS lines are safer
• • I also dropped the xDSL service because the ammount of data I can download is pitiful on xDSL
• • I can use the cash literally for food since they charge a massive USD 20/month for the ancient connection

Z
#GSM #2G #3G #4G #internet #technology #FTTC #FTTH #mathematics #programming #service #network #infrastructure #fibre #optics

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date = '2025-10-17T07:39:45-03:00'
draft = true
title = 'Fifteenth Post Intermittent internet & GSM access'
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GSM and 5G data

We often take for granted the access we have to data & VOIP networks, esp. when we have 'unlimited access'

Unlimited data access is a farce

• My ISP still delivers ancient xDSL connections maxed a 10MBit/s (1MBit = 1024kBit!)
• The connection is capped at speed meaning 30days per bandwidth pool
• * 10MBit/s = 36000Mbit/hr
• * 36000Mbit/hr = 36864000 MBit/day (x24)
• * 36864000MBit/day = 1105920000 MBit/month (x 30 days)
• * 1105920000MBit /1024 = 1080000 MByte/month
• * 1080000MByte /1024 = 1054.6875 GByte/month
• * 1054.6875 /1024 = 1.02996826172 TByte theoretical bandwidth.

You get only 1.0299 TByte/month at max!

Subtract from that number 10% for protocol overhead ping delays retries and what not.

• * 1.0299 TByte - 0.10299TByte = 0.9269TByte
• * 0.9269 TByte = 949.1456 GByte max in practice

The practical cap is at 949.15GB per month

Similar calculations can be made for unlimited post paid POTS phone connections

• The cap is at time. No one talks 24hrs and can pay the phone bill, so the cap is also economical
• No unlimited services exist. All are capped by time*
• Subscriptions can be a way out to good deals
• One of my GSM providers gives 100 minute prepaid subsciptions for 6 months a year and two years
• The difference is startling in comparision with the regular price
• 100min = 4.5 USD per month subscribed prepaid 6 months
• 100min = 25 USD month prepaid!

Don't take your connections for granted.

• Many people (me included) drop permanent services due to economical & technical reasons
• * I dropped my xDSL connection because I need fibre connections to work. My ISP has the fibre optic cables & FAT terminals (fibre acces terminals) in the first part of the street.
• * * My ISP even made the power company change the poles in the whole street
• * * The EBS changed the poles in 40% of the project time, a record for them.
• * * My ISP betrayed us by still giving us FTTC instead of FTTH as promised in the whole street.
• * * My ISP has massive corruption problems, since they abused the grand for FTTH to give us obsolete FTTC equipment with xDSL
• * * Only areas without POTS cables got FTTH first, the rest was shoved on obsolete ancient FTTC equipment you cant buy new anymore globally
• * * The ISP makes double money since they cant charge more for FTTC minimal, but have to give 50MBit/s minimal because there are no lower caps allowed in the contract grand
• * * The FTTH connection als0 gets your POTS phone connected to it
• * * when a pole is ripped off due to a car hitting it, you are SOL without a seperate GSM / smart phone, because your POTS phone is now on a SPF (single point of failure).
• • * On xDSL the lines are buried so POTS lines are safer
• • I also dropped the xDSL service because the ammount of data I can download is pitiful on xDSL
• • I can use the cash literally for food since they charge a massive USD 20/month for the ancient connection

Z
#GSM #2G #3G #4G #internet #technology #FTTC #FTTH #mathematics #programming #service #network #infrastructure #fibre #optics

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date = '2025-10-17T07:39:45-03:00'
draft = true
title = 'Fifteenth Post Intermittent internet & GSM access'
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GSM and 5G data

We often take for granted the access we have to data & VOIP networks, esp. when we have 'unlimited access'

Unlimited data access is a farce

• My ISP still delivers ancient xDSL connections maxed a 10MBit/s (1MBit = 1024kBit!)
• The connection is capped at speed meaning 30days per bandwidth pool
• * 10MBit/s = 36000Mbit/hr
• * 36000Mbit/hr = 36864000 MBit/day (x24)
• * 36864000MBit/day = 1105920000 MBit/month (x 30 days)
• * 1105920000MBit /1024 = 1080000 MByte/month
• * 1080000MByte /1024 = 1054.6875 GByte/month
• * 1054.6875 /1024 = 1.02996826172 TByte theoretical bandwidth.

You get only 1.0299 TByte/month at max!

Subtract from that number 10% for protocol overhead ping delays retries and what not.

• * 1.0299 TByte - 0.10299TByte = 0.9269TByte
• * 0.9269 TByte = 949.1456 GByte max in practice

The practical cap is at 949.15GB per month

Similar calculations can be made for unlimited post paid POTS phone connections

• The cap is at time. No one talks 24hrs and can pay the phone bill, so the cap is also economical
• No unlimited services exist. All are capped by time*
• Subscriptions can be a way out to good deals
• One of my GSM providers gives 100 minute prepaid subsciptions for 6 months a year and two years
• The difference is startling in comparision with the regular price
• 100min = 4.5 USD per month subscribed prepaid 6 months
• 100min = 25 USD month prepaid!

Don't take your connections for granted.

• Many people (me included) drop permanent services due to economical & technical reasons
• * I dropped my xDSL connection because I need fibre connections to work. My ISP has the fibre optic cables & FAT terminals (fibre acces terminals) in the first part of the street.
• * * My ISP even made the power company change the poles in the whole street
• * * The EBS changed the poles in 40% of the project time, a record for them.
• * * My ISP betrayed us by still giving us FTTC instead of FTTH as promised in the whole street.
• * * My ISP has massive corruption problems, since they abused the grand for FTTH to give us obsolete FTTC equipment with xDSL
• * * Only areas without POTS cables got FTTH first, the rest was shoved on obsolete ancient FTTC equipment you cant buy new anymore globally
• * * The ISP makes double money since they cant charge more for FTTC minimal, but have to give 50MBit/s minimal because there are no lower caps allowed in the contract grand
• * * The FTTH connection als0 gets your POTS phone connected to it
• * * when a pole is ripped off due to a car hitting it, you are SOL without a seperate GSM / smart phone, because your POTS phone is now on a SPF (single point of failure).
• • * On xDSL the lines are buried so POTS lines are safer
• • I also dropped the xDSL service because the ammount of data I can download is pitiful on xDSL
• • I can use the cash literally for food since they charge a massive USD 20/month for the ancient connection

Z
#GSM #2G #3G #4G #internet #technology #FTTC #FTTH #mathematics #programming #service #network #infrastructure #fibre #optics

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date = '2025-10-17T07:39:45-03:00'
draft = true
title = 'Fifteenth Post Intermittent internet & GSM access'
+++

GSM and 5G data

We often take for granted the access we have to data & VOIP networks, esp. when we have 'unlimited access'

Unlimited data access is a farce

• My ISP still delivers ancient xDSL connections maxed a 10MBit/s (1MBit = 1024kBit!)
• The connection is capped at speed meaning 30days per bandwidth pool
• * 10MBit/s = 36000Mbit/hr
• * 36000Mbit/hr = 36864000 MBit/day (x24)
• * 36864000MBit/day = 1105920000 MBit/month (x 30 days)
• * 1105920000MBit /1024 = 1080000 MByte/month
• * 1080000MByte /1024 = 1054.6875 GByte/month
• * 1054.6875 /1024 = 1.02996826172 TByte theoretical bandwidth.

You get only 1.0299 TByte/month at max!

Subtract from that number 10% for protocol overhead ping delays retries and what not.

• * 1.0299 TByte - 0.10299TByte = 0.9269TByte
• * 0.9269 TByte = 949.1456 GByte max in practice

The practical cap is at 949.15GB per month

Similar calculations can be made for unlimited post paid POTS phone connections

• The cap is at time. No one talks 24hrs and can pay the phone bill, so the cap is also economical
• No unlimited services exist. All are capped by time*
• Subscriptions can be a way out to good deals
• One of my GSM providers gives 100 minute prepaid subsciptions for 6 months a year and two years
• The difference is startling in comparision with the regular price
• 100min = 4.5 USD per month subscribed prepaid 6 months
• 100min = 25 USD month prepaid!

Don't take your connections for granted.

• Many people (me included) drop permanent services due to economical & technical reasons
• * I dropped my xDSL connection because I need fibre connections to work. My ISP has the fibre optic cables & FAT terminals (fibre acces terminals) in the first part of the street.
• * * My ISP even made the power company change the poles in the whole street
• * * The EBS changed the poles in 40% of the project time, a record for them.
• * * My ISP betrayed us by still giving us FTTC instead of FTTH as promised in the whole street.
• * * My ISP has massive corruption problems, since they abused the grand for FTTH to give us obsolete FTTC equipment with xDSL
• * * Only areas without POTS cables got FTTH first, the rest was shoved on obsolete ancient FTTC equipment you cant buy new anymore globally
• * * The ISP makes double money since they cant charge more for FTTC minimal, but have to give 50MBit/s minimal because there are no lower caps allowed in the contract grand
• * * The FTTH connection als0 gets your POTS phone connected to it
• * * when a pole is ripped off due to a car hitting it, you are SOL without a seperate GSM / smart phone, because your POTS phone is now on a SPF (single point of failure).
• • * On xDSL the lines are buried so POTS lines are safer
• • I also dropped the xDSL service because the ammount of data I can download is pitiful on xDSL
• • I can use the cash literally for food since they charge a massive USD 20/month for the ancient connection

Z
#GSM #2G #3G #4G #internet #technology #FTTC #FTTH #mathematics #programming #service #network #infrastructure #fibre #optics

Finally getting around to upgrading my home server from Debian bookworm (12/oldstable) to trixie (13/stable).

`apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs` went smoothly enough, just a few config files with local tweaks.

Currently wishing I had FTTP for the `apt full-upgrade` downloads. I'm "languishing on only 80Mbps FTTC".

I expect to have some issues to sort out once this bit is done, and I still need to re-activate/update my third-party repositories....

#Debian #Debian13 #FTTP #FTTC

Finally getting around to upgrading my home server from Debian bookworm (12/oldstable) to trixie (13/stable).

`apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs` went smoothly enough, just a few config files with local tweaks.

Currently wishing I had FTTP for the `apt full-upgrade` downloads. I'm "languishing on only 80Mbps FTTC".

I expect to have some issues to sort out once this bit is done, and I still need to re-activate/update my third-party repositories....

#Debian #Debian13 #FTTP #FTTC

Finally getting around to upgrading my home server from Debian bookworm (12/oldstable) to trixie (13/stable).

`apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs` went smoothly enough, just a few config files with local tweaks.

Currently wishing I had FTTP for the `apt full-upgrade` downloads. I'm "languishing on only 80Mbps FTTC".

I expect to have some issues to sort out once this bit is done, and I still need to re-activate/update my third-party repositories....

#Debian #Debian13 #FTTP #FTTC

Finally getting around to upgrading my home server from Debian bookworm (12/oldstable) to trixie (13/stable).

`apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs` went smoothly enough, just a few config files with local tweaks.

Currently wishing I had FTTP for the `apt full-upgrade` downloads. I'm "languishing on only 80Mbps FTTC".

I expect to have some issues to sort out once this bit is done, and I still need to re-activate/update my third-party repositories....

#Debian #Debian13 #FTTP #FTTC

5G Broadband Fail Over

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2025/11/28/5g-broadband-fail-over/

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I have been left in limbo between FTTC and a FTTP install.

My FTTP install failed due to a collapsed duct and my FTTC line was ceased a few days later (an oversight led to this not being cancelled). This was then compounded by being informed it would not be possible to reconstitute the FTTC line (which later turned out not to be the case, but not […]

#4g #5g #broadband #fttc #fttp #lte

5G Broadband Fail Over

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2025/11/28/5g-broadband-fail-over/

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I have been left in limbo between FTTC and a FTTP install.

My FTTP install failed due to a collapsed duct and my FTTC line was ceased a few days later (an oversight led to this not being cancelled). This was then compounded by being informed it would not be possible to reconstitute the FTTC line (which later turned out not to be the case, but not […]

#4g #5g #broadband #fttc #fttp #lte

5G Broadband Fail Over

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2025/11/28/5g-broadband-fail-over/

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I have been left in limbo between FTTC and a FTTP install.

My FTTP install failed due to a collapsed duct and my FTTC line was ceased a few days later (an oversight led to this not being cancelled). This was then compounded by being informed it would not be possible to reconstitute the FTTC line (which later turned out not to be the case, but not […]

#4g #5g #broadband #fttc #fttp #lte

5G Broadband Fail Over

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2025/11/28/5g-broadband-fail-over/

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I have been left in limbo between FTTC and a FTTP install.

My FTTP install failed due to a collapsed duct and my FTTC line was ceased a few days later (an oversight led to this not being cancelled). This was then compounded by being informed it would not be possible to reconstitute the FTTC line (which later turned out not to be the case, but not […]

#4g #5g #broadband #fttc #fttp #lte

5G Broadband Fail Over

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2025/11/28/5g-broadband-fail-over/

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I have been left in limbo between FTTC and a FTTP install.

My FTTP install failed due to a collapsed duct and my FTTC line was ceased a few days later (an oversight led to this not being cancelled). This was then compounded by being informed it would not be possible to reconstitute the FTTC line (which later turned out not to be the case, but not […]

#4g #5g #broadband #fttc #fttp #lte

I've cut myself from the landline where my ISP only offers xDSL over copper

VDSL2 peaks at just 10 MBits/s here, giving you barely the ability to fill 1.5 TB of HDD Space, assuming 50% of available, actual available, bandwidth

They are charging a ridiculous amount of money for that obsolete technology also.

Wat peeved me is that the Power Company replaced the utility poles especially for the ISP which then disregarded the work and refused to pull the fiber optic cables with the Fiber Access Terminals in the street

On the 4G networks I can reach 100 megabits

#ISP #xDSL #4G #FTTH #FTTC #copper #RJ45 #UTP

I've cut myself from the landline where my ISP only offers xDSL over copper

VDSL2 peaks at just 10 MBits/s here, giving you barely the ability to fill 1.5 TB of HDD Space, assuming 50% of available, actual available, bandwidth

They are charging a ridiculous amount of money for that obsolete technology also.

Wat peeved me is that the Power Company replaced the utility poles especially for the ISP which then disregarded the work and refused to pull the fiber optic cables with the Fiber Access Terminals in the street

On the 4G networks I can reach 100 megabits

#ISP #xDSL #4G #FTTH #FTTC #copper #RJ45 #UTP

I've cut myself from the landline where my ISP only offers xDSL over copper

VDSL2 peaks at just 10 MBits/s here, giving you barely the ability to fill 1.5 TB of HDD Space, assuming 50% of available, actual available, bandwidth

They are charging a ridiculous amount of money for that obsolete technology also.

Wat peeved me is that the Power Company replaced the utility poles especially for the ISP which then disregarded the work and refused to pull the fiber optic cables with the Fiber Access Terminals in the street

On the 4G networks I can reach 100 megabits

#ISP #xDSL #4G #FTTH #FTTC #copper #RJ45 #UTP

I've cut myself from the landline where my ISP only offers xDSL over copper

VDSL2 peaks at just 10 MBits/s here, giving you barely the ability to fill 1.5 TB of HDD Space, assuming 50% of available, actual available, bandwidth

They are charging a ridiculous amount of money for that obsolete technology also.

Wat peeved me is that the Power Company replaced the utility poles especially for the ISP which then disregarded the work and refused to pull the fiber optic cables with the Fiber Access Terminals in the street

On the 4G networks I can reach 100 megabits

#ISP #xDSL #4G #FTTH #FTTC #copper #RJ45 #UTP

I've cut myself from the landline where my ISP only offers xDSL over copper

VDSL2 peaks at just 10 MBits/s here, giving you barely the ability to fill 1.5 TB of HDD Space, assuming 50% of available, actual available, bandwidth

They are charging a ridiculous amount of money for that obsolete technology also.

Wat peeved me is that the Power Company replaced the utility poles especially for the ISP which then disregarded the work and refused to pull the fiber optic cables with the Fiber Access Terminals in the street

On the 4G networks I can reach 100 megabits

#ISP #xDSL #4G #FTTH #FTTC #copper #RJ45 #UTP

I've stopped working with obsolete xDSL network devices. I have an ISP Fiber who installed Fiber to the CURB and Fiber to the Home simultaneously just to make money. They installed the obsolete fiber to the curb systems to milk people into making them think that xDSL is a way for the future.

Meanwhile on quite stable 4G Networks they give the speeds that you see in the screenshot. I can reach more than 40 MBit per second! I would rather be ad hoc on the internet, then have a slow obsolete 10 MBit connection over two copper wires.

I am finally enjoying the internet again when it comes down to speed

#ISP #xDSL #FTTH #FTTC #obsolete #copper #RJ45 #4G #speedtest

I've stopped working with obsolete xDSL network devices. I have an ISP Fiber who installed Fiber to the CURB and Fiber to the Home simultaneously just to make money. They installed the obsolete fiber to the curb systems to milk people into making them think that xDSL is a way for the future.

Meanwhile on quite stable 4G Networks they give the speeds that you see in the screenshot. I can reach more than 40 MBit per second! I would rather be ad hoc on the internet, then have a slow obsolete 10 MBit connection over two copper wires.

I am finally enjoying the internet again when it comes down to speed

#ISP #xDSL #FTTH #FTTC #obsolete #copper #RJ45 #4G #speedtest

I've stopped working with obsolete xDSL network devices. I have an ISP Fiber who installed Fiber to the CURB and Fiber to the Home simultaneously just to make money. They installed the obsolete fiber to the curb systems to milk people into making them think that xDSL is a way for the future.

Meanwhile on quite stable 4G Networks they give the speeds that you see in the screenshot. I can reach more than 40 MBit per second! I would rather be ad hoc on the internet, then have a slow obsolete 10 MBit connection over two copper wires.

I am finally enjoying the internet again when it comes down to speed

#ISP #xDSL #FTTH #FTTC #obsolete #copper #RJ45 #4G #speedtest

I've stopped working with obsolete xDSL network devices. I have an ISP Fiber who installed Fiber to the CURB and Fiber to the Home simultaneously just to make money. They installed the obsolete fiber to the curb systems to milk people into making them think that xDSL is a way for the future.

Meanwhile on quite stable 4G Networks they give the speeds that you see in the screenshot. I can reach more than 40 MBit per second! I would rather be ad hoc on the internet, then have a slow obsolete 10 MBit connection over two copper wires.

I am finally enjoying the internet again when it comes down to speed

#ISP #xDSL #FTTH #FTTC #obsolete #copper #RJ45 #4G #speedtest

I've stopped working with obsolete xDSL network devices. I have an ISP Fiber who installed Fiber to the CURB and Fiber to the Home simultaneously just to make money. They installed the obsolete fiber to the curb systems to milk people into making them think that xDSL is a way for the future.

Meanwhile on quite stable 4G Networks they give the speeds that you see in the screenshot. I can reach more than 40 MBit per second! I would rather be ad hoc on the internet, then have a slow obsolete 10 MBit connection over two copper wires.

I am finally enjoying the internet again when it comes down to speed

#ISP #xDSL #FTTH #FTTC #obsolete #copper #RJ45 #4G #speedtest

Steile These: der Ausbau und die Einführung von #Glasfaser wäre deutlich effektiver, wenn die Unternehmen nicht unseriöse Drückerkolonnen schicken würden.

Man könnte z.B. im Vorfeld mehrfach Infomaterial hinterlassen. Stattdessen erzählen die Vertreter halb informierten Bullshit und drängen alte Leute zum Abschluss irgendwelcher Verträge.

#FTTH #FTTB #FTTC #armesDeutschland

»Bis 2050 hat sich das #DSL-Netz selbst abgeschaltet. Die Ausrüster stellen gerade die Produktion von aktiven Komponenten für #VDSL-#FTTC ein, und 25 Jahre wird die jetzt gekaufte aktive Technik nicht halten.[…] IMHO dürfte die aktive DSL-Technik (mit den jetzt noch beschafften neuen Komponenten) noch 10 oder mit Glück noch 15 Jahre halten, also in etwa so lange wie der #FTTH-Ausbau noch brauchen wird…«

https://forum.golem.de/kommentare/sonstiges/karsten-wildberger-bundesdigitalminister-gegen-abschaltung-des-kupfernetzes/wenn-das-so-weitergeht-wie-bisher.../180563,7075972,7075972,read.html

#Glasfaser

Arrgh!

Lift and Shift on the DSLAM last week fixed my Broadband, it had been perfectly stable for a whole week. So last night I put the took the test modem out and it failed again.

#FTTC #VDSL

Hurrah!

My replacement NBN box lasted almost three weeks! No really close lightning, no blackouts. I was using it, decided to unplug. Too late, by the time I got there it was faulting. No internet. Sigh? Back to [shudder] 4G. 😭

Sure, the box isn't flashing red this time, but it may as well be.

Does FTTP have this problem? 🤔

#FirstWorldProblems
#NBN
#FTTC

OK, VDSL question.

If you unplug the copper pair from the modem/router should the DSL light go out?

My link has been going down at ~00:15 (or ~02:15) every night for the last 3 weeks. It only comes back up if the modem is power cycled (PPPoE session handled by different kit). But as part of testing before resetting, I unplugged the copper pair and the DSL light doesn't go out (even after 5mins).

After the reset, if I pull the copper pair then DSL light does go out.

#FTTC #broadband

OK, test VDSL modem installed. Now to wait until 00:15 tomorrow morning to see what happens...

#fttc

OK, this broadband fault is getting really annoying.

Overnight (It's always after midnight) my line will go down, it will then not come up until the Modem (VDSL in bridge mode) is power cycled.

It feels like it has to be a problem in the modem, as even unplugging the copper pair doesn't reset it (if it was the DSLAM end I'd expect that to clear it?).

I've swapped out the Modem (for an identical unit), and it still happens, which feels like it has to be a software fault.

#FTTC #broadband

My ISP has many SPF (single points of failure
First start with terms FTTC FTTH (FTTP also) Check the wikipedia page.

About 26hrs ago (exactly at 02:01) the following services of my ISP died all together in sync

VOIP (phone voice) XDSL GSM LTE+. I noticed the warning my router gave & the gateway going red and dead. No calls were possible, since the GSM networks also died for me.

How? FTTC we have FTTC small expensive boxes (1.30m 40cm 1.20m) besides the streets. Mine dropped itself hard along with wireless servers in my area. Why? Neglected maintanance. Result catastropic drop of ALL services for 2+hours!

I went into comms survival mode (with my tranceivers) Those were fine of course. Why is there no second route to the servers when my main FTTC box fails? Greed & logistics.

The ISP never told me what happened. A friend inside gave me some data. As a monopolist th ISP has too much technical power over us. There's a FTTH project running, which will at least drop the FTTC network boxes besides the roads. However that project should have been FTTH only. Instead they made a terrible mix of FTTH & FTTC. The mix was made with corruption in the background because the FTTC network is cheaper. Also when they put you on the FTTH network they still deliver absimal XDSL speeds.

The provider has also made a mistake of putting the network FTTH above ground. So every time someone slams the telephone poles down that Network also goes down with all your communications. That means you will have no VoIP no Data, which means a total cut off from what could be a lifeline, when it comes down to the VoIP service, for which the phone providers on my continent still have to give 48 volts of DC power to the phone lines for a whole week after power utility has been cut off. They are forced to do so by Law of the Land.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_to_the_x

#Networking #FTTC #FTTH #FTTP #OpenSource #POSIX #ClosedSource

Abbiamo il primo regalo ad Elon #Musk
Se non avete #ADSL o #FTTC (che continua ad essere venduta come fibra senza esserlo) il governo vi farà pagare il 10% di tasse sulla bolletta.

Le opzioni quindi per non pagare sono
- #FTTH se vi arriva a casa
- #4G o #5G
- #FWA
- #Starlink

Ora Starlink è il servizio che ha una migliore copertura, costi minori e con questa tassa del 10% sarà più economico delle soluzioni in rame.
Cosa avrà promesso Musk per questo favore?

#UnoTech #telecomunicazioni

Is there anyone I can email or contact in some way about #BT #Openreach 's #FTTP roll out? They've done half my street but not the other half, and the fibre checker website says that there are no plans to build in my area. They've literally stopped 4 doors down from me - the next telephone pole along has FTTP but mine has #FTTC

#broadband

Hey folks!

Sorry again for being so quiet on fedi recently! Just been so busy!

Some good news to share though: today we got confirmation from our ISP that we've finally been connected up to the OpenReach full fibre network 🥰

This means we'll now be able to move from our current FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) connection to a FTTP (fibre to the premises) one.

Our current connection maxes out at 80 Mbit/s down and 20 Mbit/s up.

We're currently looking at upgrading to the up to 900 Mbit/s down and 100 Mbit/s up service 😁

Faster internet go brrr.

#ISP #FTTC #FTTP #OpenReach

Really grateful to our ISP Zen and an Openreach engineer at 8am for a big speed boost to our home Internet. We finally switched from slow ADSL to fibre to the cabinet + VOIP for our long term landline number. Faster connections especially help my hardware/software engineer husband working from home. #broadband #fibre #FTTC #SoGEA #landline #DigitalVoice #VOIP #ISP #Zen #Internet #WFH #WorkingFromHome #Openreach #ADSL #PartFibre #ZenInternet #ZenBroadband

Of course this should have been the case 10 years ago but that’s a whole other debate!

#NBN #FTTC #FTTP

And #NBN is now upgraded from #FTTC to #FTTP in under 30 minutes!

Oh plus a few hours 2 weeks ago for me and a mate to run the conduit!

At suggested by @decryption gave my ISP a call to discuss.

They asked me to send these photos to them and will raise a case with NBN to get this looked at.

Will see what happens from here …

#NBN #FTTC #FTTP

In the process of having #NBN upgrade my #FTTC connection to #FTTP.

Yesterday, while I was not at home, an NBN tech came and installed the NBN Utility Box that lives on the outside of the home. They must have also dragged in the new fibre cable as well.

Howver they didn't run the new fibre cable in a conduit between the existing old Telstra connection point and into the Utility Box, but rather just strung it across (and not meeting any of NBN's own minimum bend radius requirements).

Not sure if I should be happy with the quality of this installation or not?

Starting the weekend with only PAYG mobile Internet on my phone because my broadband failed at lunch (but the phone line is fine) and #BT can't get an engineer here until Monday 😑

How does #FTTC #broadband fail but the copper phone line is fine?

#BroadbandDown #BTDown

In the process of switching service away from #BTBroadband. Pleased to see an equipment return programme where I can send my old router for refurbishment/recycling. But...

Why can we not have open hardware compatible with all #broadband suppliers, negating the need for companies sending out new routers each time? Why can't there be something akin to SIM cards on mobile phones that can then allow any unlocked device to be used?

Reduce, THEN reuse, THEN recycle.

#ReduceReuseRecycle #FTTC

One for UK peeps: anyone got experience of #NowBroadband for #FTTC broadband? It’s time to switch and their prices look good, along with a 12 month contract. Always a bit wary of online reviews which slate them (people love to moan), so looking for realistic opinions.

I’ll be switching from #BTBroadband, which has given solid performance - 71mbps down, 20mbps up. Am I likely to see a speed drop with a budget provider? Not too worried about WiFi performance - just the actual internet connection.