BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Fair play to David at OR as they sent me a decent e-mail this morning explaining things.

BTOR said:
House opposite:
  • This property was previously showing as eligible for FTTP in error. It had been incorrectly linked to fibre equipment that cannot actually serve the address. This has now been corrected, and FTTP availability has been removed.
Houses up and down the lane:
  • These properties are connected to separate fibre infrastructure which is valid for their addresses. They are not served from the same telegraph pole as your property, and their equipment cannot be used to provide service to you.
Your property is included in our rollout plans, with FTTP currently targeted for delivery by the end of March 2027.
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So I think my recon' last week was correct in that they need to pull fibre underground to the next pole up the lane. Ah well, I'll twiddle my thumbs for a few more months!
 
I've been looking into which ISP to choose, and so far, Plusnet, Virgin, Vodafone and Giffgaff have caught my eye.
I've yet to check out others, such as Aquiss or Zen.

Plusnet 300 (or 500)
24 months
down: 300; up 50

£23.99 per month
£27.99 from 31/03/27
£31.99 from 31/03/28

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Giffgaff fast
24 months
down: 200; up 200

I'm assuming I've read correctly, but the up speed seems way more than many others.
I also understand the service runs on Virgin's broadband network.

£5.00 per month until December
£25.00 from 12/26

The price seems almost too good to be true, so I wonder what the catch is...

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Virgin Gig 1
24 months
down: 1130; up 41

£22.99 per month (no price rise in 2026)
£26.99 from 04/27
£30.99 from 04/28

The downside, apparently, is the customer service, and I could receive either HFC, FTTP, or XGS.
The download speed is more than I require (currently on an ~76/18 with BT Fibre 1).

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Vodafone Full Fibre 910
24 months
down: 910; up 105

£26.00 per month
£29.50 from 01/04/27
£33 from 01/04/28

Again, the CS is meant to be mediocre.
 
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Uswitch are offering EE 900Mb at £25.99 with £145 reward card. I'd pick EE over Vodafone any day, far better core network. Same core network as Plusnet (both BT), but with EE you also get the better WiFi7 router, if that's something your interested in, you might already have your own router. Zen are good but will be expensive.

The upload value you have from virgin looks odd, the 1gig service usually has 100 Mb upload. I do know they had issues getting RFoG connections above 50Mb on upload, not sure if they solved this, if not that may suggest your in an RFoG area.

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As the post below said if you can get GiffGaff its likely XGS, missed that before. That upload rate you have from virgin threw me slightly as it just doesn't look right.
 
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Thanks, chaps. :)

Must be a typo on the website, as on Compare the Market, the average upload speed is listed as 41 Mbps - for Virgin Gig1.

Not that it matters, as I will likely be going with Plusnet, EE or Giffgaff.
 
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It seems that with Giffgaff, all communication is done via messaging, so a customer isn't able to speak to anyone directly.
As far as I'm concerned, that's a bit off-putting.

Tempting prices, though: £5 per month for the first 6 months can't be bad.
 
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Anyone got any recommendations for a 12 month contract FTTP provider? Got a full selection of providers (Didcot), so it's looking like YouFibre as the best choice for a 200Mbps deal at £24/m.
 
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After switching to a new ISP, does it typically take a little time for things to settle before seeing the correct speeds?

I was a little surprised that the engineer provided only a wifi connection,
whereas, with BT (and previously with TalkTalk), I've always had a wired connection.
 
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Well, the router is downstairs, whereas the old one (BT) is on my desk by the PC (upstairs).
So, no ethernet connection...

I'm not even getting a twentieth of the advertised speeds.

I know it sounds premature, but I've got a bad feeling about this...
I might just cancel. Really sucks not being able to talk to someone.
 
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arc@css said:
Well, the router is downstairs, whereas the old one (BT) is on my desk by the PC (upstairs).
So, no ethernet connection...

I'm not even getting a twentieth of the advertised speeds.

I know it sounds premature, but I've got a bad feeling about this...
I might just cancel. Really sucks not being able to talk to someone.
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Edit - Ignore, I misread.
 
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