Re: [GLLUG] Downside of FTTP
On 04/12/2019 16:24, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:07:25 GMT you wrote: On Wed, 4 Dec 2019, 15:50 Chris Bell via GLLUG, wrote: Hello, Someone has posted a message on a local forum that his Redcare link to ADT was cut without any warning from BT when he was re-connected by FTTP. ADT have offered an upgrade for £1,711. -- Hi, Do you have a link to the forum? A quick google of "Redcare link to ADT", says it is a GSM link, so should not even touch the FTTP. I don't have Redcare or FTTP, as I use alternatives, so I don't really know how Redcare connects. Kind Regards James I think that Redcare may run over a standard line in a similar way to ADSL. A local company had several telephone lines, with ADSL on one and Redcare on another. Unfortunately the company did not which line carried which service, so there was confusion every time there was a line fault, with the BT engineer only sent to fix a fault on a particular (wrong) line and unwilling to touch anything else. I can confirm that Redcare was conveyed over ordinary PSTN lines as short, noisy data bursts. These were so large that they would cause induced interference to adjacent lines, wreaking havoc with Fax transmissions and putting bursts of horrible noise into the ears of unsuspecting subscribers! Businesses that I know who had Redcare installations reported that it was largely useless - burglar and even fire alarms would frequently be ignored! Chris H -- GLLUG mailing list GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
Re: [GLLUG] Downside of FTTP
On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:07:25 GMT you wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2019, 15:50 Chris Bell via GLLUG, > > wrote: > > Hello, > > Someone has posted a message on a local forum that his Redcare link to ADT > > was > > cut without any warning from BT when he was re-connected by FTTP. > > ADT have offered an upgrade for £1,711. > > -- > > Hi, > > Do you have a link to the forum? > A quick google of "Redcare link to ADT", says it is a GSM link, so should > not even touch the FTTP. > I don't have Redcare or FTTP, as I use alternatives, so I don't really know > how Redcare connects. > > Kind Regards > > James I think that Redcare may run over a standard line in a similar way to ADSL. A local company had several telephone lines, with ADSL on one and Redcare on another. Unfortunately the company did not which line carried which service, so there was confusion every time there was a line fault, with the BT engineer only sent to fix a fault on a particular (wrong) line and unwilling to touch anything else. -- Chris Bell Website http://chrisbell.org.uk -- GLLUG mailing list GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
Re: [GLLUG] Downside of FTTP
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019, 15:50 Chris Bell via GLLUG, wrote: > Hello, > Someone has posted a message on a local forum that his Redcare link to ADT > was > cut without any warning from BT when he was re-connected by FTTP. > ADT have offered an upgrade for £1,711. > -- Hi, Do you have a link to the forum? A quick google of "Redcare link to ADT", says it is a GSM link, so should not even touch the FTTP. I don't have Redcare or FTTP, as I use alternatives, so I don't really know how Redcare connects. Kind Regards James -- GLLUG mailing list GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
[GLLUG] Downside of FTTP
Hello, Someone has posted a message on a local forum that his Redcare link to ADT was cut without any warning from BT when he was re-connected by FTTP. ADT have offered an upgrade for £1,711. -- -- Chris Bell Website http://chrisbell.org.uk -- GLLUG mailing list GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug