[url]http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5164-bt-retail-boosts-its-infinity-speeds-for-no-extra-cost.html[/url]
[quote=thinkbroadband]BT Retail looks set to try and retain its lions share of the Fibre to the Cabinet market, that is based around the Openreach GEA products. The retail arm of [url=http://www.btlife.bt.com/technology-and-communication/were-making-bt-infinity-even-faster-at-no-extra-cost/]BT has announced[/url] that its Infinity products will be receiving speed boosts at no extra cost and will be available to those who sign up from April 12th.
The BT Infinity 2 product, which is their unlimited fibre service will advertise download speeds of up to 76 Mbps, and upstream speeds of 19 Mbps (based on the Openreach GEA FTTC 80/20 service) for the same price as the old service which is £26 per month (plus line rental which starts at £10.75).
BT Infinity 1 product which was previously limited to 1.9 Mbps upstream speeds, will retain the same download speeds, but benefit from a faster upload at up to 9 Mbps. This service costs £18 per month (plus line rental) and retains its 40GB monthly usage allowance.
[quote=John Petter, managing director, BT Consumer]"Super-fast broadband is helping people enjoy the internet far more than ever before. However, many providers have forgotten about the importance of fast upload speeds. BT believes that fast upstream speeds are vital given how people now use the internet and so we are distancing ourselves from the competition by providing the UK's fastest upload speed."[/quote]
The comments seem to be a distinct side swipe at Virgin Media whose fastest product once its uplift programme has completed will offer a 120 Mbps download, but only a 12 Mbps upload. The 30 Mbps service that is that firms baseline service will offer a 3 Mbps upload. Also the fledgling Sky FTTC service that launches in a few days is only offering the 40/2 Openreach service with its basic 2 Mbps upload.[/quote]
According to commenters, if you're already on Infinity you can upgrade from tomorrow
Hopefully Sky Broadband isn't too far behind.
No extra charge? That's unexpected.
thats an awesome speed but 40gb monthly usage allowance? thats pretty poor
Haha, just worked out at max speed you could use your monthly usage allowance up in just over an hour.
Just checked it isn't available for me yet. 30th June apparently.
I think I'll stick with my Unlimited package for now.
My Mom just got this and by the sounds of things she's loving it. I'm yet to give it a go, tough.
Meanwhile, I'm stuck on Orange with less than 1Mb up and down. Man, I need to switch,
[QUOTE=CrumbleShake;35538456]My Mom just got this and by the sounds of things she's loving it. I'm yet to give it a go, tough.
Meanwhile, I'm stuck on Orange with less than 1Mb up and down. Man, I need to switch,[/QUOTE]
BROADBAND, not phones
[QUOTE=Kwigg;35538476]BROADBAND, not phones[/QUOTE]
Uh...
Orange do broadband too. Not just phones.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;35538354]Hopefully Sky Broadband isn't too far behind.[/QUOTE]
Sky don't even have Fibre Optic do they?
[QUOTE=Gareth;35538374]thats an awesome speed but 40gb monthly usage allowance? thats pretty poor[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's for their option 1 service. It's crazy that they offer such a low monthly usage allowance then go from that to unlimited, I guess there's plenty of people around who have no concept of what 40Gb is and just simply go for the cheapest option at the same speed.
Also seems like at least some people already on Infinity are able to apply now, I should be upgraded before midnight friday apparently. Funny to think in December I was lucky to get 4Mb/s, going from that to a stable 37Mb/s connection was awesome enough, I'm surprised at how good it's been considering what a terrible service I had with BT when I was with them years ago.
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[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;35538628]Sky don't even have Fibre Optic do they?[/QUOTE]
They should have been given access to the fibre by now.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;35538666]They should have been given access to the fibre by now.[/QUOTE]
I called up first time a few months ago, the guys on the support line knew nothing about a fibre optic package, but then I called up again a few moments ago, apparently something to do with an August access date, hopefully that's true and it won't be pushed back.
[editline]12th April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=G-Strogg;35538663]This doesn't sound too amazing, I get 100/100 unthrottled.[/QUOTE]
Share some of it with us you greedy git.
Oh, and I guess the fact that Britain has such shit speeds is due to no-one paying attention to internet speeds until recently.
[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;35538671]I called up first time a few months ago, the guys on the support line knew nothing about a fibre optic package, but then I called up again a few moments ago, apparently something to do with an August access date, hopefully that's true and it won't be pushed back.
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[url]https://fibre.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/broadband-options/sky-fibre-broadband/[/url]
[QUOTE]Limited coverage, fibre network areas only. Sky Broadband Unlimited Fibre will be on sale on sky.com/broadband from 13 April. £50 standard set-up. Wireless router self-set up required otherwise £30 extra. Sky Talk calls packages £0-5 a month. Sky Line Rental £12.25 a month. Compatible line required for Sky Talk otherwise connection charge from £39 may apply. 12 month minimum subscriptions apply. Speeds vary with location and line quality. External factors such as internet congestion can affect speed.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Gareth;35538374]thats an awesome speed but 40gb monthly usage allowance? thats pretty poor[/QUOTE]
Thats only if you use the option 1 package, which has an allowance anyway.
I have package 2 which is unlimited, pretty awesome, the engineer that visited our house a few months ago told me they were going to be doing this soon.
[QUOTE=G-Strogg;35538663]This doesn't sound too amazing, I get 100/100 unthrottled.[/QUOTE]
That was a pretty dumb and pretentious thing to say. It is amazing when you dont live in the best internet-connected area outside of Asia (Stockholm), and it is amazing considering 5-8 years ago the max you could get in 90% of the UK was 24mb broadband (Which normally connected at 1/3rd of that due to noise, distance from exchange etc)
800kb/s down and the 3G on this iPad is faster than what I get and it's the same provider
I'm Jealous of you UK folk getting this but please remember the people who don't :(
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;35538761][url]https://fibre.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/broadband-options/sky-fibre-broadband/[/url][/QUOTE]
Damnit, I can get BT Fibre Optic AND TalkTalk Fibre Optic, gotta wait to see if Sky will offer it.
I had 100/25 for a while with no download caps or throttling (until I couldn't afford it).
Then again Finland is pretty top-tier in this regard.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;35538847]800kb/s down and the 3G on this iPad is faster than what I get and it's the same provider
I'm Jealous of you UK folk getting this but please remember the people who don't :([/QUOTE]
I get 800kb/s down, 25kb/s up. I'm in the UK, so don't think just because a few have high speeds that all of us do :(
[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;35538876]I get 800kb/s down, 25kb/s up. I'm in the UK, so don't think just because a few have high speeds that all of us do :([/QUOTE]
That's exactly my Internet speed, wow
[QUOTE=Cushie;35538829]Thats only if you use the option 1 package, which has an allowance anyway.
I have package 2 which is unlimited, pretty awesome, the engineer that visited our house a few months ago told me they were going to be doing this soon.
That was a pretty dumb and pretentious thing to say. It is amazing when you dont live in the best internet-connected area outside of Asia (Stockholm), and it is amazing considering 5-8 years ago the max you could get in 90% of the UK was 24mb broadband (Which normally connected at 1/3rd of that due to noise, distance from exchange etc)[/QUOTE]
Ok, I'm sorry, I really didn't realize. Forgive me.
It's 2012 and ISPs [I]still[/I] limit monthly bandwidth? I don't think we've had bandwidth limits in Denmark and 100+ Mbit/s has been around for years in Scandinavia.
Virgin Broadband is the company to be with. My experiences with BT have always been shit. Signed up to their internet a few years ago but I couldn't connect, as one of my phone-hub-jack thingies were broken. Took them [B]two fucking weeks[/B] to get it sorted. Sent someone out to try and "fix" my pc, then they checked the wires and realized the phone jack was broken. Sent someone later when I called them after so much.
Virgin Broadband is better, faster, no monthly allowance and cheaper. Oh, and their customer support [B][B][I]fucking rocks[/I][/B][/B] and they get shit done quickly. They actually care about the customer. Oh, problem with your broadband? If it's before 3pm, they'll do their best to send someone out. Else they'll send someone out tomorrow morning.
[QUOTE=loopoo;35539092]Virgin Broadband is the company to be with. My experiences with BT have always been shit. Signed up to their internet a few years ago but I couldn't connect, as one of my phone-hub-jack thingies were broken. Took them [B]two fucking weeks[/B] to get it sorted. Sent someone out to try and "fix" my pc, then they checked the wires and realized the phone jack was broken. Sent someone later when I called them after so much.
Virgin Broadband is better, faster, no monthly allowance and cheaper. Oh, and their customer support [B][B][I]fucking rocks[/I][/B][/B] and they get shit done quickly. They actually care about the customer. Oh, problem with your broadband? If it's before 3pm, they'll do their best to send someone out. Else they'll send someone out tomorrow morning.[/QUOTE]
Virgin don't have monthly limits true, but they do have periods where if you download X amount, it's throttled for a small amount of time.
[t]http://www.virginmedia.com/images/STM_30Mb_above_800pxA.jpg[/t]
I'm getting a free upgrade from 50Mbps to 120Mbps in a few weeks, Virgin Media ftw.
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;35539108]Virgin don't have monthly limits true, but they do have periods where if you download X amount, it's throttled for a small amount of time.[/QUOTE]
I was with Virgin Broadband for a good two and a half years and I never noticed any problems. Everything I've had with Virgin has always been good, Virgin Media (their Sky service thingy) and Virgin Broadband has always been top notch.
I'd download like a crazy motherfucker too and I didn't notice the speed reductions :) I'm in the UK though, that might only apply to US?
This might be good for everyone in the long run to be honest, other ISPs (hello Virgin!!) might start increasing speeds to keep up.
[editline]12th April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=loopoo;35539148]I was with Virgin Broadband for a good two and a half years and I never noticed any problems. Everything I've had with Virgin has always been good, Virgin Media (their Sky service thingy) and Virgin Broadband has always been top notch.
I'd download like a crazy motherfucker too and I didn't notice the speed reductions :) I'm in the UK though, that might only apply to US?[/QUOTE]
Its their new traffic management policy as of this month. They stopped their previous one about 18 months ago.
[QUOTE=Jsm;35539235]This might be good for everyone in the long run to be honest, other ISPs (hello Virgin!!) might start increasing speeds to keep up.
[editline]12th April 2012[/editline]
Its their new traffic management policy as of this month. They stopped their previous one about 18 months ago.[/QUOTE]
Virgin are already starting to double speeds for free [url]http://doublespeed.virginmedia.com/[/url]
They need to improve the internet outside the major cities it's fucking terrible, I barely get 1mbps and it's unstable as fuck.
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