Internet provider recommendations

afcb_acklam said:
so much luck in what the phone lines are like where u live - how old, underground or overground, distances etc. in many ways the company is irrelevant - a lot of luck involved!
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This is my issue. I live in a pretty typical part of Middlesbrough but somehow my house is at the very end of the cable run from the local exchange. This means my choice is either Virgin cable broadband or an unreliable 2-3MB maximum speed with anyone else. Hopefully CityFibre will offer a reasonable speed and price as Virgin will have to compete or lose a lot of customers around here.
 
SilentProf said:
This is my issue. I live in a pretty typical part of Middlesbrough but somehow my house is at the very end of the cable run from the local exchange. This means my choice is either Virgin cable broadband or an unreliable 2-3MB maximum speed with anyone else. Hopefully CityFibre will offer a reasonable speed and price as Virgin will have to compete or lose a lot of customers around here.
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I'm in a town in Dorset, and Virgin only go to the posh postcode roads. Its a 70's estate, and the phone lines are underground and very prone to movement damage! But fortunately BT fibre boxes not far away, so speed is 55mb which is fine for my needs. £20 per month via Vodafone, bargain.
 
The_Unicorn said:
Like the look of that but not available in TS6 as yet?
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Their postcode checker said that for me too, but I get a strong 4G signal so took a risk and it works. 14 day trial period anyway. Strong 4G in TS6.

I think other networks do them as well.
 

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Rofesleg said:
Their postcode checker said that for me too, but I get a strong 4G signal so took a risk and it works. 14 day trial period anyway. Strong 4G in TS6.

I think other networks do them as well.
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Cheers Rofesleg, was hoping that may be the case, will take the gamble I think. Since Virgin done their last upgrade been crap, not cheap and dropping out regularly.
 
Rofesleg said:
Their postcode checker said that for me too, but I get a strong 4G signal so took a risk and it works. 14 day trial period anyway. Strong 4G in TS6.

I think other networks do them as well.
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Tried to buy, wont let me purchase at my address so tried another boro post code that they say has coverage thinking I would be able to collect, not allowed, delivery to postcode stated, wont even let you change delivery billing address. Tried online chat who basically said tough.
 
Ferrosol said:
Vodafone are terrible and I would not recommend them.

I'd probably recommend PlusNet as the best internet provider I've had. Rock solid reliability and excellent customer service
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To add some balance, I've had Vodafone for 3 years now and it's rock solid and reliable. I think the reason that people have problems with most providers is the rubbish modem/router they provide.

Getting some decent hardware pays for itself very quickly. Virgin in particular get a lot of stick for their routers which cause regular dropout problems
 
The_Unicorn said:
Cheers Rofesleg, was hoping that may be the case, will take the gamble I think. Since Virgin done their last upgrade been crap, not cheap and dropping out regularly.
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See my last post. Your dropout issues may be related to the shyte hardware they supply.

There's no question that if they served my area, I would be using Virgin
 
Emmersons_BrazillianDong said:
See my last post. Your dropout issues may be related to the shyte hardware they supply.

There's no question that if they served my area, I would be using Virgin
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I have the choice of Virgin or whatever slow rubbish is over the BT link. First thing I did was put their router into modem mode and use my own mesh. I have the 200Mb package and my speedtest showed I was getting 225.
 
We are with voda atm, only downside is using your own router is complicated as o only a few are compatible.
YouFibre can't come quickly enough
 
NYboro said:
I have the choice of Virgin or whatever slow rubbish is over the BT link. First thing I did was put their router into modem mode and use my own mesh. I have the 200Mb package and my speedtest showed I was getting 225.
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Same here. I can’t fault the speed or reliability of the connection. The router is very good too in modem mode.
 
SilentProf said:
Same here. I can’t fault the speed or reliability of the connection. The router is very good too in modem mode.
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Yeah apols. I was referring to the regular drop outs people experience with Virgin via WiFi. Whilst there are occasionally service outages the majority of problems come from the router.

I've found the mesh systems to be really good.

@ThatFragranceGuy I'm on Vodafone too as I've limited options. Similarly the streets near mine are being served by Virgin but we're not with no plans for that to improve. I'm in the South East and there's no impending plans for any improvement so its about making the best of what we've got for now 😔
 
Someone from virgin must have read my post as caught some lads pulling cable through bt ducts today, asked what they were up to as assumed it was youfibre but they said it was cable for VM. Probably shat themselves over youfibre so trying to sign people up asap
 
I never use an isp router anyway, they're usually crap. even with Vodafone, where their router is almost mandatory, I turn off WiFi and use a mesh network system in access point mode and use those to provide the WiFi / Ethernet backhaul. Gives full speeds to all devices in house, garden, even garage. 3 nodes around the house.
 
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