dt99
TK Veteran
Nothing wrong with BT fibre, I use it and my IPTV/Internet is fine. I had to get a Wi-Fi extender for a couple of dead spots upstairs, but apart from that, no issues. Had a faulty router once that's it.
Router for IPTV
- Thread starter Sparky7ot
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Nothing wrong with BT fibre, I use it and my IPTV/Internet is fine. I had to get a Wi-Fi extender for a couple of dead spots upstairs, but apart from that, no issues. Had a faulty router once that's it.
Ariana
Member
BT Fibre has shit speeds and its a joke to even consider it fibre since you can get better speeds than BT offer on coaxial.
Virgin Fibre = 300mbps max
BT Fibre = 76mbps max
dt99
TK Veteran
So your point is BT fibre has slower speeds that Virgin......this does not mean that BT Fibre is awful, as you first quoted. I frequently run, IPTV, a laptop, 2 x tablets, 1 Ipad, 3 phones and an xbox/Ps4 all at the same time......all run fine, so how does this make BT awful. Yes, if I had Virgin, I could download faster, but for general use it works fine.
Your comment is therefore irrelevant.
Please explain how Virgin will out perform my BT Fibre on my setup.....bearing in mind that I don't download on the PS4/Xbox, apart from updates which are rare.
Ariana
Member
Fibre can support much higher speeds than 76mbps yet thats the highest they provide. Aboslute shit!
dt99
TK Veteran
Ok, Fibre can support much higher speeds, but your argument is still irrelevant, you haven't answered the points I have raised.
Ariana
Member
My argument is your paying for fibre that only gives you 10 more mbps than ADSL, BT Fibre is a gimmick and nothing more.
dt99
TK Veteran
Ok, so it is the value for money that you feel is poor, rather than the actual service that it provides. That makes more sense, maybe you should have made that clearer in your original comments, rather than writing off BT fibre as a whole :)
Ariana
Member
I'm still writing off BT fibre since its like me selling someone half a dog.
formandvoid
TK Veteran
Lets face it,you don't need 300mbps broadband for anything,it's just a sales gimmick.Most people I know don't even get 50mbps yet everything runs perfectly.Yes you can download things quicker but most sites capp the download speeds anyway.
Virgin has terrible reliability issues in my area and I know from neighbours it is down at least 2-3 times a month. I have BT fibre myself and as DT99 says, it is a great service for me.
Anyway, this topic is going way off point and is of now use to the OP. Sparky7ot please visit dsl checker as I mentioned in my previous post and post the results.
Anyway, this topic is going way off point and is of now use to the OP. Sparky7ot please visit dsl checker as I mentioned in my previous post and post the results.
Ariana
Member
I would have 1gbps if i could.
neilc78
Member
Virgin went down in Dublin yesterday just before grand slam rugby match. Many unhappy campers.
I have this
NETGEAR R7000-100UKS Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router with Open Sour... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HDK4GAK/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_UbKRAbE39KSM2
It has QOS,
Which means on the router you can choose what device has more priority.
Ie, firstick kodi ,
High speeds
Mobile low,
Pc normal
Etc, etc.
NETGEAR R7000-100UKS Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router with Open Sour... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HDK4GAK/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_UbKRAbE39KSM2
It has QOS,
Which means on the router you can choose what device has more priority.
Ie, firstick kodi ,
High speeds
Mobile low,
Pc normal
Etc, etc.
Sparky7ot
Member
Had to use address and not phone number because im not with BT.
VDSL A - downstream high 20.1 & low 13.1 upstream high 2 & low 0.8 downstream hand back 10.7
VDSL B - downstream high 17 & low 7.2 upstream high 2 & low 0.7 downstream hand back 5.2
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Ouch, that is brutal! Your speed is above the hand back threshold as well so there is very little you can do. Just have to hope that BT upgrade the exchange soon.
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