Fibre Internet

[Webzcas]

Just a little over three weeks ago I received notification from Openreach that Fibre to the Premises was now available at our address. Fast forward to last Friday and...

Not too shabby

Apparently the download can get up to 900 Mbps but I am not complaining with 769 LOL

The increase in our upload speed though is going to make all the difference though.

 

[mulven]

Just a little over three weeks ago I received notification from Openreach that Fibre to the Premises was now available at our address. Fast forward to last Friday and...

I signed up for emails to get sent whenever it would be coming to my postcode. I finally got an email a month or so ago bringing my date up to Dec 2024 from the original Dec 2026. Just in case you signed up for the same emails, was the date it went live around the time they quoted in an email (if you got one).

gagging to get more than 40-50mbps

 

[L&L-Jan]

No more buffering on pornhub, lucky you

 

[Webzcas]

I signed up for emails to get sent whenever it would be coming to my postcode. I finally got an email a month or so ago bringing my date up to Dec 2024 from the original Dec 2026. Just in case you signed up for the same emails, was the date it went live around the time they quoted in an email (if you got one).

gagging to get more than 40-50mbps

The install went very smoothly. All told about 2 hours, with downtime of about an hour. Providers are offering great discounts, but you have to commit to 24 months - but £37 a month is great value. The same as we were paying for Fibre to the Cabinet and a landline phone with free calls. But now we have ditched the landline, as no need for it.

 

[Webzcas]

No more buffering on pornhub, lucky you

Ha ha. I thought their casino closed down a long time ago LOL

Pornhub Casino - Nudge nudge - wink wink - Casinomeister Forum

 

[mulven]

Ha ha. I thought their casino closed down a long time ago LOL

Pornhub Casino - Nudge nudge - wink wink - Casinomeister Forum

I believe it got rebranded to the playhub casino that was mentioned in a post here recently.

 

[Webzcas]

Ah yes, I think you are right.

 

[mulven]

Ah yes, I think you are right.

I noticed at the time but felt like mentioning it would only make things worse, as knowing the guy knowing he it lost it at PORNHUB casino would make it even more mortifying.

 

[justdoit]

for past 3 years Fibra in London is cheap for 1GB download and upload is £26pm, is very fast

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[ritae]

I signed up with sky last month after a cold call. £19.99 a month until October 2026 for 900mb broadband, sky tv, telephone. Also included Netflix and DIscovery+ free.

The days of being chained to BT are long gone.

 

[Webzcas]

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Woah that upload speed is amazing!!!!

 

[mulven]

looks like there is an imposter to playhub's origins! Found whilst doing my anjouan combthrough

 

[Webzcas]

Good grief LOL

 

[dealer wins]

NW London, with Community Fibre £16 a month on their 1Gbps package.

Not gone down once since I joined them in 2018, they are amazing

 

[Webzcas]

That is just ridiculously brilliant and so cheap!

 

[Webzcas]

I have a new router and am using my old one as an extender. Anyhow, now getting the full benefits of my fibre connection.

Direct from the router on the left and from my macbook over wifi on the right

 

[steveh35]

How lucky you all I had full fibre in previous two flats but moved in March and when Openreach turned up he said you do know you can't have full fibre because the council won't let us drill into the wall as they won't let external contractors touch their property, so you will get best alternative and now I am stuck with 34mbps to cope with a smart tv, an ee box and two laptops. Not impressed.

 

[Webzcas]

Sorry to read this. If you have not had it before, you don't know what you are missing, but if you are used to it, having it removed, is not good :-(

I need it as have to download very large backups ( Over 100GB ) every few months. The difference is VERY noticeable.

 

[mulven]

How lucky you all I had full fibre in previous two flats but moved in March and when Openreach turned up he said you do know you can't have full fibre because the council won't let us drill into the wall as they won't let external contractors touch their property, so you will get best alternative and now I am stuck with 34mbps to cope with a smart tv, an ee box and two laptops. Not impressed.

still waiting for BT to do mine

 

[steveh35]

still waiting for BT to do mine

I had a huge dispute with Openreach ended up being nearly 6 months, complaints, letters to MP's, ombudsman. Openreach don't speak to the public so you have to go through BT ended up with a year's free internet ad tv when all the compensation was paid out. All because one party didn't speak to another party.

 

[Webzcas]

MP's have their uses. I had a similar issue when moved to BT over a decade ago. Long story short, without internet for nearly a month. Our MP, put a rocket under BT's backside. Fees waived and allowed to move network

 

[YouTubeSlots]

I dont even get 10 percent of that. My upload is 10mb and down is 40mb. On the bog standard fiber package me, Does the job like.

Unless your livestreaming 4k games or download huge files all the time, You dont need much more then what i have. I would love those speed though! Then i could stream in 4k on twitch!

 

[Webzcas]

Oh I agree. The package we were on before was fine 70mb download 20mb upload, for a house of four. But for work when shifting a lot of data, including downloading over 100GB backups, having a dedicated 900mb fibre connection is a god send. Plus you can get deals whereby it is very affordable!

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Oh I agree. The package we were on before was fine 70mb download 20mb upload, for a house of four. But for work when shifting a lot of data, including downloading over 100GB backups, having a dedicated 900mb fibre connection is a god send. Plus you can get deals whereby it is very affordable!

Yeah true, I remember using a friends connection and downloading 15gb blu rays in 2 minutes, on my speeds the same file would take 2 days.

I'm gonna upgrade soon to there next package above for like an extra fiver on top of what i pay now, so it is cheap to upgrade like you say.