Glover_elbow
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Now Offering 2gb for £50 or 8 gb for £100. Wow. Might have to upgrade my network and try the 2gb service
You also need this for online gaming.we've had the 1gb for £30 and had the 1st 3 months for a £1, I echo what others have said speed and stability are fantastic previously with virgin and the good thing with YF is its 1GB up and down where virgin is nowhere near that for uploading.
The 1 downside Ive found is if you connect to something in your home directly remotely (I have CCTV and servers) then you cannot do this with the basic package as you get given a sort of shared IP address which prevents you from connecting directly you can however pay for a public static IP address to overcome this for an extra £5 a month
My kids have never complained that they cannot online game, they use pc and xbox, if things are managed by a host server then thats ok, like I can use my cctv via the hikvision servers however they are terrible really slow and often dont respond thats why I setup a direct link through some other software but it hasn't bothered me enough to pay an extra fiver for a static ipYou also need this for online gaming.
Ive never had any issues.You also need this for online gaming.
You can game without it but as it uses CGNat, you can only play certain types of online games as your network will usually be allocated a strict NAT type, which is a nightmare for games like fifa and call of duty. Basically limits you to playing with other people with CGNat. Some games won't be affected by it.My kids have never complained that they cannot online game, they use pc and xbox, if things are managed by a host server then thats ok, like I can use my cctv via the hikvision servers however they are terrible really slow and often dont respond thats why I setup a direct link through some other software but it hasn't bothered me enough to pay an extra fiver for a static ip
I agree, its worth paying for but Im tighter than a ducks chuff so I suffer lolYou can game without it but as it uses CGNat, you can only play certain types of online games as your network will usually be allocated a strict NAT type, which is a nightmare for games like fifa and call of duty. Basically limits you to playing with other people with CGNat. Some games won't be affected by it.
I "pay" the five although never paid it as it is knocked off with the free months also, well worth it imo as have a static ip to connect to and everything is lightning fast
Just my regular call for those not tech minded or for those who, like me do not have the availability of YouFibre, that you'd easily run the above setup with a much lower download speed without any issues at all. I use Vodafone and they are excellent and cheap. I run about 35 different connected devices, including cctv, smart heating, connected tvs and streaming as well as a simple gaming setup.Been with then for 6 months now...no.problems at all...First 3 months only £1. 3 mobiles, 2 smart tvs a laptop and a xbox connected in various rooms around the house and we have no problems at all
Whilst I agree, It's what you do with those devices and who is using them. People with kids will find their bandwidth rapidly eaten up.Just my regular call for those not tech minded or for those who, like me do not have the availability of YouFibre, that you'd easily run the above setup with a much lower download speed without any issues at all. I use Vodafone and they are excellent and cheap. I run about 35 different connected devices, including cctv, smart heating, connected tvs and streaming as well as a simple gaming setup.
I'm especially saying this for those of you on Virgin media, who have often been given awful hardware and experience regular drop outs and service connection issues. More speed isn't the solution you need. It's better hardware such as a better router or WiFi mesh system.
That said, for those of you who do have access to this offer. Seems like a no brainier, the speed versus price is fantastic and I wish I had it where I live, which is hardly in the sticks ffs
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Yeah agree, it does a job but it's not great.I hate the feature crippled eero router with youfibre allthough it works fine with a standard setup i couldn’t get away with the lack of configuration options and the crappy mobile app so i use my own pfsense router. I am interested to see what router they supply with the new multi gigabit service it will have to be something really high end which hopefully means its less likely to be so locked down