Soldato
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Why don't you configure the Pi-hole to act as your DHCP server instead of the HH5? I believe that it's possible, and it'll fix your DNS problems without spending a penny.
BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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Forgot about that. Going to give this a go.
The way things are the 'best' I can get with BT in my area is Infinity 2. I'm hoping Virgin will do FTTP when they come to my area but we'll see.
My friend and I started downloading the PS4 Ghost Recon patch at almost the same time last night (him just before me). I'm on a 78Mbps BT Infinity connection with horrific upload speed issues at the moment, and he's on a 200Mbps Virgin connection, yet mine still finished a good few mins before his. He wasn't impressed.
TalkTalk 80/20 - £30 per month - No setup fee - Fixed price during 24 month contract
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7717-talktalk-has-sale-running-until-1st-june-2017
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7717-talktalk-has-sale-running-until-1st-june-2017
Ouch. I do not understand in 2017 it feels like the internet of 2005.
I friend at work was stuck in a Virgin contract and had awful contention issues. He sent a few pictures and put a few more on Facebook. A supposed 200 meg connection and at peak times he was lucky to get over 10Meg yet Virgin had no plans for over a year to improve things. He eventually negotiated his way out of the contract, took up Sky Broadband and says his 40 meg connection is more consistent than his supposed 200 Meg one. Outright speed isn't everything.
Not sure how long it should take but since BT upgraded me to infinity 2 on Thursday I'm still getting Infinity 1 download speeds. Upload speeds have doubled though. If I log into my BT account it says my package has been upgraded so might give them a ring tomorrow as I'm compatible with Infinity 2 based on their website.
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And when your contact comes to an end you can negotiate paying the line rental only like I do now.
How much and for what speed?
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I pay the line rental only and I get anytime calls, up to 76Mb broadband. I even paid the line rental upfront saving a further 10%.
Just had a look and it was £189.93 for 12 months, so £15.83 a month.
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One evening last week I was having horrendous packet loss issues: speed tests showed download speeds of 1 Mb/s (should be 70+), web pages often didn't load, pings timing out, etc. I had this before last year and it took Plusnet (well, Openreach I imagine) nearly 2 weeks to sort it out. This time Plusnet did a bunch of tests on my line but the issue went away before they did the tests, so their conclusion was that I was uploading too much, which was affecting my download speeds. 
When they did their tests, yes, but it was already fixed by then. When I reported the issue, no. It was nothing wrong my end, just tonnes of packet loss, similar to what people used to report when being moved to Plusnet's "new" network infrastructure, and the same as I had for nearly two weeks last year.
Soldato
Just an update from me,
Managed to snag a new customer offer, using my wifes name to takeover my line
- £28.99 per month Inifinity 1 (i cant get 2 speeds)
- £70 quidco cashback
- £200 prepaid master card
= (28.99x12 = 347 + £60 activation) = £408 - £70 - £200 = £137 / 12 = £11.41 per month.
Managed to snag a new customer offer, using my wifes name to takeover my line
- £28.99 per month Inifinity 1 (i cant get 2 speeds)
- £70 quidco cashback
- £200 prepaid master card
= (28.99x12 = 347 + £60 activation) = £408 - £70 - £200 = £137 / 12 = £11.41 per month.