Village life - slooooow broadband

longwalks1

Moved 10 monthsago and the broadband speed is awful, I think 4 or 5Mb/s (hope that is right?)

I waswith Virgin at my old house and it was really fast, and would like the same again, Virgin do not supply our village, and I'm currently with John Lewis (it was on offer when I moved, now coming to end of contract)

A lad from work mentioned a fibre optic box/connection/junction box you can have fitted at a cost that speeds it up?

Any advice greatly appreciated

diamonds

Upgrade ?

https://www.johnlewisbroadband.com/fibre/

PasturesNew

Think yourself lucky. I just tested mine so I could post this and my speeds are:
Download 2.72 Mb/s
Upload 0.30 Mb/s

onomatopoeia99

Put your number and / or location into samknows and see what the options are. if FTTC is available (aka "fibre" which BT Internet call Infinity) then it will be capable of a lot higher throughput.

As a general point, if internet connectivity is important to you, always check before moving house!

bailey2004

Is this good or bad?

• FTTC is available in your area

Downstream Min: 0.4 Mbps
Downstream Max: 1 Mbps
Upstream Min: 0.8 Mbps
Upstream Max: 1.2 Mbps

NiftyDigits

bailey2004 wrote: »

Is this good or bad?

• FTTC is available in your area

Downstream Min: 0.4 Mbps
Downstream Max: 1 Mbps
Upstream Min: 0.8 Mbps
Upstream Max: 1.2 Mbps

Poor......

macman

Many rural subscribers would be overjoyed to get 4-5MBps...that's more than fast enough for streaming TV.
If you've been used to VM fibre optic speeds, you'll notice the difference, obviously, so look at your FTTC options, if they exist.

The_Groat_Counter

PasturesNew wrote: »

Think yourself lucky. I just tested mine so I could post this and my speeds are:
Download 2.72 Mb/s
Upload 0.30 Mb/s

That's positively fast for many too!

longwalks1

Thanks everyone

I think he paid to have a fibre optic connection or connector fitted at the local telephone exchange, and said it improved his speed. I tried SamKnows website and entered my number and postcode and they it said BT Infinity at 38Kbps. Called them, and was told not available yet and to register interest.... So looks like I'm currently stuck with 6-7Mbps

Thanks all anyway, guess it a price I got to pay for living in a village

poppasmurf_bewdley

PasturesNew wrote: »

Think yourself lucky. I just tested mine so I could post this and my speeds are:
Download 2.72 Mb/s
Upload 0.30 Mb/s

I live in the middle of nowhere, and my broadband speeds are similar to this.

It's just one of very few downsides to living in the countryside. I can go to my sister's home with my laptop if I need superfast speeds for any reason.

But live in close proximity to the great unwashed just for the sake of faster broadband - never! :eek:

Im_just_careful

Is there a community wireless broadband option ?

Quite a lot of rural locations have something like that (you see small odd looking aerials on people's houses).