I don’t know, I have only had really slow and really quick broadband!
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[Technology] Broadband at Home
- Thread starter The Gem
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I don’t know, I have only had really slow and really quick broadband!
BensGrandad
New member
VODAFONE doing a good new user deal especially if you have phones with them. I pay £25 per month for broad band and land line which I took out when they were offering a deal.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,303
no its really quite fast and more than enough for moderat home use.
B-right-on
Living the dream
This with bells on. They are cheap bcs they cut corners on their back lines staff. Call centre in India that employs people with a very basic understanding of English. Terrible on every level. Left them to go to Virgin. Pay more but at least it works and is reliable and Can understand the person on the phone.
- Thread starter
- #25
I have been offered this as I am a vodafone customer, is this a good deal??
35 Mbps Average Speed
Superfast 1
This bundle costs
£20
/month
Line rental £0
The bundle also includes
Ultimate Broadband Guarantee 25Mbps or money off until its fixed.
Unlimited broadband usage
Home phone included
6 months' FREE F-Secure SAFE anti-virus software
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
no idea but bump
juliant
Well-known member
Yes that's a pretty good deal , I would go for it in your situation if it includes line rental which is normally that alone per month
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Reduce broadband speeds you say? It would be virtually impossible to do that here, as locally our broadband speed is notoriously slow. We don't even have fibre hbre here yet.
Then again living in Cowfold is akin to living in Victorian England is some ways, we don't even have a gas supply to the village.
BigBod
Well-known member
- Dec 12, 2014
- 354
I'm about to move away from Talk Talk, they are shite... I'm with Vodafone and have been made the same offer. Sounds good to me so I think this is where I will go. My current average speed is 20mps, fast enough for what I do, will download a film in HD in about 5 mins....
Oh I was just about to ask if 2-5 Mbs is ok as I'm currently trying to switch to the cheapest deal I can get him hands on.
Seemingly the answer is no - back to the drawing board.
Seemingly the answer is no - back to the drawing board.
***IDIOT AT WORK***
My current broadband rate, after a test is 36.38mb.
For that I pay £43.00 pm, (having been shafted by BT)
I'm now looking at deals that are £12-£17 pm, but they have advertised speeds of 11mb. (2-5 Mb/sec).
Now for the dumb bit
Will we in a normal house (computer/phones/Firestick TV/PS4 etc) really notice the drop off verses a saving of nearly £400.
OH and TalkTalk have a 36mb deal for £23 pm, is that my happy medium despite you all calling them shite?
Ta muchly
Luddite Stat.
My current broadband rate, after a test is 36.38mb.
For that I pay £43.00 pm, (having been shafted by BT)
I'm now looking at deals that are £12-£17 pm, but they have advertised speeds of 11mb. (2-5 Mb/sec).
Now for the dumb bit
Will we in a normal house (computer/phones/Firestick TV/PS4 etc) really notice the drop off verses a saving of nearly £400.
OH and TalkTalk have a 36mb deal for £23 pm, is that my happy medium despite you all calling them shite?
Ta muchly
Luddite Stat.
juliant
Well-known member
The lower speeds will probably not be fibre but standard adsl. I think you will notice a difference.
Personally would go for the Talk talk up to 36mb. TT arent that bad once you get past the usual call centre script idiots. I have been with them for 18 months had 1 issue and had a new router and talk talk enginerr next day to fit it.
Thanks.
Edit - The cheeky buggers.
I've just reset the Uswitch filter from 'price low-high' to 'speed high to low', and Talk Talk have 62mb for £25.45.
Aren't they Yorkshire, rather negating the UK based aspect?
GOM
living vicariously
Vodafone and Sky are quite competitive at the moment for fibre
schmunk
"Members"
With any phone/broadband switch, remember TopCashback / Quidco - e.g. up to £150 cashback on TalkTalk (https://www.topcashback.co.uk/talk-talk/)
Nitram
Well-known member
- Jul 16, 2013
- 2,178
I’d give BT a ring. You should get a deal £29 for a faster service at 50mb. Ask what deals they have for sport, they are always offering deals on them.
Sky should be a tad cheaper for same rate. You can play one off against the other.
If you have lots of people using devices in house I would not go slower as each person takes up part of the bandwidth. BT will have a retention team that will offer better deals as long as they know you are serious in switching.
The other thing to recognise is the speeds advertised are the fastest. In reality they are slower especially the further you are away from the exchange.
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Solid at the back
Well-known member
Why not just go Vodafone for 24 pm and guaranteed speeds of 55mbs, that's all in and no line rental to pay.
Just a quick question from a Lazy barsteward.
The new TalkTalk router has arrived and I'll be switching over tomorrow.
As all the cables look the same, can I just disconnect the BT router and plug those cables into the back of the new router?
The new TalkTalk router has arrived and I'll be switching over tomorrow.
As all the cables look the same, can I just disconnect the BT router and plug those cables into the back of the new router?