jmurray01 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Unlimited here too - it's the only way . . :) Even though I rarely download anything to the HDD, I watch around 3 hours of YouTube videos (in HD) every day so although I've never actually checked what my monthly usage is, I suspect it is higher than most of the packages around! Nothing beats the peace of mind you get with unlimited. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Well done to you all, I can't get fibre even though apparently according to the Openreach engineer there is a fibre cabinet right next to the cabinet I am on, go figure. So Sky unlimited broadband it is, free for a year with £100 M+S voucher which bought me some new clothes. I can hardly handle the speeds i am getting it's just mind blowing lol Slower than 75% of the UK how nice, how lucky am I? /end sarcasm mode Jesus Murphy, that's bad! Although your upload speed is actually the same as mine, which is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONDEO TXS 2.2 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Openreach ( part of B.T. I think ) did call 2 days after installation & connected a meter to the openreach socket in our home to test the speed. The B.T. home hub 5 arrived in the post several days before the activation day - which was described as '' being before midnight '' on that day & was in fact around 10.00 a.m. Internet access was down for about 20 minutes whilst the changeover was done at the cabinet up the road I presume So far so good & we're very happy with being able to run 2 laptops, 2 phones & the T.V. simultaneously :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Openreach ( part of B.T. I think ) did call 2 days after installation & connected a meter to the openreach socket in our home to test the speed. The B.T. home hub 5 arrived in the post several days before the activation day - which was described as '' being before midnight '' on that day & was in fact around 10.00 a.m. Internet access was down for about 20 minutes whilst the changeover was done at the cabinet up the road I presume So far so good & we're very happy with being able to run 2 laptops, 2 phones & the T.V. simultaneously :) That's pretty much the most stress mine will be put under as well, but I like having a "reserve". A bit like having a car with a top speed of 100MPH. You'll never need it for daily driving but if you ever have to overtake, you know the car is capable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcor Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Jesus Murphy, that's bad! Although your upload speed is actually the same as mine, which is weird. Ookla.png True but that's the price I pay for living in a little village almost in the middle of nowhere. But then again look at the ping speeds I am getting a much better ping speed than you are. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 True but that's the price I pay for living in a little village almost in the middle of nowhere. But then again look at the ping speeds I am getting a much better ping speed than you are. Lol I used to live in a wee village myself and I can't remember the exact speed obtained, but I'm pretty sure it was around 4-5 down and less than .5 up. Chronic to say the least. Even watching a YouTube video was impossible sometimes without setting it to 240p! Even 360p took 3 minutes to load 1 minute of footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFlame Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 BT infitity is the way forward, I'd say 9/10 of the things I hear about sky are negative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 All fibre broadband is the same speed as BT infinity as it is the same equipment between your socket and the exchange. It just depends on the ISP network it connects to. In terms of network quality from my experience BT and sky are on par. But BT is over prices you get better value for money with sky. I prefer plusnet at the same price though as you get Qos so can have a download running without it hogging all the bandwidth preventing a video playing. That and the customer service is better than everyone else we have been with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFlame Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 All fibre broadband is the same speed as BT infinity as it is the same equipment between your socket and the exchange. It just depends on the ISP network it connects to. In terms of network quality from my experience BT and sky are on par. But BT is over prices you get better value for money with sky. I prefer plusnet at the same price though as you get Qos so can have a download running without it hogging all the bandwidth preventing a video playing. That and the customer service is better than everyone else we have been with. I find the Sky routers to be unreliable & have pretty rubbish range compared to BTs offering. Too many of my family members have had bad experiences with them There customer service is just as bad too Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Yeah the sky hub is poor but the money you save over BT can buy you a better one, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 All fibre broadband is the same speed as BT infinity as it is the same equipment between your socket and the exchange. It just depends on the ISP network it connects to. Could you explain that a bit? Having checked BT infinity all they can offer me is 46mb minimum with 55-74possibly. Yet on Virgin Media I have an unlimited rock steady 162mb for the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Sorry, should have excluded Vm. Vm has its own cable network, everyone else uses the BT network between house and exchange. Vm coverage is quite limited though so many can only use offering via BT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Sorry, should have excluded Vm. Vm has its own cable network, everyone else uses the BT network between house and exchange. Vm coverage is quite limited though so many can only use offering via BT. Ah that makes sense, thanks for clearing it up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Well, the fibre op seems to be active (see below screen shot), however the speeds aren't exactly what I was promised when I got the email including the line: "You should expect a Guaranteed Minimum Access Line Speed of 36.1 Mb"... Yeah! Not exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Need to give it 10 days to settle before worrying too much about speed. That said we were promised 35 ish and only get 20 and that's after they replaced a corroded phone line, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 That's more like it! Just need to actually put it to use now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 It will be up and down a bit where it tries to find the fastest stable speed for your line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFlame Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Think we ended up with between 35 & 70Mbs download & 8-25Mbs upload. The lower only occurs occasionally & there's not much of a drop at peak times :) Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcor Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 As said it will take 10 days of fluctuating speeds to find the most stable speed for the line. Think yourself lucky considering I still can't get fibre lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I'm on Normal Sky Broadband and i cant complain currently, Set up a wired connection from my router to the Xbox One and did a test, was getting 10mb down and 1.5mb up. Wireless signal is good but not as fast as wired. I cant grumble with it to be honest i got two years free when I moved to my current property, I would upgrade but the landlord is selling the house i'm in so i can't currently :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waine Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I was told that the further you are away from the datacenter the slower the speed on fiber. Some places are just better off with regular broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Not the datacenter but your cabinet distance makes a difference. Cabinet is always closer than exchange but if you are too far then VDSL can't work and you get better speed communicating directly with the exchange via ADSL. Ping will not be so good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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