Internet speed

[PaulSB]

34.8 download and 2.8 upload. Everything works. Who cares?

I have all I need for £25/month. Our next door neighbour pays BT £55/month for super fast BB and gets exactly the same outcome. All this super fast, high speed thing really is a con. For most folk it makes little if any difference.

 

[ColinJ]

34.8 download and 2.8 upload. Everything works. Who cares?

I have all I need for £25/month. Our next door neighbour pays BT £55/month for super fast BB and gets exactly the same outcome. All this super fast, high speed thing really is a con. For most folk it makes little if any difference.

You are getting about the minimum for 4k HDR streaming. It would perhaps be better to have a bit more in reserve to guarantee full quality at all times. If 2 people are sharing a connection and streaming different 4k HDR programmes then the requirement could be 80+ Mb/s. But yes, for most people, most of the time, 35-40 Mb/s will be fine.

 

[Chris S]

I've got 3 mobile broadband. Download speeds are fastest at about 03:00, they reach about 3.5Mbps then. They drop to about 2.5Mbps by 08:00 and 25Kbps by 20:00.

 

[PaulSB]

You are getting about the minimum for 4k HDR streaming. It would perhaps be better to have a bit more in reserve to guarantee full quality at all times. If 2 people are sharing a connection and streaming different 4k HDR programmes then the requirement could be 80+ Mb/s. But yes, for most people, most of the time, 35-40 Mb/s will be fine.

We've had up to five people living in the house using broadband as and when they please. As far as I'm aware we've never suffered a capacity problem but I haven't a clue if anyone has tried streaming 4k HDR. I doubt any of us truly know what it is or where to find it.

In my view the speed thing is a marketing ploy to get people to buy something they don't need. My neighbours pay £55/month to do the same thing as I do for £25.

 

[cookiemonster]

All good here.

 

[Mo1959]

Very average around here but never had any problems.

 

[Electric_Andy]

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I get 2.86 mbps download and 0.42 upload. Suits my needs, I don't stream (whatever that is) and 4k HD who knows?

 

[CXRAndy]

We ditched landline broadband about 5 years ago. Instantly went from 3mbs average to this

4g mobile connection data sim router currently on EE

£30 a month

 

[Tenkaykev]

I’m getting 75/10 with the excellent Zen Internet. Exemplary customer service. High quality Fritzbox modem/router with built in cordless phone hub. Fixed price of £35 per month for as long as I stay with them.

 

[Gunk]

We’ve got the fastest Virgin available, which although is very expensive it’s good, perfect with two teenagers gaming and streaming, we watch virtually all our TV on demand now so it’s a no brainier.

 

[DCBassman]

I'm within 100yds of the exchange but not on fibre and never had a really fast connection, although it's fast enough for my needs.

What I don't quite understand is how speed tests always show a much faster speed than what i see when actually downloading something, which is more in the region of 1.2mbps.

max of 22 is listed on the webpage that tells you what is connected , we only get fttc and im lucky if we ever get near 20 mbit this is on fibre !
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Only rarely will you see near what your line is capable of over wifi, any wifi. Plug an Ethernet cable in to do speed tests, if you can.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

We ditched landline broadband about 5 years ago. Instantly went from 3mbs average to this

4g mobile connection data sim router currently on EE

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£30 a month

£14 with 3 👌 if you're in coverage Soo happy after ditching BT fibre last year I paid out of a 1yr deal to get into a further 2yr deal.

 

[cookiemonster]

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All good here.

Not bad for around 35 quid a month.

 

[MontyVeda]

Only rarely will you see near what your line is capable of over wifi, any wifi. Plug an Ethernet cable in to do speed tests, if you can.

my real world max/average download speed of 1.2mbps is through the cable, yet the speed test (same cable) says 10.68mbps.

We've had up to five people living in the house using broadband as and when they please. As far as I'm aware we've never suffered a capacity problem but I haven't a clue if anyone has tried streaming 4k HDR. I doubt any of us truly know what it is or where to find it.

In my view the speed thing is a marketing ploy to get people to buy something they don't need. My neighbours pay £55/month to do the same thing as I do for £25.

Can't comment on how much speed a modern household of multiple devices simultaneously streaming HQ content needs... but the only significant leap I've noticed was the switch from dial-up to broadband; a movie could be downloaded in hours rather than days. My broadband speed may well be five times faster than it was fifteen years ago but i don't really acknowledge it.