Internet on copper then fibre optic

[Jerri]

I've been with Virgin media since they were blueyonder.

Had dial up at 56k. Then when they first announces fibre at 256k and thought it was the dogs danglers.

The speed has increased massively and like a fool I decided to switch to adsl to save cash. It lasted a week. Is gone from 50meg speeds to 4meg and it felt like I was surfing through treacle.

So back to VM and 120mg. Never again will I leave fibre!

[Greg]

I was like the OP with really poor copper speed but can't get FO where I live so went for satellite internet. Not the fastest for surfing due to ping times but faster than copper but for downloaded stuff or watching catch up or the like it's fantastic, no more buffering

not cheap though 

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May 23, 2014 16:10:31 GMT Jerri said:

I've been with Virgin media since they were blueyonder.

Had dial up at 56k. Then when they first announces fibre at 256k and thought it was the dogs danglers.

The speed has increased massively and like a fool I decided to switch to adsl to save cash. It lasted a week. Is gone from 50meg speeds to 4meg and it felt like I was surfing through treacle.

So back to VM and 120mg. Never again will I leave fibre!

Snap! I also had the dial up lol I was with blueyonder when they first started and before with Telewest. Blueyonder was being overtaken by companies like Nildram in the beginning, still on copper. Then I went with Idnet as Nildram started to go crap. Since those days technology has really improved. I'm on the ultra fast xxl unlimited with VM now at 150 meg. Soon we may catch up with other countries where that speed is nowt.

I also had the chance and choice of BT fibre but the bottom line is it isn't all the way to my house.

I always fought against going with VM as they restrict access to some sites. But hey there's always a way lol.

My next purchase will be a new lappy with a fast processor and ultra fast wifi capability.

[Jerri]

May 23, 2014 17:47:41 GMT @zero said:

May 23, 2014 16:10:31 GMT Jerri said:

I've been with Virgin media since they were blueyonder.

Had dial up at 56k. Then when they first announces fibre at 256k and thought it was the dogs danglers.

The speed has increased massively and like a fool I decided to switch to adsl to save cash. It lasted a week. Is gone from 50meg speeds to 4meg and it felt like I was surfing through treacle.

So back to VM and 120mg. Never again will I leave fibre!

Snap! I also had the dial up lol I was with blueyonder when they first started and before with Telewest. Blueyonder was being overtaken by companies like Nildram in the beginning, still on copper. Then I went with Idnet as Nildram started to go crap. Since those days technology has really improved. I'm on the ultra fast xxl unlimited with VM now at 150 meg. Soon we may catch up with other countries where that speed is nowt.

I also had the chance and choice of BT fibre but the bottom line is it isn't all the way to my house.

I always fought against going with VM as they restrict access to some sites. But hey there's always a way lol.

My next purchase will be a new lappy with a fast processor and ultra fast wifi capability.

You can't really beat them for speed. My house is so far from the exchange I can only get around 3-4meg even now with ADSL2.

I pay £25 a month for 120meg. Soon to be 150meg. I would be paying the same or more were I to have to have a landline etc and would be getting a fraction of the speed.

Sky fibre is available in my area but that's £30 a month plus £15 phone line for around 75meg.

VM is a no brainer for me.

[chykensa]

We have BT Infinity but although it's FTC (Fibre To Cabinet), that's a bit misleading in our case as the cabinet is almost a mile away and then it's copper overhead!
Still, it's faster than the old BB, also with BT. As I'm rural, as I suspect Q is too, we will always be left until last as it's just not cost-effective to power us up before the major towns and cities.

[Q]

I'd kill for 3-4Mb when I lived in Sussex I was a telewest dialup then broadband customer, then moved with them to Blueyonder cable, speed was amazing, but down here I get no choice at all... and I am the last house on the overhead line so as you can imagine speed is dire