Any particular reason to go for Fibre v2 over regular Fibre?

[Sysman]

i'd say you should also go for the highest tier of bandwidth so that ISP have to figure out something even faster to upgrade you to.

I moved from ADSL to cable 10 years ago and was pleasantly surprised at the rate the ISP constantly upgraded the internet speed over the years for the same price.

Anyone who opted for the fastest service also got the same price throughout. By going for the top speed you are effectively committing yourself to many years at that price (unless you are someone who chops and changes to get the lowest price of course).

In other words, if you buy a package which exceeds your needs, any upgrades which come at no extra cost will take you even further into the "paying for capacity you don't use" scenario.

Past a certain point, the upload speeds and data volumes are what you should be basing your decision on, not just download speeds. Especially if you want to serve stuff from your home office.

[d000hg]

Getting an estimated upload speed is not always that easy, but I've noticed a couple of providers quoting "up to" 1-2Mb upload on the 38Mb "fibre v1" service.

Is this some deliberate hobbling of the service so that people who want decent upload are forced to go for the top-tier 76Mb option?

https://www.plus.net/home-broadband is one... you'd not be impressed if you took Fibre as a developer and your upload still sucked.

[VectraMan]

Getting an estimated upload speed is not always that easy, but I've noticed a couple of providers quoting "up to" 1-2Mb upload on the 38Mb "fibre v1" service.

Is this some deliberate hobbling of the service so that people who want decent upload are forced to go for the top-tier 76Mb option?

https://www.plus.net/home-broadband is one... you'd not be impressed if you took Fibre as a developer and your upload still sucked.

That's what I'm on and:





Unless they've started doing it since I signed up a year ago I can't see why that'd be the case.

[d000hg]

Unlimited Fibre features
Up to 38Mb download speeds
Up to 1.9Mb upload speeds

Unlimited Fibre Extra features
Up to 76Mb download speeds
Up to 19.5Mb upload speeds

I might have to phone and check, it would be pretty much a deal-breaker.

[VectraMan]

I wonder if you live in an area with only v1 available that is the best upload speed you get, whereas because what I have is actually v2 (the modem syncs at 67Mb at the moment, though I've seen it say 80Mb) but restricted to 38Mb I get the full upload.

I thought I was going to be getting 10Mb upload, which I'm sure I read somewhere, so nearly 20 was a surprise. Don't tell them in case it's a mistake and they slow mine down.

[d000hg]

I don't think so, their checker told me both services are available based on my post code and phone number (as did BT's). We're city centre a few hundred yards from a Fibre cabinet.

If they all gave projected upload speeds prominently it would be nice though... some don't seem to tell you this at all.

[d000hg]

Anyhow I went for BT Infinity with various vouchers and cashback offers getting me £150 back, and it was on offer at £10/month which seemed OK.

It turned on yesterday and I measured 36/9 via my homeplug, which is pretty much the "up to" top end. And an impressive 25/8 on my iPad via Wifi.

[VectraMan]

It turned on yesterday and I measured 36/9 via my homeplug, which is pretty much the "up to" top end. And an impressive 25/8 on my iPad via Wifi.

Why is that impressive? My cheapo Android tablet has no trouble working at 140Mb on WiFi.

[aoxomoxoa]

Not wanting to brag, but I'm out in the sticks and am paying for a 10 Mbps synchronous service with Gigaclear, and typically getting speeds in the region of 300 Mbps. Just saying.

[Scrag Meister]

I'm waiting for FTTP to get 330Mbps, sadly BT stopped taking orders and cranked up the pricing to stupid levels.

Currently running 76Mb, with my Ultra HD TV for Ultra HD BT Sport channel.