tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post8418884656365360002..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Universal PaperclipsRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-91942586440335330902018-01-19T22:33:45.581+00:002018-01-19T22:33:45.581+00:00Well that's 5h13m of my life I won't get b...Well that's 5h13m of my life I won't get back again :-))mgboyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087136219633309258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-56088762101518255382018-01-19T05:58:13.163+00:002018-01-19T05:58:13.163+00:00I mentioned this game to someone and in return the...I mentioned this game to someone and in return they recommended this:<br /><br />http://clickingbad.nullism.com/Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-83515200875871540492018-01-18T18:29:53.552+00:002018-01-18T18:29:53.552+00:00I'm of the opinion that the reduced top speed ...I'm of the opinion that the reduced top speed here is nothing to do with not being able to achieve 330 with FTTP, but what is achievable on G.Fast, and a desire to keep them both as one technology agnostic product bundled together.rtho782https://www.blogger.com/profile/02052870855136709228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-37858030034555122862018-01-18T15:13:41.271+00:002018-01-18T15:13:41.271+00:00We are looking in to it, and yes, we would not cap...We are looking in to it, and yes, we would not cap the upload in such cases.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-22484976198169680482018-01-18T15:09:47.402+00:002018-01-18T15:09:47.402+00:00If A&A do a G.Fast trial count me as intereste...If A&A do a G.Fast trial count me as interested. But I already get 79.6 down and 19.9 up on VDSL so G.Fast capped at 80/20 won't do anything for me. The caps would have to be higher than that to interest me. I am more interested in upload than download speed, I'd go for downstream capped at 80 or 160 with upstream uncapped for example.Owen Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-33445198380690937662018-01-18T14:16:53.767+00:002018-01-18T14:16:53.767+00:00I'd say they're more meaningful if you hav...I'd say they're more meaningful if you have a smaller "cell" of contention. <br />For A&A I can understand you provide a small faction of the theoretical maximum, but that's aggregated across the country and you have bandwidth limits to prevent people running their lines at 100% and being unsociable. <br /><br />But on a small cell, if I buy gigabit, and my neighbor does the same, with an unlimited supplier and it's shared fibre with gigabit capacity - then I'm not a happy bunny.Steve Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-17965147771721256372018-01-18T14:08:45.896+00:002018-01-18T14:08:45.896+00:00I spent nearly a whole day one it, though mostly j...I spent nearly a whole day one it, though mostly just in the background whilst doing other work. The end is quite well done though.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-539169265329270402018-01-18T14:04:22.740+00:002018-01-18T14:04:22.740+00:00Almost certainly.Almost certainly.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-38295751320480416742018-01-18T14:03:01.721+00:002018-01-18T14:03:01.721+00:00Continuing the off topic...
Once you have the 10G...Continuing the off topic...<br /><br />Once you have the 10G LNS's will you then offer L2TP at higher speeds (no restrictions) ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84610876146241147802018-01-18T13:52:14.422+00:002018-01-18T13:52:14.422+00:00Contention ratios are not really that meaningful/u...Contention ratios are not really that meaningful/useful to be honest, and I don't know. But yes, shared. My understanding if FTTPoD is simply normal FTTP working in same way but demand driven, that is all.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-65036380798742749492018-01-18T13:49:41.444+00:002018-01-18T13:49:41.444+00:00Hadn't read up on PON, I wasn't aware it w...Hadn't read up on PON, I wasn't aware it was shared last mile. Presumably this would be for large scale deployments, rather than FTTPoD?<br /><br />Interesting - all ISPs may end up with the same contention ratio if they use BT Fibre... Any idea what the typical contention ratio is?Steve Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-8800190549850427732018-01-18T11:56:39.264+00:002018-01-18T11:56:39.264+00:00I had someone give me the link to this a couple of...I had someone give me the link to this a couple of months ago. A highly addictive and thoroughly unproductive way of spending quality timeMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10464805336475389105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-68181604221946794642018-01-18T10:43:05.667+00:002018-01-18T10:43:05.667+00:00Not sure if you're aware of the inspiration fo...Not sure if you're aware of the inspiration for the game:<br />https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizerAndrew Duckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566110014858668221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-69474090736517083732018-01-18T07:17:01.961+00:002018-01-18T07:17:01.961+00:00The FTTC speed adverts are generally down to chang...The FTTC speed adverts are generally down to changes in ASA / OFCOM rules and not a change in technology at all. 80M was always the top speed possible, and still is, and many lines get that speed. It is just that the public seem not to understand that "up to 80M" means "a speed not greater than 80M, and could be any lower speed, even 1M and still be what we sold you". IMHO the "fix" is not what they have done, which is lower the figure. Many people will still say they are not getting what they paid for. Obviously FTTC speeds will have changed due to things like cross talk, but that is not why the adverts have changed.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70324401931010826262018-01-18T07:13:14.734+00:002018-01-18T07:13:14.734+00:00I am not sure where we are with G.fast as present,...I am not sure where we are with G.fast as present, but obviously we are also keen to have our 10Gb+ LNSs in place. Obviously we could do services with capped speeds and we may do a trial.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-2028508377107643442018-01-18T01:18:31.832+00:002018-01-18T01:18:31.832+00:00BT and A&A broadband checkers both say I can g...BT and A&A broadband checkers both say I can get BT Ultrafast Grade 2 ie. the faster G.Fast, and predict speeds of 201 to 330mbps down and 33 to 50mbps up. Experience on VDSL suggests I will get towards the higher end of the speed estimates. I'm guessing from your reply above that I won't be able to order this from A&A any time soon, which is a shame because I can order it from BT today.Owen Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-54474877666038025362018-01-17T20:33:14.582+00:002018-01-17T20:33:14.582+00:00Sorry!
I know you guys are working on it, and I&#...Sorry!<br /><br />I know you guys are working on it, and I'm in no rush. 80 is plenty for me.<br /><br />I'm just suprised that they're already cutting their estimated top speed when it's at such an early phase. It doesn't bode well for the future. You would have thought that if this is meant to be "future proof" they would be doing everything they can to stop it going the same way as fttc. (Started at 80mbit but now being advertised as low as 67!)Geekypenguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249663681946505777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84955323112981917702018-01-17T19:10:17.503+00:002018-01-17T19:10:17.503+00:00You might like SpacePlan: http://jhollands.co.uk/s...You might like SpacePlan: http://jhollands.co.uk/spaceplan/ (you want the demo prototype, not the purchasable game). The mechanics are less interesting, but it's extremely polished, lots of fun, and has a definite story with a great ending.david.givenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478403138062371685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-80703827908519602682018-01-17T19:04:13.538+00:002018-01-17T19:04:13.538+00:00wow, off topic, but OK. The issue is getting fibre...wow, off topic, but OK. The issue is getting fibre in the ground, obviously, and BT are using a PON system (shared fibre), which makes a lot of sense in many ways - do people need 1G? However, from an A&A point of view we want our 10Gb/s+ LNSs before we start doing 330M links (let alone 1G links). It is being worked on our side anyway.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-38572198467267841612018-01-17T18:59:13.356+00:002018-01-17T18:59:13.356+00:00Rev, completely off topic but maybe something you ...Rev, completely off topic but maybe something you can answer in a future blog post.<br /><br />I'm one of the lucky few who gets a true fiber service (fttp) provided by yourselves over openreach fiber.<br /><br />Go back a couple of months, BT were advertising this as up to 330mbit, but today they announce new fttp packages with the top speed just 314mbit. <br /><br />Now, seeing as how only ~250,000 homes can get fttp at present, what is openreach/by doing so wrong that on technology that everyone else is able to offer 1G+, they are already dropping the top speed? Presumably the only reason they're dropping it is to do with the top x% of customers speeds etc...<br /><br />And do they need a guaranteed minimum of 100mbit? Is this just clever marketing w*nk as they know fttp should never drop this low if configured for 314?Geekypenguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249663681946505777noreply@blogger.com