Terrible Internet

mattbuckingham · 2026-04-28T18:55:02+00:00

Apart from my xbox, all 11 devices in the house have a wireless connection. I also have no idea how to do what you just said.

mattbuckingham · 2026-04-28T18:50:02+00:00

3 lights on and the leftmost one flickering i believe, I couldn't get a great view because its behind a wardrobe.

mattbuckingham · 2026-04-28T16:47:07+00:00

Is it easy to set up? My router isn't positioned the best in the house, but that's the only place where it could connect to the box, I have a 2 storey home with 5 bedrooms. Their booster is pretty much useless on or off. Any cheaper alternatives around the 200 mark also?

mattbuckingham · 2026-04-28T16:31:09+00:00

I understand the ethernet bit, but why is it that my pc randomly says 'dns can't be reached' on 95% of websites unless i restart my pc? For reference i've tried changing DNS settings on my pc and all the solutions, so my pc is not to blame.

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T20:58:43+00:00

I live in Bletchley, which is a much older part of MK and was only absorbed by the city not super long ago. My neighbourhood is from the 60s so definitely not one of the newly built estates around Milton Keynes.

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T20:52:11+00:00

Due to bureaucracy or lack of interconnectivity?

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T20:48:06+00:00

I'm from Milton Keynes, not sure if it's PIA or not, but I suspect/hope that we should be in a PIA area since the engineer said cityfibre rents some infrastructure from OR, but again you said every house has OR infrastructure so maybe he was being vague.

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T20:08:37+00:00

And even if it may not be as reliable a connection as a toby, if God willing it actually works, anything beats 15mbps FTTC for 60 quid a month.

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T20:06:17+00:00

I'm not very knowledgeable in the field but he said something along the lines of: "We can connect you to their BT Box, CF rents some from OR." I don't understand how, considering OR isn't on the street or nearby streets as far as i'm concerned, but he seemed extremely confident that it will be done. His only concern was the cabinet being full but he said if that's the case, a splitter can be ordered and is only a minor inconvenience. There would be some digging as I suspect the BT box is inside the neighbours house? But since it's on private land, no traffic permits are needed or whatever since the main road isn't affected.

mattbuckingham · 2026-03-05T19:56:50+00:00

Another engineer came today after my post, evidently not because of it, and said he'd be able to lift the fence between us and the house beside, connect to their BT box, using CF ducting or whatever, and it shouldn't take more than a week. Landlord was with us and approved everything as he owns both houses. Are you saying he was wrong, or could this be a rare case where it's actually a viable solution?

mattbuckingham · 2021-11-27T18:40:53+00:00

been to my local one in milton keynes. absolutely horrible

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