limpid Posted July 25, 2013 Administrator Share Posted July 25, 2013 We have many fibres. At least one comes from Darren's company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 It doesn't hurt that the speedtest server is the other side of a 1Gb switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 My fibre optic is down from 62mb to 3mb. Our end or theirs? I have no idea about tech stuff. On Virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I'm averaging about 13mb onn BT Broadband. Had a letter to say they are upgrading me to Infinity free of charge... which is nice, except I am moving in a week or so. I'm moving round the corner... and Infinity isn't available there yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Completely shocking service to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanmike Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We was on Sky ADSL for ages, VM couldn't give us their digital services, even thou both my neighbors had it. I called them a couple of times but to no avail. I called again after a little while, being fed up on a 7MB connection and got told it is available at my address and they will install it for free. Got it done, I am on Sky for TV and Virgin for Internet, best of both worlds. Sky do have fibre here now but I am waiting for my contract to end before I switch over to 40MB from 100MB. (I am not that greedy!!), Living in a City has it's advantages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 i just moved back to sweden, one of the suppliers here are offering 500mbit/50mbit... i might have to get that or if they still got the 100/100 where the fibre actually goes all the way into the flat, and doesnt get throttled or someth.. this is all for half the price of our VM package in colliers wood, where the speeds were dogsheit, was happy if i breached 300kb/s when downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted November 26, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2013 Only took 2 years since making this thread for it to happen. Fibre is now available at my address 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Huzzah. BT have finally connected us to the grid. I'll get glorious fibre optic back within a month. Still no Virgin cable here (said this before, but I live in a new build which was constructed after the fibre was laid in the street, Virgin Media ends five doors down from my house) but I'll take BT Infinity and a years subscription to their football channel instead. Should be up to 76mb down 20 up, which beats the shit out of this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Been at my house for 14 years and still no Virgin. Doubt it will ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm moving house soon and I'm almost certainly going to get fibre. Anyone managed to haggle Sky down on their prices? They're sorta average. Also for those already subscribed with any ISP, do you get close to the quoted speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm moving house soon and I'm almost certainly going to get fibre. Anyone managed to haggle Sky down on their prices? They're sorta average. Also for those already subscribed with any ISP, do you get close to the quoted speeds? I phoned sky last week and they knocked off 20% off my tv subscription price for the next 5 years. Also offered me free broadband for 2 years and £150 to leave my existing ISP. Unfortunately I only recently went back to BT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Just rang them they gave me £5 a month 38mb unlimited fibre, cheaper than anything I can find. Told them I was joining talk talk (I didn't really want to), and had costed it up exactly. One phone call saved me £210. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 27, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 Just rang them they gave me £5 a month 38mb unlimited fibre, cheaper than anything I can find. Told them I was joining talk talk (I didn't really want to), and had costed it up exactly. One phone call saved me £210. Sky's standard prices are a joke. NEVER pay the full price. I cancelled my TV package when the season ended, they phoned me 5 days before the season started again offering me 60% off for 12 months. Also got the 76mb Fibre half price, and line rental down to £15. Pay around £60 for the complete package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityRoadSteps Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3718264957 This is what BT infinity gives me out here in the sticks Not bad to be fair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'm pretty jealous of that upload. I'm on VM's top speed which gives me 156mb down, but only about 10 up. USed to be something like 60 down and 10 up, it'd be nice if they ever boosted the upload... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 27, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 Not sure why I don't get the full 76mb, probably because of distance to phone exchange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 It fluctuates. If you are in Yardley during the evening peak of internet use then the speed will drop somewhat. I'll bet its faster at 2 in the afternoon when everybody is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 28, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 Either way, it's **** fast. Will be interesting to see how fast the speeds will become in the future, this will probably be like what 56k was in about 15 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 South Korea is moving towards gigabit internet right now. We are quite a way behind countries with the best infrastructure like Japan, Korea and (unexpectedly?) Romania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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