Fibre broadband - EE or BT

ancient_mariner said:
For streaming 4K, big down/uploads etc. For my sins, I've just had to re-install W7 on my work computer requiring a couple of 700Mb downloads of updates, and they took about an hour each over a shared 1M connection. Imagine if I could have had them done in a couple of min instead - not in any way essential, but very nice.
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viv1969 said:
Infinity one here.
Just shy of 50 MBS speed since the recent upgrade of speeds across the board.
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Virgin media is very good for broadband speeds but I am beginning to wonder if I really need the speed and whether I should get a slower but cheaper deal.

Beginning to sound like a pro dslr v mirrorless debate!
 
Infinity 3 (200Mbps) here, aside from installation issues and the fact that only a small amount of people at BT understand fibre voice and general FTTP/FTTH it's been fantastic, couple that the £280 cash back and I've been chuffed :)
 
Archie747 said:
Just checking, thought you have may found a really good deal!

Is it fast enough for catch-up tv, streaming movies etc?
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If you've got a good quality line and near ish to the exchange, a stsndard line will give 8-15mpbs which is plenty fast enough for catch up tv etc.

And 25 definitely is. Mind you, at low ish resolution we used to be able to watch it on our old 1.5mpbs line :-)
 
OK, so our fibre BB went on today, on the day they said it would.

Got home tonight to find our old modem/router flashing, unable to connect.

Hooked up the new router, gave it a few min to connect, sorted out a minor issue with the other wireless router/hub I'd been using for wireless.

Wow.

Guess I'm going to become one of the intolerant, ignorant, stupid people who can't understand why poor web design and gross, bloated sites should matter or spoil other people's enjoyment. OTOH work, using citrix remote desktop on a shared 1meg connection, is going to be a complete pain in the backside - well, even more of a ridiculous pain than it already was.

A dozen emails - blink & they're in the inbox. 50Mb Firefox update - a couple of seconds and it's done. And apparently speed should improve as the router optimises the connection. Now I'll be looking forward to coming home for a decent connection instead of doing any uploading at work because the home connection couldn't cope.

I also wonder if, in 7-8 years time, this will become a *relatively* slow connection, just like our old BB went from being pretty quick to toe-curlingly pedestrian? Still, pretty good for £21/month including phone line (goes up to £31/month in 18 months time, which will STILL be cheaper than the old BB connection was).
 
ancient_mariner said:
I also wonder if, in 7-8 years time, this will become a *relatively* slow connection, just like our old BB went from being pretty quick to toe-curlingly pedestrian? Still, pretty good for £21/month including phone line (goes up to £31/month in 18 months time, which will STILL be cheaper than the old BB connection was
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There was a discussion on the radio recently when *they* were discussion the possibility of getting rid of the stupid fast speeds that some people get, in favour of a more across the board speed for everyone.
100meg was mentioned as a stupid fast speed, as there is no need for it (apparently) for home users, and mitigating that down to around 25-30meg for everyone...
 
That makes no sense at all, I agree that they should prioritise bringing the baseline speed up, but to simply scrap the higher speed tiers because not everyone can get it would be ridiculous.

And speaking from experience, I can say that yes, 200mbps is overkill for most at present, but I saturate the 20mbps upload on a daily basis and have saturated my 200mbps downstream too, although nowhere near as frequently.

Netflix uses 25Mbps for a 4k stream, with more families streaming video, music and constant updates it's all too easy to have congestion on the standard FTTC circuits
 
Neilc28 said:
That makes no sense at all, I agree that they should prioritise bringing the baseline speed up, but to simply scrap the higher speed tiers because not everyone can get it would be ridiculous.
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They were talking as though it was a trade off can't do one without the other ( allegedly) but of course in this day and age, I'm sure its possible too.
 
I could watch Amazon prime movies on our old roughly 2meg BB, but that would stop anyone else in the house from using the internet. My max theoretical speed here is around 50meg, and even if I'm not getting that yet, it still feels incredibly fast. I'm sure I *could* saturate it if I wanted to, but that's a way off yet (I hope).
 
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