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I did a social broadband deal a little while back for those on benefits etc, so thought I'd do one for others, credit to all the OP's who provided some of the deals below, with a few new ones thrown in for good measure
Check out the UK's 'worst' broadband provider uncovered in Which? survey discussion, credit
BT Full Fibre 500 - £30.99pm (24m) / 900mb - £40.99
Community Fibre 500Mb £23pm + £80 Voucher (Selected London Areas)
Hyperoptic 150Mb £17.99pm (24m) (Selected Postcodes)
Plusnet 500Mb For £31.99pm (24m)
TalkTalk 900 + £125 Voucher £36pm (18m)
Trooli 300Mb Fibre £25pm With 6 Months Free (Selected Postcodes)
Three 5G Broadband Free For 3 Months, Then £20pm (24m)
Voxi For Now - Unlimited Data for those on benefits - £10pm No Contract
YouFibre 150Mb for £21.99pm (24m)
Further links to some on topic categories for your perusal
Cost of living page
Thanks for looking
I did a social broadband deal a little while back for those on benefits etc, so thought I'd do one for others, credit to all the OP's who provided some of the deals below, with a few new ones thrown in for good measure
Check out the UK's 'worst' broadband provider uncovered in Which? survey discussion, credit
BT Full Fibre 500 - £30.99pm (24m) / 900mb - £40.99
Community Fibre 500Mb £23pm + £80 Voucher (Selected London Areas)
Hyperoptic 150Mb £17.99pm (24m) (Selected Postcodes)
Plusnet 500Mb For £31.99pm (24m)
TalkTalk 900 + £125 Voucher £36pm (18m)
Trooli 300Mb Fibre £25pm With 6 Months Free (Selected Postcodes)
Three 5G Broadband Free For 3 Months, Then £20pm (24m)
Voxi For Now - Unlimited Data for those on benefits - £10pm No Contract
YouFibre 150Mb for £21.99pm (24m)
Further links to some on topic categories for your perusal
Cost of living page
Thanks for looking
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sorted byA simple analogy, is to consider the waste pipe from your sink, compared to the sewer in your road. Water flows through either pipe at about the same speed - but vastly more water at the same time in the sewer - than the pipe from your sink.
The other thing to consider in the internet connection "speed race" is whether, in real life, you would actually notice any difference at all between, say, a 200Mb and 1Gb connection. Whichever internet site you are using, is very unlikely to fling data at you at much higher bandwidths than 10Mbs - so as long as your connection has higher bandwidth than the site is sending data to you - you would never notice (obviously, you multiply up your use by the number of people in your household using that internet connection - in order to estimate what is a reasonable size of internet pipe for you).
What is more important, is the UPLOAD bandwidth and latency - latency being the delays to the transmission of packets of data on your connection. It is difficult to be precise, but from experience, I estimate that for a single Teams call with video, 5Mb down and 2-3Mb up per user, with less than 30ms (unloaded) latency, will give you a good experience. You can discover these figures for your own connection, by doing this:
1. fast.com/ - which tests and shows your current DOWNLOAD bandwidth.
2. Hit the "More info" button, and it will measure your UPLOAD bandwidth and latency.
[fast.com is actually the Netflix checker - the thing that it uses built into the Netflix app, in order to work out what resolution of video you are capable of receiving].
That’s even before factoring in inflation, whether it has gone up or inflation has been zero. Plus they will be adding whatever inflation has been to the cost too. (edited)
Anyone on high-speed FTTP that has gone to a slower speed? Is it noticeable?
We had to take this on as it was the only supplier available for our new build. Now we have more options with Virgin ready in our area.
If there's just a couple of you in the house and you're just streaming YouTube/Netflix etc. as well as browsing facebook and making the occasional zoom call then even 50Mbps would be more than enough. I certainly wouldn't be going over 100Mbps max unless you have a large family who are always online, or have a specific need for the extra speed.
Unless you're doing things like running a server in your house, have tons of devices all actively using the internet at the same time, or are regularly downloading HUGE files like new computer games to play then you're not going to notice the speed difference. Companies love to upsell you the fastest speed package but it's totally unnecessary for most.
I would personally be pointing you to look at people like Vodafone. Vodafone will do you 80Mb for £25 a month, or one of their business partners Onestream will do you 115Mb for £25. Even if you want full gigabit speeds like you already have today, you can get that for £39.95 rather than the absolutely absurd price you're currently paying, especially when you consider that it's literally coming down the very same wire that you're already using.
So data rate is per second, hence Mbps/Gbps.
When downloading something it is more common to see speeds in MB/s - you'd have to multiply that by 8 to get the Mbps.
You should stop here, because it gets a bit more complicated too. Depending on the OS or program, that MB might mean 1000KB (and each KB 1000 bytes), or it might mean 1024KB (of 1024 bytes each), which is also called Mibibyte (MiB - similarly KiB, GiB etc). The Unix/Linux world and many things on Windows still use the traditional 1KB=1024bytes (1024 is 2 to the power of 10, computers use binary). This was deemed too hard to grasp for Mac users so Mac uses the x1000 steps, which is actually the classic meaning of kilo, mega... So the kibi, mibi thing was invented to clarify when you are using the old style. Yes, it's more complicated than it should be.
Also, anyone offers 12 months contract ?
i've seen some mention 24.99 for 500mb or even 900mb its more likely the smaller companies that would offer that kind of price
not the national ones like VM TalkTalk BT etc i also believe some do offer 12 month contracts but its again more the smaller bb companies that aren't available in most places that would do that.
I also live in a fast EE 4g+/5g area so I use that for my broadband, get well over 400mbps. For anyone looking for an EE unlimited data sim, I've used the following for the last 6 months, no issues at all..
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Managed to get it for £199 in November, meaning averages at £12 per month with no price hikes - amazing IMO. (edited)
Vodafone and TalkTalk are the two big names that use their network, but there's loads of other lesser known names like Zen, Giganet, Toob and No One.
I wanted to leave Virgin as soon as I could, their outsourced customer support is impossible to get anywhere with, ignore any reports of intermittency and refuse to payout compensation, they throttle IPTV speeds unlike Community Fibre and are crudely overpriced in comparison. They also wanted £50/mo for gigabit broadband alone.
If you’re able to switch over, make sure you cancel now since the virgin price hike email enables a 1month cancellation period. If you have no other option you’ll be able to negotiate a much better deal on your current package but I would recommend leaving.
Community Fibre are offering gigabit for £27/mo exclusively for virgin customers coming over, here’s the link for this.
As well as that I was able to claim a £130 voucher that was posted here and the standard £85 via TCB tracking. This all worked on top of the initial deal price.
I’m aware community fibre are also offering student discount prices for student discount prices for 25% student discount and 3 months free, an £100 voucher for being referred by an existing customer (I might be able to share a link for this if you message me - aware I’m not able to post this). I've also seen people get exclusive 12-month free deals through their local reps, commented elsewhere here. (edited)
your broadband package will increase by the Government calculated Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 2.9% which this year comes to a total of 13% (based on the published CPI figure for January 2023).
U cant with Virgin(yes in modem mode but still you have to have 2 routers then).
What about BT ? Vodafone? and all these ?
Who offers best latency for gaming ?
You’ll always have 2 devices with CityFibre. There will be a powered ONT on the wall. That essentially is your modem. You then connect the router separately to that. You can use your own router - But if you have ordered landline service then you must use the one they supplied you with.
Even BT on Openreach networks, whether FTTP or FTTC you can use your own router as long as it’s the correct router to work with that specific network technology - Just with the same disclaimer about using the landline phone requiring the use of the ISP Provided router.
In fairness some ISP supplied routers are really good and you probably wouldn’t need your own. But others like the ones that Vodafone issue to non-Pro customers are essentially manufactured e-waste in my opinion.
This is for another family member but here goes.
Was using 100Mbps service and phone line and tv box on basic channels paying £31 per month.
Then had email saying increase of £9 per month.
Contract only had 3 or 4 months left anyway, but those last 3 or 4 months have been reduced to £22 per month after asking to leave.
Dont forget folks, banks are beginning to collapse,. Dont renew contracts.
SILICON VALLEY bank gone down, signature bank gone down, credit suiusse bailed out by a loan from Bank of Switzerland, Moodys downrated ALL US banks to negative. (edited)
Despite living in a city, my particular area has no fibre or Virgin so I'm stuck on ~30mb and paying more than most of these deals.
Seriously considering switching to 4/5G broadband, but would prefer to wait for fibre if it's just around the corner. Whenever I look at the usual suspect's coverage checkers they all just say "coming soon, sign up for emails" etc but never hear anything.
I'm currently paying £35 and was getting the Volt boost from 500Mb to 1Gb due to having O2 mobile. I've cancelled my O2 contract due to poor coverage and moved to Vodafone, so my Virgin package will drop back to 500Mb as well as go up to £40.
My street has recently got BT FTTP and Cityfibre is coming soon, but not an option at the moment. As the BT connection is new, not all providers are available. My options appear to be:
BT 1Gb at around £40pm (plus maybe £150 cashback).
Vodafone 1Gb (Via BT) at around £42pm (plus maybe £120 cashback).
Virgin 500Mb at around £40pm or upgrade to 1Gb at around £50pm
I've cancelled Virgin and expecting a callback in the next fortnight. I'm happy to stay with them if I can get 1Gb at £25-30pm. Has anyone else managed to get this?
It's a month to month contract also.
briantbroadband.com/
Free installation, and their support is brilliant. (edited)
I have 1 year left on my contract and don't want to extend the contract by another 2 years at £53/month when I can get it for £40-45~ next year.
Does anyone know if I can get a cheaper deal from BT with 1 year left in the mean time? Quite frustrating!
Any help appreciated
Therein though lies the crux of the matter, you only 'renew' when you're at the end of your contract. Doing it mid contract is technically extending rather than renewing your contract.
Well that's what I've been led to believe anyway as I did the same in March last year.
My Fibre 150 was going up to about 39 quid a month so it was a no brainer upgrading to Fibre 500 for a quid a month more and avoiding the annual price hike.
Funnily enough I've managed to swerve this year's increase because I had such a nightmare regaining the billing control of my Xbox subscription from BT's clutches that they waived it for the year.
I suppose it is a right result that I'm locked in at 40 quid a month till the 24 months is up as I'll be in the strongest possible position to negotiate renewing come next March.
I know BT ain't the cheapest but we've been really happy with their service. It's why we've stuck with them since we moved in to this place in March 17. (edited)
Best deal I could get from Virgin was £27 for 250Mbps, they gave me a complete and utter nightmare trying to cancel so told them to stuff it when they called me again this morning with an offer I told them I did not want to hear about, I will never return.
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But the one thing that baffles me is how these companies get away with increasing prices when people are in a fixed term contract.
The contract doesn’t benefit the customer at all, it’s all in favour of the supplier, which is fair if it just ensures the customer stays for the duration, not that they get to mug everyone off every April on 24mth contracts 😡
Runs my SkyQ and 2 mini boxes through a 6 box Tenda Mesh really well. Up to 26 devices connected. Got 4 teenagers in the house 🫣
Full Fibre at a max of 200Mb...I don't think so...
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Just came up for renewal £35/500 speed if I recall, terminated as I can't afford that and offered £24/400.
Not sure if that's good but knowledge is power