BT Infinity - anyone got it yet?

[Singh400]

I just got a cable router to replace the Homehub. Depending on the size of your switch then I'm sure you'd be happy with that too?

You probably won't be able to do anything about the modem, but I'm assuming the home hub is just a router, in which case you could replace that with one of your choice. I could be wrong though - it might be that the home hub is required, then you would have to add a router after it and DMZ everything through the home hub to it.

Just been researching the issue, and wouldn't the Draytek Vigor 2750N replace all my current equipment?

[watercooled]

It looks that way, I didn't know commercial VDSL routers had reached the market yet.

[Singh400]

It looks that way, I didn't know commercial VDSL routers had reached the market yet.

After some extensive Googling my options are severely limited. There is the Draytek Vigor 2750n which I have pointed out already. I also found the FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390 and the Thomson TG789n.

VDSL2 just hasn't hit with the mainstream providers like LinkSys, Netgear, Buffalo and all the rest.

For now I think I'm going to stick with my current setup. I would miss my 8-port gigabit switch too much. And AFAIK there is no router out there with a 8 port gigabit lan. Oh well.

[chrestomanci]

After some extensive Googling my options are severely limited. There is the Draytek Vigor 2750n which I have pointed out already. I also found the FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390 and the Thomson TG789n.

Thanks for the link to the FRITZBox product. It is incredibly fully featured, and considering the number of features the price (£200) is not unreasonable. I looks like it could replace a number of other devices in my house.

For now I think I'm going to stick with my current setup. I would miss my 8-port gigabit switch too much. And AFAIK there is no router out there with a 8 port gigabit lan. Oh well.

Both the routers you linked to have 4 port gigabit switches included. If you need more you can buy an 8 port gigabit switch for £30 these days, so I don't think that is a reason to not upgrade.

Of course there are plenty of other reasons, such as the total cost, the ISP, or if you are in a service area.

[Singh400]

Thanks for the link to the FRITZBox product. It is incredibly fully featured, and considering the number of features the price (£200) is not unreasonable. I looks like it could replace a number of other devices in my house.

Yup, I really liked it aswell.

Both the routers you linked to have 4 port gigabit switches included. If you need more you can buy an 8 port gigabit switch for £30 these days, so I don't think that is a reason to not upgrade.

Of course there are plenty of other reasons, such as the total cost, the ISP, or if you are in a service area.

You misunderstand me. I already have a eight port gigabit switch. My aim is to find a device that will combine my eight port gigabit switch, my open reach VDSL2 mode, and my BT home hub. The DrayTek and the FritzBox are the only things that come close. But none of the routers I looked at had a eight port gigabit lan connections.

[Barry]

Knew waiting was a good idea, just ordered it the unlimited package and got 3 months free!

[Zak33]

Infinity landed here this week, in Aylesbury.

Zen offered me it
BT offered me it.

Mammoth price difference as I'd expect.
Zen £36 / month (with 12 month minimum contract.. first time Zen have done that I think..) and £90 set up. Not even sure it has a router at that price.
BT £18 per month and 3 for free and 18 month contract.

Don't trust BT, so looks like I'll be sticking with ADSL 2 for a while yet....

Zen's (very cautious) speed estimate is 33 down and 8 up.......!!!!

[Zak33]

a Draytek router is gonna cost me close to £300 too.....

out of range at mo.... shame. But that's a lot of dosh.

[directhex]

Don't forget Zen give you a 100GB cap for that money, BT don't

[Flibb]

Just realised infinity is available at my place. Price wise its quoting £25 a month with free weekend calls, any idea if it possible to get it cheaper without a call package?

[Zak33]

Don't forget Zen give you a 100GB cap for that money, BT don't

duno if that's good or bad?

Do you mean BT cap it lower.. or don't cap it at all?

Cos I never hit 20 gig

Read up a bit on the BT router and it won't host VPN's so that's as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

[watercooled]

BT don't cap at all to my knowledge, at least on the more expensive package. On the cheaper one there is a pretty ridiculous cap of about 40GB IIRC.

[neonplanet40]

If you dont hit 20GB Zak then why would you possibly need BT Infinity? You could get a MUCH cheaper package a month if thats all you use.

[Zak33]

If you dont hit 20GB Zak then why would you possibly need BT Infinity? You could get a MUCH cheaper package a month if thats all you use.

speed man.. speed

and ping..

and speed.

and upload speed..

and speed.

4mb down at mo.. and upload at about 500kb

Infinity ... zen estimate down at 33 and up at 2

[directhex]

duno if that's good or bad?

Do you mean BT cap it lower.. or don't cap it at all?

Cos I never hit 20 gig

Read up a bit on the BT router and it won't host VPN's so that's as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

You can hit the 20GB cap by downloading 2 games on Steam. Say... GTA4 and the addons is about 24G combined.

[Bluecube]

BT don't cap at all to my knowledge, at least on the more expensive package. On the cheaper one there is a pretty ridiculous cap of about 40GB IIRC.

Unless it's changed recently for new sign ups the cheap cap is 40Gb. I was a bit wary of it myself as that's what I'm on, however I've not been having any issues keeping within the cap. I'm not a heavy user though compared to some other folks on this thread!