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BT Infinity Broadband Vs UTV Fibre Optic Broadband
Bigcammy
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in N. Ireland
Anyone have experience of either of these products. I'm about to move to an address where both are available and the UTV package is a lot cheaper.
I was with UTV Internet a couple of years ago and their performance was poor, I'm just wondering has it improved any or am I better spending a bit extra and going BT.
Sky and other LLU providers don't resell the BT Infinity product so they can only offer 2mb.
Thanks
I was with UTV Internet a couple of years ago and their performance was poor, I'm just wondering has it improved any or am I better spending a bit extra and going BT.
Sky and other LLU providers don't resell the BT Infinity product so they can only offer 2mb.
Thanks
Norn Iron Club Member No. 252 :beer:
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Speed wise they will both be the same with BT wholesale being the supplier. I guess it comes down to customer services. I've always had good experience with BT. Infinity is pretty good. I'm too close to the exchange for Infinity now but I use it at the GFs. Unbundled is a no go. The worst experience I had was with talktalk.
BT is expensive for unlimited usage.
For speed and unlimited usage it has to be virgin. Provided you live in the area.0 -
Moving out of a Virgin area and their National Broadband is poor, so no go there.Norn Iron Club Member No. 252 :beer:0
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That’s because you move to copper on BT infrastructure. It’s the much the same with other that use BT wholesale.Moving out of a Virgin area and their National Broadband is poor, so no go there.
In a cable area it is fantastic.
I'd probably go for infinity. £10 extra a month is steep tho.0 -
I know all about the technologies, I work in the telecomms field, as for UTV, I just know they aren't going to be great service wise, just looking someone to confirm or deny it!Norn Iron Club Member No. 252 :beer:0
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I know all about the technologies, I work in the telecomms field, as for UTV, I just know they aren't going to be great service wise, just looking someone to confirm or deny it!
Sorry I didn't know you had experience in telecomms.
I'll ask around in work and see what come back if you like. We have had the odd BB discussion and it seemed a varied bunch. No doubt someone use/used them before.0 -
No offence intended!Norn Iron Club Member No. 252 :beer:0
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I have infinity and it is very good considering I could only get about 1.5mb with ADSL, a quick look at the UTV site looks like the same price if not more than BT, what deal are they offering you?0
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The UTV deal is a minimum of 24 months which put me off straight away.0
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I get nearly the top end of speed with ADSL, I was wondering what the value was with Infinity, beyond the shift in upload speed?0
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Just been told I can't get Infinity as I am 2.3KM away from the exchange
I am currently getting 1.2 MBit/sec0
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