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WJA96

WJA96

WJA96

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I had my home supplied with fibre by Upp almost 3 months ago now. It’s 1Gbps symmetrical business fttp with a fixed IP address block and rapid support for a slightly pricey feeling £120+VAT per month.

They do residential packages of 300 symmetrical for £30/month and 900 symmetrical for £45 per month so to go up to 1Gbps for almost triple the money seems pretty expensive.

It’s rock solid though. 1-3ms ping to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 and it speed tests at bang on 97MBps so near as darn it 1Gbps in both directions.

Other than the cost, I’m really happy with it.

They’re only in Suffolk, Lincs and Norfolk so anywhere else you’re stuffed.

I gave no commercial affiliation with them but if you’re in East Anglia I would add them to your list of possibles.
 
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WJA96 said:
900 symmetrical for £45 per month so to go up to 1Gbps for almost triple the money seems petty expensive.
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The 900 meg consumer package is gigabit, or at least I should say 'it will be gigabit'. ISPs tend to knock that down to 900Mbps in the marketing (see: BT et al.) because gigabit minus overheads = ~930-940Mbps. If they said 'gigabit' or '1000Mbps' you'd be surprised how many calls they field from annoyed customers not getting their 'full speed'. This way, you order 900 megs but get 'Ooh, more!'.

So your choices were consumer gigabit for £45 per month, or business gigabit for £120+VAT per month. With the latter you're getting (I haven't checked, but I'm sure) an SLA, faster support, priority bandwidth and a nice IP block. If you can afford it, that's definitely where I'd put my own connection. If not, you won't lose out massively - except, perhaps, the IPs? - by dropping down to the consumer package. It sounds like you have a great connection. I'm not jelly at all. :D
 
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