is fibre worth the extra money ?

asturdy2

currently have btinfinity fibre 1, I do quite a lot of streaming/downloading but notice that you rarely get near the top speed of 36mb. ive done a speedtest which shows I can download at the top speed but you never actually use it so whats the point ?

BJV

We are buying a building to be our new head office and we are having fibre fitted. Just be careful there are different grades of fibre.


One level of fibre uses a normal cable until it gets into your property and then fibre throughout.


The other uses a shared fibre which everyone else in your street shares.


The third the really super duper uses a fibre from the exchange straight in, only for your use.


We looked into the costs and for us it was worth getting the last option as it has 100% guaranteed up time.


So to answer your question after ramble ( sorry ) it will depend what you are using it for, is it personal or commercial and which level of fibre you get.

JJ_Egan

asturdy2 wrote: »

currently have btinfinity fibre 1, I do quite a lot of streaming/downloading but notice that you rarely get near the top speed of 36mb. ive done a speedtest which shows I can download at the top speed but you never actually use it so whats the point ?

Depends upon the price you pay for Infinity 1 Fibre .
Many sites don't push out the data fast enough for you to notice .This message will probably travel at .25 of a MB .

But it is a more reliable service than ADSL .

AndyPK

I think the point is, where there is more that 1 person in the house and/or they are gaming

littleboo

BJV wrote: »

We are buying a building to be our new head office and we are having fibre fitted. Just be careful there are different grades of fibre.


One level of fibre uses a normal cable until it gets into your property and then fibre throughout.


The other uses a shared fibre which everyone else in your street shares.


The third the really super duper uses a fibre from the exchange straight in, only for your use.


We looked into the costs and for us it was worth getting the last option as it has 100% guaranteed up time.


So to answer your question after ramble ( sorry ) it will depend what you are using it for, is it personal or commercial and which level of fibre you get.

I'd be amazed if any supplier is offering 100 guaranteed availability on a single fibre connection.

MataNui

Streaming and concurrent use is the advantage. If you live by yourself then maybe there is no real benefit (if you can get fast ADSL). My ADSL is about 2.5 - 3.5. I can stream movies etc no problem. If my little boy is watching stuff on youtube etc at the same time then its a struggle.