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I mean - if 900mb has been OK for you, then why not go for 1000mb at £27.99 and then the static IP taking you to £32.99 and save a little more on the deal?
That's exactly what Ms Junglist would say... But the man-math in my head feels like the £55 is a better deal. Internet go zoom etc.
So your getting 8GB then at the bargain price of £99
I got the 1Gb and its so fast already I wouldnt notice if I had a higher package tbh.I stupidly went for the cheaper slower gigabit. Though I've got a few weeks until install to change it to the obvious better choice
I'm looking into YouFibre as they seem significantly cheaper than their competitors (which makes me a bit wary ). I cant find many independent reviews.
How is their routing and the latency of the connection (is the latter consistently low)? I do a lot of cloud gaming using GeForce NOW and these factors are crucial for a good experience, poor routing can kill it and result in a terrible experience (and ISPs do it often to save money, for normal use the customer won't notice any problems but for cloud gaming it's critical). I had problems due to the route Sky took Geforce NOW's servers a couple of years ago that rendered the service virtually unusable, but they seem to have fixed it.
Is it easy to switch to Openreach in the future if I need to given they are separate networks (I currently have FTTC 70Mbps although Openreach FTTP is available in my area)?
Otherwise I'm looking at Aquiss which has got a great reputation and is known for quality (but is more expensive), my Sky contract is coming to an end and they want to charge me silly money for standard FTTC.
). I cant find many independent reviews.How is their routing and the latency of the connection (is the latter consistently low)? I do a lot of cloud gaming using GeForce NOW and these factors are crucial for a good experience, poor routing can kill it and result in a terrible experience (and ISPs do it often to save money, for normal use the customer won't notice any problems but for cloud gaming it's critical). I had problems due to the route Sky took Geforce NOW's servers a couple of years ago that rendered the service virtually unusable, but they seem to have fixed it.
Is it easy to switch to Openreach in the future if I need to given they are separate networks (I currently have FTTC 70Mbps although Openreach FTTP is available in my area)?
Otherwise I'm looking at Aquiss which has got a great reputation and is known for quality (but is more expensive), my Sky contract is coming to an end and they want to charge me silly money for standard FTTC.
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Todays my installation day between 1pm - 6pm
I've already had a call from installer asking if he could possibly come earlier this morning but it wasn't suitable for me unfortunately. Will report back after everything is done and I'm up and running.
I've already had a call from installer asking if he could possibly come earlier this morning but it wasn't suitable for me unfortunately. Will report back after everything is done and I'm up and running.
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Have seen great pings, you are way better off going with YouFibre than an Openreach connection imo. You can get an idea of their peering from here:
https://www.peeringdb.com/asn/212655
Yes, since it's a completely separate FTTP install, you can have them running side by side if you were to switch to Openreach later.
Have seen slightly higher pings with them vs BT/Talktalk/Zen.
Will be interesting to see what sort of ping you get up north as they do peer @ LINX Scotland.Todays my installation day between 1pm - 6pm
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Aquiss use BTW backhaul so there should be no difference compared to BT.
Are you with them? They use Enta, this is London pings, on BT/Zen/Talktalk would get 1/2ms:
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Soldato
Todays my installation day between 1pm - 6pm
I've already had a call from installer asking if he could possibly come earlier this morning but it wasn't suitable for me unfortunately. Will report back after everything is done and I'm up and running.
Unfortunately my install can't go ahead the way I wanted
My house is a timber frame bungalow. I was ideally wanting the fibre run taken up and into my loft then pulled down between my walls to exit in my living room at the same point where my router sits.
The YouFibre engineer (who was great!) said that it couldn't be done my preferred way as they don't have the tools or back boxes to do it (Sales rep told me it would be). He investigated using the existing BT ducting to bring the fibre in but the ducting was cut short and he couldn't see where it finished, he could only see the bare the BT cables after taking the BT Master socket off.
So, I've had to cancel the whole thing. I can't fault the YouFibre engineer, he was great and was ex-openreach and knew his stuff, and agreed with me that he wouldn't want cables clipped around skirting boards and door frames in his own house.
I'm still under contract with TalkTalk until June 2024 anyway. Once I'm out of contract I can get ducting and a draw string system setup to where it needs to go in full preparation for either YouFibre or Openreach full fibre install.
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I've now been on YouFibre for six weeks and certainly no complaints. I've not noticed any kind of drop-out and I'm still seeing the same 950/950 connection I had at the start.
I have the Arris router and I'm using the WiFi6 from that. Most devices are wired, so wireless just for phones, tablets etc.
What I have noticed is that when on the mobile phone, so apps seem to take a few moments to synchronise. So I'll open Reddit, and there is a delay before that front page refreshes.
I'll hit some newspaper sites via their apps, same again - I'll get place holders for images and then a few moments later everything will refresh.
Not seeing this if I just browse using a browser on my mobiles, tablets etc - just apps.
Is this an issue with CGNAT? I've moved from a Vodafone "Up to 80mb" connection and using a Ubiquity WiFi 4 device and never experienced this before. In my mind two things have changed:
1. I'm behind a CGNAT
2. I'm using WiFi 6
It's not a deal breaker, I mean, having to wait a few seconds for an app to refresh or synchronise is hardly an issue to talk about, but just wondered if anyone was seeing the same, had any ideas.
Would adding a Static IP4 to my service (considering this as I may bring some basic hosting "in house" so to speak) likely to resolve that I'm seeing?
Cheers all.
I have the Arris router and I'm using the WiFi6 from that. Most devices are wired, so wireless just for phones, tablets etc.
What I have noticed is that when on the mobile phone, so apps seem to take a few moments to synchronise. So I'll open Reddit, and there is a delay before that front page refreshes.
I'll hit some newspaper sites via their apps, same again - I'll get place holders for images and then a few moments later everything will refresh.
Not seeing this if I just browse using a browser on my mobiles, tablets etc - just apps.
Is this an issue with CGNAT? I've moved from a Vodafone "Up to 80mb" connection and using a Ubiquity WiFi 4 device and never experienced this before. In my mind two things have changed:
1. I'm behind a CGNAT
2. I'm using WiFi 6
It's not a deal breaker, I mean, having to wait a few seconds for an app to refresh or synchronise is hardly an issue to talk about, but just wondered if anyone was seeing the same, had any ideas.
Would adding a Static IP4 to my service (considering this as I may bring some basic hosting "in house" so to speak) likely to resolve that I'm seeing?
Cheers all.
Don't think any provider is going to install how your wanting this done, get the service installed to a room where the line is coming in from and get some ethernet to where ever else you want to plonk the router/access point.Unfortunately my install can't go ahead the way I wanted
My house is a timber frame bungalow. I was ideally wanting the fibre run taken up and into my loft then pulled down between my walls to exit in my living room at the same point where my router sits.
The YouFibre engineer (who was great!) said that it couldn't be done my preferred way as they don't have the tools or back boxes to do it (Sales rep told me it would be). He investigated using the existing BT ducting to bring the fibre in but the ducting was cut short and he couldn't see where it finished, he could only see the bare the BT cables after taking the BT Master socket off.
So, I've had to cancel the whole thing. I can't fault the YouFibre engineer, he was great and was ex-openreach and knew his stuff, and agreed with me that he wouldn't want cables clipped around skirting boards and door frames in his own house.
I'm still under contract with TalkTalk until June 2024 anyway. Once I'm out of contract I can get ducting and a draw string system setup to where it needs to go in full preparation for either YouFibre or Openreach full fibre install.
Soldato
Lesson learnt the hardway, it doesn’t help that the sales rep from YouFibre said they’d do it the way I wanted.
The engineer on the day was great and did his best to accommodate. I’m going to get it done the way I originally wanted and run the ducting myself, so the YouFibre engineer can simply pull the fibre to where I need it.
What Fibre ONT do YouFibre use currently, I have my own router I want to use?
Soldato
Ive been having this issue if not a similar one. If you dont have a static IP and you use thinkbroadband BQM then the fact its on CGN means you have flawless monitoring and then a wall of red which presents as 100% packet loss even though the setup still works. I'm moving to static and migrating everything away from IPV6 to see if this resolves the problem as wireless is the most problematic. Its not just your typical web based apps, its also streaming that has its moments too and those streaming services are app controlled.
Ill report back if this works as I have a free static IP upgrade for a month to see if this works as it'll no doubt be something youfibre can then add on as a sales upgrade to new customers.
Up and running here, the job took around an hour to complete. The provided router was a eero 6+, the installers wouldn’t let me connect my eero 6E to the ONT as “it wouldn’t work and would run at your old speed” even though VM is long gone. First thing this morning I swapped out their unit for mine and everything is working as expected.