Broadband contract ended

Cromulent

Cromulent

Cromulent

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My current broadband contract has ended and I'm looking for alternatives. I'm currently with Virgin Media Business on the Voom Gig1 plan (1Gbps down, 100Mbps up) with a static IPv4 address for £72 a month (incl VAT) and I'm looking for alternatives.

Are there any websites that show you what broadband is available in your locality from your postcode? I'm a bit lost with all the different options. Note that a static IPv4 address is essential and IPv6 support is important as well which is half the reason I am looking for an alternative.
 
Cromulent said:
My current broadband contract has ended and I'm looking for alternatives. I'm currently with Virgin Media Business on the Voom Gig1 plan (1Gbps down, 100Mbps up) with a static IPv4 address for £72 a month (incl VAT) and I'm looking for alternatives.

Are there any websites that show you what broadband is available in your locality from your postcode? I'm a bit lost with all the different options. Note that a static IPv4 address is essential and IPv6 support is important as well which is half the reason I am looking for an alternative.
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Is that Virgin Media service cable or fibre? Presumably you want to stick with one of these, i.e. a landline connection, for superior performance. If you have fibre, then you'll have a lot of choice.

Out of interest, how come you need IPv6?
 
radderfire said:
Is that Virgin Media service cable or fibre? Presumably you want to stick with one of these, i.e. a landline connection, for superior performance. If you have fibre, then you'll have a lot of choice.

Out of interest, how come you need IPv6?
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Err. I think it is cable but I checked the website posted above and I have FTTP in my area so that is good.

In terms of IPv6 it isn't really essential but without it I can't check if it works when deploying websites to servers using IPv6. I could live without it though.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
Seriously, a landline is superior than cable?
My C&W, NTL and Virgin cable was stable with only a couple of problems I think since 1997, I only left because of the cost.
This Lila cable is superb though.
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Sorry, what I meant was it's better to have a physical connection to the property, i.e. cable or fibre, than mobile broadband.

The OP will likely have a limited choice for cable, and a wider choice for fibre. It might be worth the OP posting the providers he has available for us to comment on.
 
radderfire said:
Sorry, what I meant was it's better to have a physical connection to the property, i.e. cable or fibre, than mobile broadband.

The OP will likely have a limited choice for cable, and a wider choice for fibre. It might be worth the OP posting the providers he has available for us to comment on.
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I'm going my In Laws in a minute and they have 900mbps download on Three, 100 yards from a 5G tower however it's always dropping in and out.
They have just had fibre installed and they haver a choice of 500mbps for £32 which isn't bad.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I'm going my In Laws in a minute and they have 900mbps download on Three, 100 yards from a 5G tower however it's always dropping in and out.
They have just had fibre installed and they haver a choice of 500mbps for £32 which isn't bad.
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Yes I have also used Three mobile broadband and the connection would often drop. When this happens, it doesn't matter what the download speed is.

In my experience, if you want a rock solid connection, you have to be using cable or fibre.
 
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