Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
I'm with virgin with a provided 200 Mb. Speed tests reflect only 100 ish, however that down to equipment and not the service.
How fast is your Broadband?
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L Q
Über Member
- Location
- Woodhall Spa
We are with BT, its supposed to be infiniti but its a pile of rubbish.
Just crashed out and its so slow.
I must get onto them and look at having a moan at them.
Just crashed out and its so slow.
I must get onto them and look at having a moan at them.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
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User33236
Guest
I'm currently with Virgin and get the full 200Mb.
Will be moving to a non-Virgin area soon and will likely be dropping back to 40Mb or so.
Will be moving to a non-Virgin area soon and will likely be dropping back to 40Mb or so.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Virgin here. we have the 200 Mbps and on last check we were getting 221Mbps down and 12.47 Up with a ping of 8ms.
Is it worth it. yes. I think it is . we have the full hit telly package and sports n cinema .
about £100 a month but that includes a Tivo box upstairs and the V6 Tivo stuff downstairs.
Is it worth it. yes. I think it is . we have the full hit telly package and sports n cinema .
about £100 a month but that includes a Tivo box upstairs and the V6 Tivo stuff downstairs.
Vidor06
Long term loafer
- Location
- Deepest, darkest Belfast
I recently had a terrible time with BT. They cut off my service, then denied it, then it took them a month to restore it. However, when its on it works brilliantly. Advertised as 56mb for Infinity 1 and pretty much always up around there. I get that and BT Sport Lite with line rental included for £23 per month.
I pay Sky about £26 per month. So all in for TV, broadband and phone about £50 per month. Prior to my 'issues' with BT they were in the process of putting my Broadband/phone package up to £49 per month.
I pay Sky about £26 per month. So all in for TV, broadband and phone about £50 per month. Prior to my 'issues' with BT they were in the process of putting my Broadband/phone package up to £49 per month.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Hello virgin.
I have to say, while I'm not their biggest fan I've had no issues with BT Infinity or BT TV (crosses fingers).
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Ours is complete pants. Right this minute we have 1.96 mbps download and 0.70 upload.
So much for improving rural services.
So much for improving rural services.
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Virgin as well.
Tv, phone and 100Mdb unlimited BB all in for £65.
We have firesticks in every telly, plus ipads, phones and of course the home PC, so do a fair amount of streaming.
Only problem seems to be that apple devices don't like our WiFi router and routinely drop the connection causing huge uses of mobile phone data allowances in the household (without realising as the WiFi logo doesn't appear mid stream on most apps)
Tv, phone and 100Mdb unlimited BB all in for £65.
We have firesticks in every telly, plus ipads, phones and of course the home PC, so do a fair amount of streaming.
Only problem seems to be that apple devices don't like our WiFi router and routinely drop the connection causing huge uses of mobile phone data allowances in the household (without realising as the WiFi logo doesn't appear mid stream on most apps)
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KneesUp
Guru
I've been with Virgin for a while - it's been fine - I've never thought about the speed so I guess it's always been fast enough, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth it. Our last bill was over £70 because we had the temerity to use the phone in the day time for once (lots of time on hold to insurance companies) and I resent paying for the TV when I don't use it. If we had every device in the house connected it'd be a tablet, two phones, two laptops, a desktop and two NowTV boxes, but in reality we only ever use one Now box at once, the desktop is normally off, and one laptop is usually at work.
Actually I stream BBC radio too, on their semi-secret 320kbps streams. And we have Spotify. But ... we really don't use many things concurrently. It's iPlayer that is my main concern - we have the old TV in our room, but there is no aerial, so we use it upstairs for BBC stuff and TdF highlights (obviously that's the important bit) If that works on a "3 to 8Mb" connection, I don't mind it being slower - the question is will I get nearer 3 or 8Mb I guess.
Actually I stream BBC radio too, on their semi-secret 320kbps streams. And we have Spotify. But ... we really don't use many things concurrently. It's iPlayer that is my main concern - we have the old TV in our room, but there is no aerial, so we use it upstairs for BBC stuff and TdF highlights (obviously that's the important bit) If that works on a "3 to 8Mb" connection, I don't mind it being slower - the question is will I get nearer 3 or 8Mb I guess.
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KneesUp
Guru
My OH was saying her iPhone does that too although it appears to be geographic - ahem - it works on the toilet but not in the bath, apparently.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
1.6 Mb download - although we have just been informed that we will have fibre before the end of the year.
About time too - we've been rather ignored out in the sticks but still pay the same price as users with much faster speeds.
About time too - we've been rather ignored out in the sticks but still pay the same price as users with much faster speeds.
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Each time I ring them , they adjust the channels on the router and solve the issue...for a few month before they alll drop off again.
All feels a little suspicious to me, as if they want to deter us from using their valuable band with.
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Been with Sky for years. Currently we get about 14+Mb download which is fine as we only ever have a max of three things using the internet at any one time. Nothing seems to buffer anyhow - Iplayer/Netflix/Amazon/YouTube work fine. We don't have any Sky tv packages at all - just the unlimited broadband, phone line rental and free calls package.
