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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1280 on: March 31, 2020, 09:11:50 pm »
Yeah got the tv in about September 2015.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1281 on: April 1, 2020, 06:46:19 am »
I’d try logging into your router.

Go to 192.168.0.1 in your browser and try the username admin and password sky.

Once in go to the Wireless Settings page and then see what channel it’s currently on. I’m guessing it’s probably 1. If so change it to 6 or 11 and see how that works for you for a little while. You may need to reconnect any devices previously connected via WiFi. Think someone linked a tool above to find what channels those around you are using but you’re best picking one of 1, 6 or 11.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1282 on: April 1, 2020, 08:25:00 am »
I’d try logging into your router.

Go to 192.168.0.1 in your browser and try the username admin and password sky.

Once in go to the Wireless Settings page and then see what channel it’s currently on. I’m guessing it’s probably 1. If so change it to 6 or 11 and see how that works for you for a little while. You may need to reconnect any devices previously connected via WiFi. Think someone linked a tool above to find what channels those around you are using but you’re best picking one of 1, 6 or 11.

Thanks (and to Robbie too!).

I’ll try that later. I’m a little scared of doing something that will break things completely as we’re all dependent on WiFi for working from home at the moment.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1283 on: April 1, 2020, 08:42:57 am »
Channel was set to auto. I’ve changed it to 6. Ran the speed test again and it was around 10 (it’s a bit inconsistent around the house) but that seems more promising. Will leave it as that for a while and see how we go.

Thanks again, that was surprisingly easy to do. :D

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1284 on: April 1, 2020, 10:14:36 am »
Channel was set to auto. I’ve changed it to 6. Ran the speed test again and it was around 10 (it’s a bit inconsistent around the house) but that seems more promising. Will leave it as that for a while and see how we go.

Thanks again, that was surprisingly easy to do. :D



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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1285 on: April 1, 2020, 11:41:36 am »
Download and inSSIDer on a PC which will show you which channels other routers in range are broadcasting on so you know what to avoid.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1286 on: April 1, 2020, 01:11:04 pm »
Thanks (and to Robbie too!).

I’ll try that later. I’m a little scared of doing something that will break things completely as we’re all dependent on WiFi for working from home at the moment.

I was tempted, for all of RAWK, to get you to screw up your internet but I’m just too nice a person.

Glad that seems to have helped.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1287 on: April 1, 2020, 02:07:51 pm »
I was tempted, for all of RAWK, to get you to screw up your internet but I’m just too nice a person.

Glad that seems to have helped.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1288 on: June 7, 2021, 10:31:30 am »
Not sure if correct thread but looking for broadband recommendations please. Out of contract with BT and they're doing their usual BS of not offering the same deal they do for new customers to old ones so thought I'd shop around. Vodfaone, Sky and NOW TV look the most appealing for price vs speed, thought the NOW TV router only having 2 ethernet ports is a deal breaker I think. Can't get Virgin in my area yet, so deals that offer up to 70mbs are what I am after.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1289 on: June 7, 2021, 11:07:45 am »
You could always plug in an ethernet switch to add extra ports

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1290 on: June 7, 2021, 11:38:58 am »
You could always plug in an ethernet switch to add extra ports

I have one but found it wasn't the greatest

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1291 on: June 7, 2021, 12:03:20 pm »
I have one but found it wasn't the greatest

What type is it? if it's old chances are you'll need to upgrade, they're fairly inexpensive, though can also be cables slowing you down depending on their type, should say on it what they are.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1292 on: June 7, 2021, 12:43:12 pm »
I have one but found it wasn't the greatest

Probably only 100mbps. Get a gigabit one and you should be fine (basicallly all new ones and still really cheap). And asl Claire says check the cables.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1293 on: June 7, 2021, 01:03:56 pm »
OK thanks for the info on the ethernet switch but are you guys saying that because you think I should go with NOW TV over the others?  ;D

Vodafone, Sky and NOW TV are all similarly priced, with similar speeds. Was hoping someone would recommend one over the other.

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« Reply #1294 on: June 7, 2021, 01:50:38 pm »
OK thanks for the info on the ethernet switch but are you guys saying that because you think I should go with NOW TV over the others?  ;D

Vodafone, Sky and NOW TV are all similarly priced, with similar speeds. Was hoping someone would recommend one over the other.

Unless you have Cityfibre (which Vodafone are the resellers for), which I'm guessing you don't based on the 70mbps speeds you are talking about, they are all on Openreach infrastructure so it's mostly going to be down to customer service and price....

I had Sky broadband for quite a long time and didn't have many issues but that was quite a long time ago.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1295 on: June 7, 2021, 02:26:07 pm »
Not sure if correct thread but looking for broadband recommendations please. Out of contract with BT and they're doing their usual BS of not offering the same deal they do for new customers to old ones so thought I'd shop around. Vodfaone, Sky and NOW TV look the most appealing for price vs speed, thought the NOW TV router only having 2 ethernet ports is a deal breaker I think. Can't get Virgin in my area yet, so deals that offer up to 70mbs are what I am after.
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1296 on: June 7, 2021, 04:15:23 pm »
Unless you have Cityfibre (which Vodafone are the resellers for), which I'm guessing you don't based on the 70mbps speeds you are talking about, they are all on Openreach infrastructure so it's mostly going to be down to customer service and price....

I had Sky broadband for quite a long time and didn't have many issues but that was quite a long time ago.
personally I thought Sky were awful but it has been probably ten years since I was with them now so maybe they have improved
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1297 on: June 7, 2021, 04:20:10 pm »
Not sure if correct thread but looking for broadband recommendations please. Out of contract with BT and they're doing their usual BS of not offering the same deal they do for new customers to old ones so thought I'd shop around. Vodfaone, Sky and NOW TV look the most appealing for price vs speed, thought the NOW TV router only having 2 ethernet ports is a deal breaker I think. Can't get Virgin in my area yet, so deals that offer up to 70mbs are what I am after.
have you told BT that you are leaving them, if you do they will put you through to the retentions team and they will in all likelihood give you a better offer than the one you got before.  I've been with BT must be at least 10 years or more now and have threatened to leave on numerous occasions but have always stayed as they always give me a better offer.  It probably depends who you speak to though...
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1298 on: June 7, 2021, 04:21:11 pm »
personally I thought Sky were awful but it has been probably ten years since I was with them now so maybe they have improved

I'm talking at least 5 years ago myself, been with Plusnet ever since (contemplating signing up for Vodafone/CityFibre as can get up to 900mbps but its a bit pricy and 70 is enough for me really).

It all depends on location and a bit of luck when dealing with ADSL. Some ISPs will squeeze more customers onto each exchange so while your theoretical speed might be 24mbps (pre FTTC days), you won't get it in peak hours because you have 2 many customers on the exchange all trying to watch Netflix at the same time. If you get lucky you might have no contention on your exchange so get your peak rate all the time.

I don't think this is really an issue with FTTC though.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1299 on: June 7, 2021, 04:22:32 pm »
have you told BT that you are leaving them, if you do they will put you through to the retentions team and they will in all likelihood give you a better offer than the one you got before.  I've been with BT must be at least 10 years or more now and have threatened to leave on numerous occasions but have always stayed as they always give me a better offer.  It probably depends who you speak to though...

Yeah Plusnet (owned by BT, though ran separately) did that for me. Told them I was leaving unless they could match what they were offering new customers and they did so, as long as I signed up for new contract.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1300 on: June 7, 2021, 05:50:01 pm »
have you told BT that you are leaving them, if you do they will put you through to the retentions team and they will in all likelihood give you a better offer than the one you got before.  I've been with BT must be at least 10 years or more now and have threatened to leave on numerous occasions but have always stayed as they always give me a better offer.  It probably depends who you speak to though...

Yeah I said to them last night I will shop around and they were pretty blase about it. Said I would definitely get a better deal but they were backing their overall support/package. I think I will do as you and others mention, either complain or ring again and say I will be leaving and see if I get a different response.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1301 on: June 7, 2021, 06:24:15 pm »
Yeah I said to them last night I will shop around and they were pretty blase about it. Said I would definitely get a better deal but they were backing their overall support/package. I think I will do as you and others mention, either complain or ring again and say I will be leaving and see if I get a different response.


Sign up for the best offer you can find & ask that they notify BT (they do anyway but ask),once that is done you will get a call from BT with a better offer.
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1302 on: June 14, 2021, 11:36:52 pm »
Been thinking of moving broadband providers, I have the fibre 2 with BT at the moment, with the big sport thing. been quite impressed with watching all my sport through apps, now TV and BT sports etc. I think this one is a 67mb connection, which is okay for my needs.

Thing is, im a bit dubious of PlusNet(Unlimited Fibre Extra - £25.99), TalkTalk(Fibre 65 - £25) and NowTV Broadband (Super fibre - £22), mostly the reviews, partly the hardware, and the service? Anyone had any trouble with them?
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1303 on: June 16, 2021, 02:43:45 pm »

Sign up for the best offer you can find & ask that they notify BT (they do anyway but ask),once that is done you will get a call from BT with a better offer.

This is exactly what happened, thanks. BT called and priced matched and offered BT sport discounted on top

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1304 on: October 20, 2021, 04:43:57 pm »
Our supplier just upgraded us from 45Mbps to 1gig fiber optic free of charge, and will be dropping our monthly bill by $15.

It just tested at 937 Mbps download / 941 Mbps upload.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1305 on: October 20, 2021, 05:11:35 pm »
I went from paying £34/month for FTTC 65down/10up to £35/month for 500up/500down FTTP. I can get 900mbps but its a big price hike and I have no need for it.

It's a no brainer for anywhere that has CityFibre installed - the Openreach providers must be losing customers in droves.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1306 on: January 24, 2022, 03:48:25 pm »
Anyone able to help me figure out how much speed is excessive speed for my needs?

I've got M200 Fibre (plus TV and Phone) with VM at the minute. Current contract price is due to run out and be bumped 40% to £90 a month. I haven't called them yet to see what they offer to keep me because I want my arguments straight before I do. The speed I have now was never wanted as such, they just kept bumping it every time I renewed (been with them for 15-20 years) and obviously I kept saying yes. But it means I've never had chance to figure out how much speed will actually do the job for my house. I'm pretty sure I still can't get better than 70ishdown from any alternative. It sounds like a huge drop. But what would the reality of it actually be?

Would I even notice a difference when the house only has a couple of phones, a running stream and maybe a console going at any one time?

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1307 on: January 24, 2022, 08:50:18 pm »
Anyone able to help me figure out how much speed is excessive speed for my needs?

I've got M200 Fibre (plus TV and Phone) with VM at the minute. Current contract price is due to run out and be bumped 40% to £90 a month. I haven't called them yet to see what they offer to keep me because I want my arguments straight before I do. The speed I have now was never wanted as such, they just kept bumping it every time I renewed (been with them for 15-20 years) and obviously I kept saying yes. But it means I've never had chance to figure out how much speed will actually do the job for my house. I'm pretty sure I still can't get better than 70ishdown from any alternative. It sounds like a huge drop. But what would the reality of it actually be?

Would I even notice a difference when the house only has a couple of phones, a running stream and maybe a console going at any one time?

I was on the M100 until the end of this month and was paying £24.50. It was going up to £54 or something. I didn’t want to pay more than £24 given electricity is already costing us more this year. I told them I was going to cancel and I would have because I knew I could get 67Mb from Vodafone for £17 a month. They wouldn’t go lower than £26 on the M100 so I told them to quote for the M50. They gave me some spiel about how I wouldn’t possibly cope with that speed, but I spend loads of time at my Dad’s in the middle of nowhere where I’m lucky if I get 20Mbps download speeds and I stream Netflix and footy and all that just fine from my dad’s. So anyway. £20/month for the 50Mbps is what I went for just to save the hassle of swapping to a BT line.

My brother thinks I’m being cheap not wanting to pay for the M100 but I just don’t see the point. Got better things to spend my money on.

I always check moneysavingexpert before ringing up to see what the best deal is. Just ignore their “oh you can’t possibly cope without M200 you use more than the average household blah blah” shit.

I don’t do any gaming though so this may be bad advice for whoever in your house is using the console 😂
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1308 on: February 22, 2022, 11:12:00 am »
Had a contract with Virgin for 200mb for £40 (no TV, no phone) and they wanted to put it up to £57 now it's ended, but just saying BT at them got them to give me 350mb for £35.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1309 on: February 23, 2022, 09:34:36 pm »
Anyone on EE broadband have issues? i've noticed every now and again the connection will drop, this is even worse in the evenings, seems like a common fault with EE, but i'm only a couple of months into my two year contract


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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1310 on: December 3, 2022, 06:05:13 pm »
Does anyone know if it's possible to run cityfibre and VM at the same time?
We've got a reasonably discounted VM coming to an end and a decent looking package from city fibre.
Don't want to jump ship and find CF doesn't meet the requirements.   Also as a home worker, I'm contemplating running both so I have a back up.
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« Reply #1311 on: December 4, 2022, 03:24:22 pm »
Does anyone know if it's possible to run cityfibre and VM at the same time?
We've got a reasonably discounted VM coming to an end and a decent looking package from city fibre.
Don't want to jump ship and find CF doesn't meet the requirements.   Also as a home worker, I'm contemplating running both so I have a back up.

You can readily have the two connections since they aren't using the same route into your house, but it gets more complex if you wanted to use them in parallel rather than a main one and a backup, even that is possible with a bit of effort and money though.

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« Reply #1312 on: December 4, 2022, 03:30:59 pm »
£60 a moth we pay BT  for 67mbps B-road band and phone line…

Scandalous..

We don’t use the phone line so we are getting rid of it.. 

I guess we shouldn’t be paying more than £33 a month for it?
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1313 on: December 4, 2022, 03:57:55 pm »
I'm going to BT, been with Virgin media 10 plus years but lately having these strange dropouts, causing massive latency spikes one minute making online gaming impossible and other times my work VPN keeps disconnecting because of it so wfh is a nightmare. They're sending an engineer out but not expecting much, reading through the community forums seems like it's a common occurrence but VM aren't acting on it even though it seems widespread. Their "diagnostic" tools are a joke, we can't detect an issue or they usually resolve themselves within 24 hour bollocks.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1314 on: December 4, 2022, 05:31:33 pm »
£60 a moth we pay BT  for 67mbps B-road band and phone line…

Scandalous..

We don’t use the phone line so we are getting rid of it.. 

I guess we shouldn’t be paying more than £33 a month for it?
Citryfibtr are looking for £36 , that was with some phone calls. I think we are paying VM £50, but that's with a telly box we don't use.
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1315 on: December 4, 2022, 06:38:34 pm »
Citryfibtr are looking for £36 , that was with some phone calls. I think we are paying VM £50, but that's with a telly box we don't use.
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1316 on: December 4, 2022, 09:49:27 pm »
"All the lads have been talking about is walking out in front of the Kop, with 40,000 singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone'," Collins told BBC Radio Solent. "All the money in the world couldn't buy that feeling," he added.

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« Reply #1317 on: December 5, 2022, 05:21:03 am »
"All the lads have been talking about is walking out in front of the Kop, with 40,000 singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone'," Collins told BBC Radio Solent. "All the money in the world couldn't buy that feeling," he added.

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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1318 on: December 5, 2022, 12:31:41 pm »
£60 a moth we pay BT  for 67mbps B-road band and phone line…

Scandalous..

We don’t use the phone line so we are getting rid of it.. 

I guess we shouldn’t be paying more than £33 a month for it?


For the same speed I pay £33pm with unlimited any time calls (TT).
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Re: The Broadband Speed Pissing Contest
« Reply #1319 on: December 5, 2022, 12:59:49 pm »
I'm going to BT, been with Virgin media 10 plus years but lately having these strange dropouts, causing massive latency spikes one minute making online gaming impossible and other times my work VPN keeps disconnecting because of it so wfh is a nightmare. They're sending an engineer out but not expecting much, reading through the community forums seems like it's a common occurrence but VM aren't acting on it even though it seems widespread. Their "diagnostic" tools are a joke, we can't detect an issue or they usually resolve themselves within 24 hour bollocks.

For your work VPN - it's been years but I remember there was a setting in the router admin I had to enable to get it to work properly.