What ISP is fastest / lowest latency - as I have to leave Hyperoptic

jeff83nz · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:14

Moving, and leaving two of the best things I have ever lived with, a pool and Hyperoptic internet.

New place has no Hyperoptic, no Virgin, only Openreach denominated options, up to infinity 2 etc.

So my question is, is there any difference between the ISP's selling BT's wares, and if so, which is best. Don't care about their hardward as will be running PfSense for the router. So it literally is there one with better speeds / latency, and if so, which. Looking at simple BT and Zen at the moment.

jeff83nz · 24 Jul 2018 at 18:02

Thanks all. From reading this I will save £300 over 18 months and go with Plusnet.

jeff83nz · 7 Aug 2018 at 08:39

Sparx said:
Just go with Plusnet - if you via Top Cashback you'll get £85 as well.

Well Plusnet is out, three week install wait. The idea of going without internet for three weeks is literally not worth thinking about. It is my crutch to sanity (sad lives and all).

Sky looks a good deal. But I cannot use my own kit with them can I?

jeff83nz · 7 Aug 2018 at 10:54

ChrisD. said:
The waiting times are down to Openreach, so all providers would be the same.

Sky can do in a week, BT can do quickly too. Just Plusnet, so it appears there is more to this.

It is just acitvating the phone line outside the buildng, and I have seen different trucks doing this, so I imagine different providers have their own contractors?

jeff83nz · 7 Aug 2018 at 11:07

Shocky-FM said:
Hmm, I thought Plusnet were cheap, £32.99 for 66MB is expensive imo.

I pay less for 100MB from VM, sure I had to go through retentions to get just broadband but still.

No Virgin, No Hyperoptic. Only bad options remain.

jeff83nz · 7 Aug 2018 at 17:22

ChrisD. said:
That's quite some statement to make, considering Virgin Media especially are renowned for having heavily congested areas.

An expected max speed of 65Mbps in 2018, in London, is frankly pretty sub par. I was getting faster on Virgin in 2011.