Pipehitterz
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Yeah I know. it was so surprising that someone actually sorted it all out in one simple call.
We were amazed too
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We were amazed too
Nathccfc
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Just signed up to sky fibre Max, well see how that goes. Been longing for fast fibre broadband for ages, as my current service is terrible. Cannot have 2 people using Wi-Fi at the same time, it would slow things right down. However found out that because I have a lot of devices connected to it, ie, TV, sky box, phones, laptop, iPad and external hard-drive it was bringing the bandwich down.
On this matter, does any one use a Ethernet switch at home? Or can recommend one which will balance bandwich?
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On this matter, does any one use a Ethernet switch at home? Or can recommend one which will balance bandwich?
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aloisiwouldhavescored
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Have been with BT for ever it seems for broadband and landline. Both are due for renewal at the end of the year and have been looking around for new deals as they are putting up their prices yet again. Got offered a decent deal from Vodafone which would save me about £16.00 per month and give me double the speed. Anyone had any experience with Vodafone? Also looking at PlusNet now as per some of the posts above.
rd45
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I've got a four port switch under the telly. The tv, bluray, pvr & ps4 all have wired connections to it. Then there's an ethernet cable running from the switch to the router that I got from plusnet. Plus a couple of other things plugged into the back of the router - which has four ports of its own.
I'm not doing anything to manage the bandwidth though. I've had the switch for years - from when my wifi was rubbish & didnt reach all over the house. I've got about the same number & kind of devices as you - some wired, some wifi. Probably if I was spanking them all at the same time it would slow things down, but in reality it's not a problem. I'd say you'll be ok once you get fibre, as long as your wifi router itself is man enough. Power line ethernet might also be worth looking at if you've got a couple of bigger devices that hog bandwidth.
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Nathccfc
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To be honest actually thinking about it. You'll be right, not everything will be on draining bandwich at the same time. I just want something which will make the devices they are connected to work as best as possible. I am getting the new sky q internet hub which for some strange reason only has 2 Ethernet ports, so I'm going to need to sort one out soon. Can anyone recommend one?
How about something like this?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/comput...008d-8-port-ethernet-switch-10137897-pdt.html
I've counted and I've got at least 5 to connect up.
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Nathccfc
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If virgin was available in my area, it would be a no brained so had to settle for sky fibre Max. They bought the price down for it, because I was actually going to leave because of the shit normal broadband service.
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rd45
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Looks ok. Hard to go that far wrong, they're very simple. Remember you'll need one port for the uplink - but that still gives you seven to play with. Don't overpay for the cables - eBay should sort you out.
dutchman
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The problem with Talk Talk and every other service provider except Virgin is that they rent their lines from BT wholesale. That means if the line goes wrong you first have to contact your service provider who then have to contact BT Openreach who frankly couldn't give a stuff about anyone except BT customers.
PlusNet is a slight exception as they are wholly owned by BT so can get the lines fixed quicker than any other BT reseller.
If you're on copper wire you're screwed both ways because BT couldn't be bothered maintaining them any more. The line is so bad where I live (only a short distance from the exchange) that I've had to drop my router to half-speed mode to make a reliable connection.
Marty
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Got my broadband switched today. Vodaphone are adamant they have someone at the exchange doing. I was stood next to it and said no one was there and they needed to resend the engineer as he fucked it up but it looks like the invisible man is doing it for me. Oh well. Another phone call tomorrow. At least their customer service seems pritty good so far.
oscillatewildly
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For anybody else on the verge of switching provider, I'd like to put the boot in on talktalk also. Just read a posters experience involving court/bailiff threats and it echoed a similar experience we had 10 years ago or so. 'Switch on' dates came and passed without any result, phone calls made and reassurance from the other end of new dates also failed to deliver, all this while we were paying monthly DD. We cancelled DD payments after two months and then the 'fun' began. The threatening letters from bailiffs only stopped once we contacted citizens advice and were able to talk to a talktalk rep (a seemingly educated managerial type) who amazingly acknowledged the 'service' we hadn't received. He couldn't apologise enough but the damage was done - I will never use that company again under any circumstance.
On a brighter note, recently switched from BT (really good service but so expensive with constant hikes and extra payments for 'over usage') and hooked up with sky (broadband and phone only) No complaints so far and so much cheaper.
Just to reiterate - Don't go anywhere near talktalk!
On a brighter note, recently switched from BT (really good service but so expensive with constant hikes and extra payments for 'over usage') and hooked up with sky (broadband and phone only) No complaints so far and so much cheaper.
Just to reiterate - Don't go anywhere near talktalk!
aloisiwouldhavescored
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Yes unfortunately we can't get Virgin in our area either as have heard good things about their broadband. So it's between Vodafone and PlusNet at the moment.
Captain Dart
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Plusnet did not impress me, I left them about 8 years ago when they failed to fix my service which had inexplicably dropped from a decent level to a crawl even though I'm barely 500m from the local exchange and I hadn't done anything. Switched supplier (to Talktalk then) and rate improved from 1Mb to 12Mb, that was on their cheapest tariff too! I quit Talktalk when they were hacked, didn't fancy risk. :bucktooth:
Nick
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Yes, but they will help you cross a road or give you directions by sending an annoying northern bloke trying to be Jason Manford.
dutchman
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I suspect you got out just in time? Their customer service has deteriorated severely since then and prices gone up.
stupot07
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Yeah Virgin is fast, but they are robbing b*****ds, and the router can drop out sometimes. Looked online and there seems to be a common problem with the router. My virgin box has started having problems too. I really need to ring up, complain and threaten to leave.
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Otis
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We don't get that.
We had a spell of about 3 weeks where we lost our broadband, but they did identify a cabling problem.
Besides that we have had no problems at all with them.
We have 4 mobiles with them, plus TV, home phone and broadband.
Don't think we would ever switch unless the service really goes downhill.
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dutchman
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That's the reason I would never want cable as my only internet connection. I would rather keep an old phone line if only to use as a backup in an extreme emergency. The trouble is that Virgin charge an arm and a leg for even the most basic cable connection.
Pipehitterz
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Virgin is more expensive but it evens out cuz you don't need the redundant phone line.
Drop outs? it's the internet, ever service has drop outs so nil argument against there.
I get ridiculous speeds with my virgin broadband, every, and I mean everyone else's broadband i've ever experienced isn't even in the same league as virgin broadband
Drop outs? it's the internet, ever service has drop outs so nil argument against there.
I get ridiculous speeds with my virgin broadband, every, and I mean everyone else's broadband i've ever experienced isn't even in the same league as virgin broadband
chiefdave
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Virgin is certainly fast, and if you pay for the higher speed you can get a lot faster than with other services. The two problems I've experienced with it is massive slow down at peak times and when it goes wrong it goes wrong for a long time. Not uncommon for a whole area to go off and it take them weeks to fix.
Also in terms of speed its easy to get carried away when you see are looking around and see the speeds offered but always think about how fast you actually need it to be. I've got BT Infinity, the slower of the two Infinity options and I can be streaming HD TV, downloading etc at the same time and its never an issue.
Also in terms of speed its easy to get carried away when you see are looking around and see the speeds offered but always think about how fast you actually need it to be. I've got BT Infinity, the slower of the two Infinity options and I can be streaming HD TV, downloading etc at the same time and its never an issue.
Pipehitterz
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ON the flip of that.
I've had virgin 4 years in this house - never Gone down for longer than a few seconds
And as Long as it's been available in my old house, I can remember a couple of times it went down for a day.
In between my girlfriends talk talk and Sky ( 2 contracts over 3 years) you couldn't even stream the Sky stores downloads
And my sisters bt and was dreadful.
Her infinity is okay if you're doing one main thing at a time.
With virgin I have my Moody Sky box streaming, I am downloading and 2 daughters streaming at any one time.
I pay 33 quid a month and it rules
Marty
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Vodafone has been very good so far but not without its issues. The wifi signal isn't the best and can barely reach to the front of my house. My TV on the wall in my bedroom keeps having to reconnect too. Speeds are excellent and you get excatly the speed advertised. Not as good as Virgin but then I'm not paying an arm and a leg for it.
Skyblueloyal
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I have Sky Fibre Max and have to say I love it I do a lot of work from home and in the 18 months of having it never let me down (yet) speeds are excellent and avaerage is around 71Mbps Down and 18 Up. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I did have Virgin 200 and moved house but half the time it was only giving me the same as I have now, but had a lot of problems that the reason I went with Sky. Everyone has good and bad experiences. Just do a bit of research of providers and the service in your area.
torchomatic
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We have Virgin 200MB. cable just goes to a box in the house and then connected to the Superhub. Works brilliantly and lightning fast.
As for speed, never got 200MB DL but just done a speed test and got 178MB.
As for speed, never got 200MB DL but just done a speed test and got 178MB.
Johnnythespider
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Same as torch, just got 156mb