Which ISP is best for fibre

carlazai · 15 May 2013 at 20:40

Currently in the process of moving to an area with fibre broadband but not sure which ISP is the lesser of many evils. I dont mind forking out for a new router to connect the silly amount of devices we as a couple have collected.

The choice and 1 question

Plusnet, BT, and Talktalk.

And why is Sky so slow at the moment? Only offering 38mb in the area?!? cf 78 of others.

Which is the best for average speeds and sorting out problems? I know BT traffic manages in evenings but do the others?

Thanks in advance for all help.

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 20:42

virgin is hands down the best for speed, nobody else comes close, put your postcode in on their site and see what services u can get

andicole0 · 15 May 2013 at 20:42

Isn't Plusnet owned by BT and Talk Talk are rubbish aren't they?

Andi.

Janesy B · 15 May 2013 at 20:43

scorchisio said:
virgin is hands down the best for speed, nobody else comes close, put your postcode in on their site and see what services u can get

Except for when it comes to upload.

Plusnet.

muon · 15 May 2013 at 20:43

BT easily

squarehead94 · 15 May 2013 at 20:44

Virgin, If only we had fiber here, wed go all virgin with their tivo. ****** 8mb/sec sky.

diamount · 15 May 2013 at 20:47

Virgin's upload speed is sufficient for most needs, unless you're uploading multiple videos on a daily basis. On that note.. go Virgin, just download stuff during non-peak times and your speed won't get cut in half.

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 20:54

who cares about upload, its download all the way for most users, you can upload at 10mb on virgins best package and download at 120mb

carlazai · 15 May 2013 at 20:55

So i did put the postcode into uswitch and it came back with those 3 choices. No mention of Virgin at all

ChrisD. · 15 May 2013 at 20:58

scorchisio said:
virgin is hands down the best for speed, nobody else comes close, put your postcode in on their site and see what services u can get

Apart from the traffic shaping, download limits and horrendous congestion around the country?

OP, go with Plusnet.

Janesy B · 15 May 2013 at 21:07

scorchisio said:
who cares about upload, its download all the way for most users, you can upload at 10mb on virgins best package and download at 120mb

I care. Who cares that you can have 120mbps down when they throttle you so badly when you download via ftp etc?

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 21:11

uswitch sucks they obviously dont have a contract with virgin so they arent showing them as a choice

http://store.virginmedia.com/?buspart=Portal_HP_c_topnav_1_1

put postcode in and see what u can get

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 21:12

uswitch is not impartial its all ********, they get paid from some companies to make them look better than they are, its a corrupt site run by very dodgy people ( trust me i have worked with them)

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 21:13

its all about ze money as always

Janesy B · 15 May 2013 at 21:14

scorchisio said:
uswitch sucks they obviously dont have a contract with virgin so they arent showing them as a choice

scorchisio said:
uswitch is not impartial its all ********, they get paid from some companies to make them look better than they are, its a corrupt site run by very dodgy people ( trust me i have worked with them)

scorchisio said:
its all about ze money as always

lol if you say so...

So dodgy they even have special deals for uswitch users... any more nuggets of expertise?

scorchisio · 15 May 2013 at 21:18

put your full postcode into the actual virgin site to see if your in a fiber area

carlazai · 15 May 2013 at 21:23

Tried the virgin site and its not a cable area, so i am going with Plusnet.

Thanks for all the advice

HecFam · 15 May 2013 at 21:23

I would personally say avoid virgin, im with them on their 60Mbs line and as much as i think i can avoid the throttling its a real pain in the ass.

I download a fair few games now and then and the capping really does take its toll. Its still fast by all means, but its not the 60Mbs i pay for, and as everyone should know already the upload is a big big BIG pile of monkey nuts.

Im looking to go to plusnet perhaps, im somewhat in the same situ as you. Im looking for an ISP that doesn't shape it as much.

Janesy B · 15 May 2013 at 21:28

carlazai said:
Tried the virgin site and its not a cable area, so i am going with Plusnet.

Thanks for all the advice

The uswitch illuminati clearly don't want you to have Virgin.

I really can't emphasise how much better Plusnet are than BT and talktalk.

m4cc45 · 15 May 2013 at 21:28

With Virgin on the 100 Mbps package. Once you've downloaded 20GB a day they throttle you. The throttling is half of your speed so I still download >6.2 MBps. Upload is 10 Mbps so an average of 1MB constantly up which is enough for what I do.

Haven't had any real issues with the service - there was a day it was down (but that was a South West issue rather than my line) and I'm quite happy with there service - just wish it was cheaper and that not having the phone actually meant you paid a lot less (as I don't want it).

M.