YouFibre

[Mr Oxide]

Managed to bag a 1gb contract for £24pm. Happy with that.

Yeah, The Black Friday deals are on.

I was originally with BRSK and was being told via the app that my loyalty deal would be £1 more, so £33 instead of £32 a month.Contract was expiring early January.

I sent a quick chat message asking what loyalty deals do they have as new customers are getting it for £24 and £33 does not reflect loyalty whatsoever.

I'm paying £24 a month now for 24 months on new contract for same connection. They responded extremely fast and was a good experience. All sorted in around 15 mins and that included reading pre contract then accepting it via chat. It showed instantly on my account after messaging I accept. I was told any issues do not hesitate to contact them.

I can't fault them one bit.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Anyone have any experience with the following.

I have sorted out a static IP to faciliate remote access to my plex server. Since going static i have lost all connectivity to IPv4. IPv6 works without fault.

I have done a power on/off of the ONT/Router which doesn't seem to have done anything
I have tested with my port forwarding and reserved IP (Plex host) turned off resulting in the router being at default settings and still does not work.

This is effecting every device on my network. I have reached out to YF in case it's a them problem but figured i would also check with you chaps.

 

[maddness]

Anyone have any experience with the following.

I have sorted out a static IP to faciliate remote access to my plex server. Since going static i have lost all connectivity to IPv4. IPv6 works without fault.

I have done a power on/off of the ONT/Router which doesn't seem to have done anything
I have tested with my port forwarding and reserved IP (Plex host) turned off resulting in the router being at default settings and still does not work.

This is effecting every device on my network. I have reached out to YF in case it's a them problem but figured i would also check with you chaps.

tried a vpn like proton, something that support ipv6 as a quick test

 

[FloppyPoppy]

I have tested dedicated IPv6 and 4 services I can only access the 6 ones.

I wrote to youfiber who responded telling me there is definitely nothing wrong with my internet yet I can’t use Netflix, steam, 50-70% of all websites and the list of course goes on.

I have provided further evidence to them and awaiting an update but given this happened immediately after my static IP allocation I can only imagine someone has not been set up correctly

 

[ChrisD.]

I have sorted out a static IP to faciliate remote access to my plex server.

You really shouldn't be port forwarding to any home service in this day and age, either set up a VPN, or use something like Cloudflare Tunnels if you have a domain name. The added benefit is you can simply use domain names rather than worry about static addresses.

 

[Caged]

Cloudflare reserve the right to get upset with you if you're using their free services for exposing Flex, but in practise it's unlikely to be a problem.

 

[ChrisD.]

Cloudflare reserve the right to get upset with you if you're using their free services for exposing Flex, but in practise it's unlikely to be a problem.

Yes, it's best to disable caching specifically for the Plex domains, then there won't be any issues. In reality the bandwidth for most home users is unlikely to upset them.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

You really shouldn't be port forwarding to any home service in this day and age, either set up a VPN, or use something like Cloudflare Tunnels if you have a domain name. The added benefit is you can simply use domain names rather than worry about static addresses.

I will look more into this thank you i was following general guidance located on the web when that solution cropped up. I will research both more.

I am however still without internet this being the third day. Lots of troubleshooting done and YouFiber now believe it was an error with the static IP Provisioning / gateway asignment however they are unable to give me an ETA for a fix and when followed up a bland "the team will be in touch when there is feedback available"

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Back online at last! Been off since the Saturday morning. Took an escalated complaint and was then resolved within 30 minutes

Time to look at the media server

 

[maj]

I believe Tailscale works around CGNAT to not need a static IP. Something you may want to take a look at.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

All set up and running lovely now.

Could not use nordVPN's meshnet as it was generating insecure connections on HTTP which were easily accessed on mobile via the web but the app won't accept insecure. I have used the often reccomended Taliscale and it worked immediately without issue.

Appreciate everyones advice.

 

[M1k3H]

Just bagged myself the 1GB for £24 plus static IP for another £5 a month. Currently on VM M350, which is plenty fast, but FTTP should also improve ping on online games which what i'm most looking forward about (that plus the price decrease from currently £37 which was going to above £70 end of December).

 

[Rainmaker]

Just bagged myself the 1GB for £24 plus static IP for another £5 a month. Currently on VM M350, which is plenty fast, but FTTP should also improve ping on online games which what i'm most looking forward about (that plus the price decrease from currently £37 which was going to above £70 end of December).

It's a different world. I spent years with only VM available with what were, for the service, fairly solid pings to big name websites (11–14ms). On YouFibre I get a literal single 1ms to most big websites (peered at INX in Manchester), and 7ms to anything else in London/France/NL. Solid.