Steve, You may find the info on the openreach "bring your own" VDSL modem trial useful here http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/updates/briefings/super-fastfibreac cessbriefings/super-fastfibreaccessbriefingsarticles/nga01613.do and previous postings in this area may give you a feel for what is happening at that layer.
Regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Jenkins Sent: 30 October 2013 10:38 To: Will Hargrave; Steve Housego Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [uknof] BTW FTTC VDSL Modem > > Does anyone have any experiance of using your own VDSL modem/router > > (eg. a > Cisco 887VA) and ditching the openreach modem? They have a large > estate of Cisco 887VA routers and they've realised they will likely > need to be replaced to go FTTC due to the lack of an ethernet WAN port. > > Actually, you should be able to use one of the 4 onboard 10/100 ports > to do PPPoE with the Openreach-provided VDSL gateway, since the 887 > supports vlans. Worth a test, and i imagine a much lower risk. > +1, works a treat. Also support baby giants, so you can use 1500 MTU in the pppoe. Mike
