Do I need 200mbs?

Relentless81 · 21 Jan 2017 at 10:45

Hi,

I currently have Virgin 200 and the price has crept up to £46 a month.

I've been thinking, the most work it gets put through is when the Mrs is streaming shows and I'm gaming on BF1 for example, do I really need 200mbs?

I'm considering halving it to 100 and saving the £20 a month but will BF1 suddenly become a laggy mess as soon as the Mrs fires up her favorite shows?

We use PowerLine adapters for the TV downstairs and it can only pull 40mbs anyway which is perfect for streaming 1080p but will the remaining amount be enough for me to game with no adverse effects? Its always been fine with 200

Thanks

Relentless81 · 21 Jan 2017 at 14:01

Not to fussed on upload as dont play P2P that often

I didnt think of FTTC, it will give me more leverage on pricing

Thanks for the help, I think the main thing is, I'm paying for something I dont actually need so I am going to drop it to 100 or go with a cheaper alternative

Relentless81 · 21 Jan 2017 at 19:32

I'm out of contract so can cancel or change, I'm pretty set on halving my internet connection just based on the fact that I feel like I'm paying for something we are not fully utilising and some of the comments back that up

Happy to update the thread with my experience, hopefully its a case of £20 better off in my pocket than Virgin's and not regret the change but we'll see

Relentless81 · 22 Jan 2017 at 10:23

Ended up cancelling, wouldn't give me 100mbs for less than £33 pm when there is an offer on their website for £27 pm for new customers

Annoying, not sure what to do now. In one months time I'll have no internet!

Relentless81 · 22 Jan 2017 at 10:38

Yeah thats what I'm going to do, why would I need to do it in another name though?

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2017 at 19:53

ChrisD. said:
A half decent FTTC connection would be just fine, and most likely of better quality unless you're in a VM area not affected by peak time congestion.

How would I know if an FTTC connection to my house is any good, is there a way to tell?

The Exchange is few miles away but Plusnet have an offer on at the moment

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2017 at 21:11

BigT said:
It's your distance from the cabinet that matters rather than distance to the exchange.

Pop your phone number or follow the links to enter an address to check likely speeds:

https://www.dslchecker.bt.com

Cab is over the road, post code checker says 4mbps though!

Relentless81 · 24 Jan 2017 at 13:02

OP here - Virgin rang me today about my cancellation over the weekend, I explained I wanted the 100mbs offer for £27 to downgrade from my current 200 But retentions said they couldn't do it, this guy was happy to do it :confused:

Bit of a relief really I had visions of a poor fttc connection for a year

Relentless81 · 24 Jan 2017 at 19:17

Cant sign a contract over the phone. I asked for a confirmation email which I've recieved

Relentless81 · 26 Jan 2017 at 08:36

So yeah, cant tell the difference as most have said in the scenario I described in the OP, Mrs streaming shows and me gaming and the connections behaves the same on 100 as it did on 200

Downloading and uploading isn't too much of a big deal for me as I not impatient I'll happily leave a game downloading and go and do other things whilst that's happening so effectively £20 better off for the same experience, happy days and thanks for the advice