Fastershire / Gigagclear 1000Mbps fibre to the property

Fuzz · 31 Oct 2015 at 15:59

Anyone here got the new "fastershire" fibre network installed and live yet?

Gigaclear are digging mine into my property as we speak and should be live before Christmas
1000Mbps line straight to my door (FTTP/H) :eek:

I'm going to be like a dog with two dicks

Living in the sticks I have suffered with crap internet speeds since it was invented, absolute max for me is around.....

at the moment

Finally being brought out of the dark ages. :cool:

tres · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:00

You'll download the internet just because you can.

Other than the odd huge games though, you won't see any differences between, say, Virgin 120mb and this.

How much are you paying? Any usage limits? Because that would suck if there were

Fuzz · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:03

Currently as said, I am in the sticks, so it is my ONLY other option... No sky / virgin out here.
If I want the full 1000 unlimited it's £72 a month inc vat. High, but not stupidly high.
I pay average of £50 at the moment so I can get a low contention ratio line of 20:1 I think other wise it grinds to a stop on weekday evenings.

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:05

can i move in please

?

EDIT : IF! you could max that speed out you could download gta v in 8 mins

Fuzz · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:13

I'm going to rewire the house this weekend so the cables can keep up, I don't think they are even cat 5e

Means I can run ethernet to all the TV's directly. :cool:

cainer · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:15

harry5522 said:
can i move in please ?

EDIT : IF! you could max that speed out you could download gta v in 8 mins

downloading GTA 5 was the only time ive ever felt the need for a higher speed connection, currently on 7meg DL 1meg UL
iirc GTA 5 took around 18 hours to DL

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:21

cainer said:
downloading GTA 5 was the only time ive ever felt the need for a higher speed connection, currently on 7meg DL 1meg UL
iirc GTA 5 took around 18 hours to DL

I have Virgin media 120mb and it's awful. Has been weeks since i even saw download speeds over 3mb/s speed test backs this up never get over 45mb on there.

But when GTA came out and it worked fine i could dl at about 18mb/s took me about 2 hours

FoxEye · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:23

cainer said:
downloading GTA 5 was the only time ive ever felt the need for a higher speed connection, currently on 7meg DL 1meg UL
iirc GTA 5 took around 18 hours to DL

That's the thing. To many of us, an 18 hour wait to play a game is absolutely "nae bother" at all.

I'm sticking with ADSL because I just can't justify spending any more money to get faster speeds.

Atm there just doesn't seem to be a "killer app" that needs all that bandwidth.

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:26

FoxEye said:
That's the thing. To many of us, an 18 hour wait to play a game is absolutely "nae bother" at all.

I'm sticking with ADSL because I just can't justify spending any more money to get faster speeds.

Atm there just doesn't seem to be a "killer app" that needs all that bandwidth.

The upload would be nice for any of us who upload raw files to youtube! ive had some 65 hour upload times because of 1.2mb/s

cainer · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:27

FoxEye said:
That's the thing. To many of us, an 18 hour wait to play a game is absolutely "nae bother" at all.

I'm sticking with ADSL because I just can't justify spending any more money to get faster speeds.

Atm there just doesn't seem to be a "killer app" that needs all that bandwidth.

im on BT unlimited (upto 8meg) adsl for £8.85 a month + line rental which i prepay for the year so it works out about £22 a month i think

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:40

Here is my Virgin media 120Mb line....

EDIT : Annoying actually seeing as my phone gets more than double that speed..... Virgin won't do anything about this either i have contacted them on multiple occasions!

StriderX · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:41

harry5522 said:
Here is my Virgin media 120Mb line....

>82% impressive, it used to be like 99% for years.

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:44

StriderX said:
>82% impressive, it used to be like 99% for years.

When it actually works and i get my 120 it's like 95+ i think but i have not seen it get to 120 for months now!

kefan77 · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:48

tres said:
You'll download the internet just because you can.

Other than the odd huge games though, you won't see any differences between, say, Virgin 120mb and this.

How much are you paying? Any usage limits? Because that would suck if there were

very wrong.

FTTH>>>>>>>>>virgin

neil_g · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:52

the only time i dont get the full 150 out of my virgin line is upstairs on the desktop as the powerline adapters cant cope

Kemik · 31 Oct 2015 at 16:53

I can get FTTH/FTTP in my new build with BT. Can get 300mb for £50 per month or 200mb for £40 per month + line rental but it just isn't worth it for two people living at the house. Went for 70mb for £25 per month in the end. Pretty solid line though! Speedtest shows it maxed out. 20mb upload.

Caged · 31 Oct 2015 at 17:16

kefan77 said:
very wrong.

FTTH>>>>>>>>>virgin

It's a valid statement. For most users once you get past say 30Mbps then any further increases don't make such a huge difference.

KIA · 31 Oct 2015 at 18:06

kefan77 said:
very wrong.

FTTH>>>>>>>>>virgin

True. VM's upload speed is pathetic and gets throttled after a certain amount of data is transferred.

I'd definitely pay £70 per month to reduce the amount of time it takes to upload data.

Fuzz · 31 Oct 2015 at 18:18

KIA said:
True. VM's upload speed is pathetic and gets throttled after a certain amount of data is transferred.

I'd definitely pay £70 per month to reduce the amount of time it takes to upload data.

Yep, upload is also 1000Mbps..

Giggety.

FloppyPoppy · 31 Oct 2015 at 18:19

^ Jealous