Lightspeed Broadband

[andy_mk3]

I thought I'd start a thread about Lightspeed broadband as I am getting close to pulling the trigger and swtiching to them, but any discussion about them in particular quickly gets lost in the other general FTTP threads.

I'm currently with Aquiss on 900/100, while their service has been great, the temptation of a symmetrical gigabit conneciton for less money has me very tempted. One main thing that was holding me back before was their use of CGNAT, but they recently announced that they now offer a static IPv4 for a small fee.

My only last concern is the fact that they use their own ONT/Router combination, and I use OPNsense, so I'm not sure how well their hardware will play with me using my own. Does anyone have any feedback on this? I can find lots of great reviews on Lightpseed but little to no information on running your own hardware.

 

[andy_mk3]

Well I'll let you know soon enough as I've signed up to their 1Gbit, being installed Monday

 

[andy_mk3]

Not sure if they're maybe offering a different hub for the 2Gig package, but they don't advertise that they do so I guess not.

Bridge mode is being trialled at the moment yes, I asked for it. I also asked about it and whether it may be revoked, the answer I got was "The bridge mode we are set to introduce in the near future but currently its only on a trial stage, it would not be revoked".

It should also be noted that if you join up with a referral code, both parties get two months free which is pretty good.