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Worthing exile

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May 12, 2009

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• Feb 13, 2017

• #1

as it is a quiet night I queried my VM bill.

I currently pay for 200mb of Broadband. Is that about right or excessive.

I live alone and have one bog standard PC.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

 

Iggle Piggle

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Sep 3, 2010

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• Feb 13, 2017

• #2

You don't even need half that unless you download large files and stream stuff at the same time.

100mb bandwidth will suffice for most small to medium sized offices.

 

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Worthing exile

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• Feb 13, 2017

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• #3

thanks

 

beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003

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• Feb 13, 2017

• #4

you probably wouldnt notice if you went as low as ADSL speeds of 4-6mb, unless downloading large files. certainly wouldnt bother paying for more than the base end fibre speeds, 17-30mb.

 

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Swillis

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Dec 10, 2015

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• Feb 13, 2017

• #5

Worthing exile said:

as it is a quiet night I queried my VM bill.

I currently pay for 200mb of Broadband. Is that about right or excessive.

I live alone and have one bog standard PC.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

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In my house we have around 13mbps. That comfortably runs a smart TV, Xbox one, kodi box and around five phones/tablets at the same time.

 

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portslade seagull

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Jul 19, 2003

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portslade

• Feb 13, 2017

• #6

Worthing exile said:

as it is a quiet night I queried my VM bill.

I currently pay for 200mb of Broadband. Is that about right or excessive.

I live alone and have one bog standard PC.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

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Do you run a small office. Much to much for normal everyday use

 

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Shropshire Seagull

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Nov 5, 2004

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Telford

• Feb 13, 2017

• #7

Worthing exile said:

as it is a quiet night I queried my VM bill.

I currently pay for 200mb of Broadband. Is that about right or excessive.

I live alone and have one bog standard PC.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

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Is that a) speed of download or b) download data quota?
If a) that's ridiculously high - I have BT Infinity 2 [fast fibre] and only get 60-ish MBpS
If b) probably not enough if you want to get the most out of BB

 

CheeseRolls

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Jan 27, 2009

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Shoreham Beach

• Feb 14, 2017

• #8

We have VM 200mbs service, but have around 20 devices connected at one time, including a 4k TV streaming netflix.

100Mbs would be more than adequate, but the saving isn't massive and the switch is a new 12 month contract commitment. Switching to BT fibre wasn't compelling either for me.

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Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003

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Jul 17, 2003

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Valley of Hangleton

• Feb 14, 2017

• #9

I pay for 200mbps however like most when I run speed tests do well to get 80!!