BT Broadband Upgrade ...

[Manoverboard]

Your current speed is more than adequate to stream Amazon prime footie.

Ooooh, do you think so, I may be inclined to sign up for just the one month then

You dont even need to sign up, just download the prime video app and it's free to use. I only watched it on my phone, my TV is not all that smart, I understand some enable you to download the apps, whereas I would need to transfer it from my phone or tablet.

A month of ' Prime ' is entirely free and our telly is already ' primed ' to display it, so that's the way for me. Apart from that my eyes are no longer good enough to watch an entire footy match on a phone ... Oh no

[Manoverboard]

Yesterday I sorted out one's new BT Hub Wi-Fi details on Mobietta’s Tablet using ye olde manual method which of course was simplicity itself but also re-checked one’s Broadband Speed to discover that there had been some activity somewhere ‘ along the line ‘ because my readings has now plummeted to DL 15.4 / UL 1.04

This morning there was a BT e-mail waiting to be read. It tells me that the Upgraded Service will commence on July 16th, that speeds will fluctuate until that date and that the estimated speed will be 49-50 / 8-9 but that one’s “ Stay Fast download speed is: 44 Mbps. “ Most importantly, for us, it also advised “ We don't need to visit to get your broadband working “

Hallelujah ..... and thank you once again to all of you who helped me in our hour of need

If I’m not too busy I may revise the passwords on the TV and SKY Box today, or tomorrow, possibly using WPS and Mobietta as the one’s ‘runner ’.
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[Ray Scully]

Has anyone got FTTP? currently open reach are digging up our footpaths enabling them to extend the current fibe from the box in the road ( 200 m away) it will entail a new cable coming into the house. I wonder what happens from there, particularly as it will not be entering in the same spot as the existing copper cable

[Manoverboard]

Has anyone got FTTP? currently open reach are digging up our footpaths enabling them to extend the current fibe from the box in the road ( 200 m away) it will entail a new cable coming into the house. I wonder what happens from there, particularly as it will not be entering in the same spot as the existing copper cable

Obviously nobody on here is running some sort of business that requires download speeds of up to 300

Do you now have a hole in your window frame for the cable to enter and trail round your kitchen ?

[Quizzical Bob]

Has anyone got FTTP? currently open reach are digging up our footpaths enabling them to extend the current fibe from the box in the road ( 200 m away) it will entail a new cable coming into the house. I wonder what happens from there, particularly as it will not be entering in the same spot as the existing copper cable

We have Virgin Media top bundle and I get speeds of 160/20 on my iPad which is plenty for my needs. We have cable to the house but the complication is that we have common access over our neighbours’s land and we wouldn’t want to be negotiating wayleaves again.

[david63]

I get speeds of 160/20 on my iPad

But that is then using wi-fi which is dependant many other factors.

The only true way to do a speed check is to plug your device into the incoming terminal block.

[Quizzical Bob]

I get speeds of 160/20 on my iPad

But that is then using wi-fi which is dependant many other factors.

The only true way to do a speed check is to plug your device into the incoming terminal block.

Indeed, which is why I mentioned iPad. My point is that I am getting these rates even though it is on an iPad through WiFi which is itself 5GHz and capable of several hundred Mb/s.

[Manoverboard]

... If I’m not too busy I may revise the passwords on the TV and SKY Box today, or tomorrow, possibly using WPS and Mobietta as the one’s ‘runner ’.

As it happens I didn't do either of those things but decided instead to wait until switch over day ... drum roll ...

It is tomorrow, the 16th July

Meanwhile I looked up the Menus on SKY and located ‘ Networks ‘ easily enough but couldn’t work out how one was supposed to change the router / hub and / or the password .... any ideas ?

ps ... tried pushing the WPS button on the SKY BOX but it just ignored me
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[david63]

couldn’t work out how one was supposed to change the router / hub and / or the password .... any ideas ?

Is the "new" router connected? If it is then it will be in the list of available connections. If it is not connected then you will not see it antwhere

[Manoverboard]

couldn’t work out how one was supposed to change the router / hub and / or the password .... any ideas ?

Is the "new" router connected? If it is then it will be in the list of available connections. If it is not connected then you will not see it antwhere

There is not a list as one would reasonably expect ... like wot there was on Mobietta's Tablet for example.

If, and I do stress if, I am looking in the right ' Networks ' location within the SKY Menus it displays only the previous one but does not seem to offer anything to click on to facilitate a change to the new one.

[Mervyn and Trish]

My advice would be to take a beer or glass of wine into the garden and ask Mobietta to tell you when she's fixed it.

[Manoverboard]

My advice would be to take a beer or glass of wine into the garden and ask Mobietta to tell you when she's fixed it.

You are much closer than you may think

Have finally identified how to manoeuvre the SKY Menus but setting it up manually failed cos SKY can only work with Capital letters whereas one’s new password includes little letters, had no option therefore but to use WPS. To do this one needs to push the WPS button on the Hub for two seconds and then to tell Mobietta ( other mates are available ) via the intercom system to push ‘ Select ‘ on the SKY Remote. This has to be completed within one minute

I will now pour her half a glass as her reward

[towny44]

couldn’t work out how one was supposed to change the router / hub and / or the password .... any ideas ?

Is the "new" router connected? If it is then it will be in the list of available connections. If it is not connected then you will not see it antwhere

There is not a list as one would reasonably expect ... like wot there was on Mobietta's Tablet for example.

If, and I do stress if, I am looking in the right ' Networks ' location within the SKY Menus it displays only the previous one but does not seem to offer anything to click on to facilitate a change to the new one.

I think you should be looking in the internet access accounts, which on a windows laptop/PC show up on the right side of the taskbar, under the wi-fi symbol. On a tablet or phone they are in settings.

[Manoverboard]

I think you should be looking in the internet access accounts, which on a windows laptop/PC show up on the right side of the taskbar, under the wi-fi symbol. On a tablet or phone they are in settings.

On the SKY Box the solution to changing a router/hub and its password is achieved by selecting the ' Manual set up ' option within Settings/Network. If there are two of you or if the device is near the SKY Box then easy peasy otherwise you need to think outside the box ... literally. See my postings above ?

SKY will work without Broadband but sans ' Catch Up ' and the usual crap displayed in the lower half of the screen.

[towny44]

I think you should be looking in the internet access accounts, which on a windows laptop/PC show up on the right side of the taskbar, under the wi-fi symbol. On a tablet or phone they are in settings.

On the SKY Box the solution to changing a router/hub and its password is achieved by selecting the ' Manual set up ' option within Settings/Network. If there are two of you or if the device is near the SKY Box then easy peasy otherwise you need to think outside the box ... literally. See my postings above ?

SKY will work without Broadband but sans ' Catch Up ' and the usual crap displayed in the lower half of the screen.

I thought I understood that your new hub was already working and providing your internet access? If so is it currently linked to your TV and providing the internet connection for catch up and box sets etc?
If you will be switching hubs then from memory your TV will search for the available internet sources, and as long as you know the new hubs ID reference, then it should be a doddle.

[Jan Rosser]

Have you got a SkyQ box Moby? I have and Network connection under the Status tab takes you to Network set-up which has a reset button. Network set up shows my broadband provider (BT) and that I am connected to the router and internet I apologise if someone has already suggested this route and also that I am unwilling to press the reset button as I don’t want to bu**** up my settings. I confess I’ve been following your meanderings but not sure if you’ve “done it” yet

[Manoverboard]

I thought I understood that your new hub was already working and providing your internet access? If so is it currently linked to your TV and providing the internet connection for catch up and box sets etc?
If you will be switching hubs then from memory your TV will search for the available internet sources, and as long as you know the new hubs ID reference, then it should be a doddle.

Our wires are crossed

My new hub is indeed up and running and is linked to my PC via an Ethernet cable which of course supplies the internet. All our other devices are not linked unless or until I set them up. Mobietta's Tablet and SKY are now connected and Catch Up works aok but one's TVs are not, nor do we need them to be, cos we don't subscribe to any of that Netfix / Prime type crap offerings.
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[Mervyn and Trish]

Have you got a SkyQ box Moby? I have and Network connection under the Status tab takes you to Network set-up which has a reset button. Network set up shows my broadband provider (BT) and that I am connected to the router and internet I apologise if someone has already suggested this route and also that I am unwilling to press the reset button as I don’t want to bu**** up my settings. I confess I’ve been following your meanderings but not sure if you’ve “done it” yet

See. It takes a woman to sort it. Mind you I'm sure half of what Blod said was in Welsh.

[Manoverboard]

Have you got a SkyQ box Moby? I have and Network connection under the Status tab takes you to Network set-up which has a reset button. Network set up shows my broadband provider (BT) and that I am connected to the router and internet I apologise if someone has already suggested this route and also that I am unwilling to press the reset button as I don’t want to bu**** up my settings. I confess I’ve been following your meanderings but not sure if you’ve “done it” yet

' Meanderings ' how very dare you, top level technical discussions more like

I don't have a SkyQ box but I do have a ' WPS ' buttton on the front of my SKY box albeit I only have one minute to get from ' it ' to the PC once it has been pushed and that is totally impossible. I opted therefore to use SKY's Menus and taking that route it directed me to press the ' WPS ' button on the Hub, following that Mobietta pushed ' Select ' on the Remote.

ps ... I did a ' Reset ' upon advice received in this place and wiped by disc clean on the DVD

[Jan Rosser]

Have you got a SkyQ box Moby? I have and Network connection under the Status tab takes you to Network set-up which has a reset button. Network set up shows my broadband provider (BT) and that I am connected to the router and internet I apologise if someone has already suggested this route and also that I am unwilling to press the reset button as I don’t want to bu**** up my settings. I confess I’ve been following your meanderings but not sure if you’ve “done it” yet

See. It takes a woman to sort it. Mind you I'm sure half of what Blod said was in Welsh.

Difficult enough to understand in flippin English Merv but I’ll have a go

[towny44]

I thought I understood that your new hub was already working and providing your internet access? If so is it currently linked to your TV and providing the internet connection for catch up and box sets etc?
If you will be switching hubs then from memory your TV will search for the available internet sources, and as long as you know the new hubs ID reference, then it should be a doddle.

Our wires are crossed

My new hub is indeed up and running and is linked to my PC via an Ethernet cable which of course supplies the internet. All our other devices are not linked unless or until I set them up. Mobietta's Tablet and SKY are now connected and Catch Up works aok but one's TVs are not, nor do we need them to be, cos we don't subscribe to any of that Netfix / Prime type crap offerings.
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Wires definitely crossed then, everything should continue to work as now when BT switch to FTTP, AFAIK there is no difference in the way internet operates between copper cables and fibre. We switched to FTTC last year or the year before, and the changeover was seamless

[Jan Rosser]

Have you got a SkyQ box Moby? I have and Network connection under the Status tab takes you to Network set-up which has a reset button. Network set up shows my broadband provider (BT) and that I am connected to the router and internet I apologise if someone has already suggested this route and also that I am unwilling to press the reset button as I don’t want to bu**** up my settings. I confess I’ve been following your meanderings but not sure if you’ve “done it” yet

' Meanderings ' how very dare you, top level technical discussions more like

I don't have a SkyQ box but I do have a ' WPS ' buttton on the front of my SKY box albeit I only have one minute to get from ' it ' to the PC once it has been pushed and that is totally impossible. I opted therefore to use SKY's Menus and taking that route it directed me to press the ' WPS ' button on the Hub, following that Mobietta pushed ' Select ' on the Remote.

ps ... I did a ' Reset ' upon advice received in this place and wiped by disc clean on the DVD

Sounds as if it’s easier then on the SkyQ box thank gawd as there’s only me in the house I had a message on screen a few weeks ago telling me I didn’t have an internet connection and I managed to reconnect via the reset screen - quite pleased with myself

[Manoverboard]

Wires definitely crossed then, everything should continue to work as now when BT switch to FTTP, AFAIK there is no difference in the way internet operates between copper cables and fibre. We switched to FTTC last year or the year before, and the changeover was seamless

But did you have a different router/hub and a new password like wot we did have ... No, of course you didn't
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[Manoverboard]

Sounds as if it’s easier then on the SkyQ box thank gawd as there’s only me in the house I had a message on screen a few weeks ago telling me I didn’t have an internet connection and I managed to reconnect via the reset screen - quite pleased with myself

There's only me in this house, that Mobietta is bloody useless

It's not unusual for us rural types to get messages about a lost internet service. We just ignore them, have a cuppa and when we return everything is working ok again

[towny44]

Wires definitely crossed then, everything should continue to work as now when BT switch to FTTP, AFAIK there is no difference in the way internet operates between copper cables and fibre. We switched to FTTC last year or the year before, and the changeover was seamless

But did you have a different router/hub and a new password like wot we did have ... No, of course you didn't
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No, but if it's working now my previous answer should still prove true.