Lila Connect - VX Fibre 1gig - Stoke on Trent

steinooo · 10 Oct 2021 at 18:21

Mat1980uk said:
Lila connect only provide the infrastructure and operates kinda like BT/openreach. As in BT owns there network and maintains it while having broadband providers like sky, talktalk , zen etc provide your broadband package, in this case on Lila, your broadband providers are breeze, rocket and air, which is who you pay for your broadband package, Lila does charge you a form of line rental priced at £9.99, unless you want to pay them a 1 time fee of £650.00 at which point there is no line rental to pay. Hope this helps you get your head round it

Thank you, I completely understand now. Quite an interesting offer, am I going to stay in my current house more than 65 months.....hmm...I have some choices to make.

The ISP choice seems easy though, I'll be picking the one recommended here which doesn't make double NAT happen!

Mat1980uk · 10 Oct 2021 at 19:45

Knowing what I know now I would pick breeze and avoid Air broadband like the plague!

Mat1980uk · 10 Oct 2021 at 20:46

Just to update everyone, forgot to mention i was talking to a Lila connect engineer last month or so, who was doing some maintenance to 1 of there fiber cabinets, while chatting he told me this is the only speed test Lila connect get there engineers to use and it's the only 1 they trust, so for those who like to check there speed here's the link he gave me.

http://speed-uk1.vx.se/index.html

Just to add test should be performed via a wired connection to laptop/pc with no other wired connections connected and WiFi switched off.

Happy speed testing!

The1nonly1 · 11 Oct 2021 at 12:47

Mat1980uk said:
Just to update everyone, forgot to mention i was talking to a Lila connect engineer last month or so, who was doing some maintenance to 1 of there fiber cabinets, while chatting he told me this is the only speed test Lila connect get there engineers to use and it's the only 1 they trust, so for those who like to check there speed here's the link he gave me.

http://speed-uk1.vx.se/index.html

Just to add test should be performed via a wired connection to laptop/pc with no other wired connections connected and WiFi switched off.

Happy speed testing!

I was given the same test when I first joined. Worth noting that this only works when you are connected to their network.

scaza · 11 Oct 2021 at 19:04

Since they've made the effort to dig up my street, I've seen the new pricing for Gigabit and took the plunge.
£30 a month for gigabit - with line rental included - was around the same I was paying for virgin, and for 5 times the speed.

See how it goes.

steinooo · 11 Oct 2021 at 21:53

scaza said:
Since they've made the effort to dig up my street, I've seen the new pricing for Gigabit and took the plunge.
£30 a month for gigabit - with line rental included - was around the same I was paying for virgin, and for 5 times the speed.

See how it goes.

Isn't it £30 to Lilaconnect then £35 ish to breeze too?

The1nonly1 · 11 Oct 2021 at 22:32

scaza said:
Since they've made the effort to dig up my street, I've seen the new pricing for Gigabit and took the plunge.
£30 a month for gigabit - with line rental included - was around the same I was paying for virgin, and for 5 times the speed.

See how it goes.

Who did you go with? Is it with Lila direct as I noticed they are actually an ISP now too instead of just creating the network.

steinooo said:
Isn't it £30 to Lilaconnect then £35 ish to breeze too?

You have two options. Pay £10 per month for the 'line rental' to Lila and pay whatever the ISP charges or pay the one off £600 for the connection to the network and then just pay the ISP charge.

Caged · 11 Oct 2021 at 22:55

The1nonly1 said:
Who did you go with? Is it with Lila direct as I noticed they are actually an ISP now too instead of just creating the network.

Oh wow. I can't see their ISP partners being too happy with that. They'd have to retail a symmetric gigabit for £20 a month to compete on price.

scaza · 12 Oct 2021 at 07:01

steinooo said:
Isn't it £30 to Lilaconnect then £35 ish to breeze too?

£9.99 to Lila for line rental, then £19.99 to Lila again as the ISP. 18 month contract.

When I cancelled virgin, they basically said they didn't believe the deal was real. Obviously busy as it's a 5 week wait for an install slot.

Reading the LILA FAQ's it mentioned that the installers will only install an access point on the front wall of the house at ground level, I don't suppose anyone else has managed to get an install on the first floor of their property? That's currently where my current modem & switch sits for the Ethernet.

scaza · 12 Oct 2021 at 07:01

"Double post*

The1nonly1 · 12 Oct 2021 at 23:17

scaza said:
£9.99 to Lila for line rental, then £19.99 to Lila again as the ISP. 18 month contract.

When I cancelled virgin, they basically said they didn't believe the deal was real. Obviously busy as it's a 5 week wait for an install slot.

Reading the LILA FAQ's it mentioned that the installers will only install an access point on the front wall of the house at ground level, I don't suppose anyone else has managed to get an install on the first floor of their property? That's currently where my current modem & switch sits for the Ethernet.

I had mine installed in the garage on the wall where my living room is. I ordered back in December and they sent out someone to have a look first to see if it was possible.

The1nonly1 · 12 Oct 2021 at 23:20

Caged said:
Oh wow. I can't see their ISP partners being too happy with that. They'd have to retail a symmetric gigabit for £20 a month to compete on price.

Doesn't look like they are as I've just looked and only see Lila, Air Broadband and Pure Broadband as being available.

SexyGreyFox · 15 Oct 2021 at 17:54

Lila are digging outside my house now.
Just noticed the prices, 1gb for £30 and no installation fee - is this too good to be true?

The1nonly1 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:06

SexyGreyFox said:
Lila are digging outside my house now.
Just noticed the prices, 1gb for £30 and no installation fee - is this too good to be true?

Not at all. I pay £30 for 1Gb now. If you play online games, check with them to see if they can offer a static IP address for you. The default is CGNAT.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2021 at 01:06

The1nonly1 said:
Not at all. I pay £30 for 1Gb now. If you play online games, check with them to see if they can offer a static IP address for you. The default is CGNAT.

Does it work OK with a VPN?

The1nonly1 · 16 Oct 2021 at 10:05

SexyGreyFox said:
Does it work OK with a VPN?

I'm not sure as I have a static IP address so I'm not restricted by CGNAT.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2021 at 10:14

The1nonly1 said:
I'm not sure as I have a static IP address so I'm not restricted by CGNAT.

What area are you in (postcode), I'm Heron Cross side of Blurton.

I've also just registered.

The1nonly1 · 16 Oct 2021 at 15:43

SexyGreyFox said:
What area are you in (postcode), I'm Heron Cross side of Blurton.

I've also just registered.

ST3 in Weston Coyney.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2021 at 16:25

The1nonly1 said:
ST3 in Weston Coyney.

That's where my wife comes from.

SexyGreyFox · 18 Oct 2021 at 13:52

Nearly there