Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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About to take out fibre to the cabinet service with plusnet (BT) but theyre saying they now only send out combined router/modems and not just modems anymore which kinda messed up my plan as iv just bought a gaming router ( https://netduma.com/order/netduma-r1-router/ ) and kinda dont wanna run their supplied router/modem combo as il have to DMZ my netduma - which they wont support anyway so...
Just wondering if anyone can recommend a modem for FFTC service (VDSL2?) all i need it to do is connect up
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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If an engineer is popping around then ask for an Openreach modem rather than a 'hub'. Otherwise, grab a Draytek 130 
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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they're not sending an engineers anymore as they dont have stock of the modems and as such they can just send you their combo router modem jobby and its sorted
Draytek 130 yeah?
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Dom
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The 130 should do the job and works on BT 'Fibre' (never used a Plusnet connection though). Alternatively ebay for a Openreach modem, either a Huawei HG612 or a ECI (Alpha, i believe).
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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Yeah an unlocked openreach could be just what im after cheers dom
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
The 130 should do the job and works on BT 'Fibre' (never used a Plusnet connection though). Alternatively ebay for a Openreach modem, either a Huawei HG612 or a ECI (Alpha, i believe).
I am using a PlusNet fibre connection with a DrayTek 130, works fine
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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They told me an engineer wouldn't visit too but he did, and he gave us two open reach modems, I have an open reach going spare if yopu want it, a tenner +post
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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FYI Wrighty, currently using a standard plusnet router/modem and getting around ~5 ping on most servers, lower than anyone else I game with.
That being said, I'm paying for a business account.
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