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BT Infinity 2 Unlimited (Up to 76Mb) Price

shavy65
shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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Hi, never had fibre before but BT are now offering me :-

Infinity 1 Unlimited (Up to 56 Mb) for £10 per month, Plus £9.99 Hub delivery and a £49.99 connection fee.

Infinity 2 Unlimited (Up to 76 Mb) for £18 per month

Both 18 month contracts.

Any thoughts? :o

Cheers
3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
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  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    What is the speed estimation for your line using http://www.dslchecker.bt.com ?
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Am I looking at VDSL Range A (Clean) and Downstream Line Rate(Mbps)? Thanks
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Not really worth the £8 extra for most people 5mb is plenty for many web sites and 25mb should cover most .
    Note in both cases in big letters its UP TO .
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    With the extra £9.99 and £49.99 in the first case Infinity 1 would actually cost £13.33 per month, so Infinity 2 is less than a fiver per month more expensive.
    Thanks for your replies.
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    Yes the VDSL clean range A.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    High of 80, low of 70.6 Mbps
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,272 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Not really worth the £8 extra for most people 5mb is plenty for many web sites and 25mb should cover most .
    Note in both cases in big letters its UP TO .
    Speaking of case, the "M" in Mb should be uppercase.\
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    High of 80, low of 70.6 Mbps

    Then Infinity 2 would be worth it for the extra speed however, you need to know if you really need it.

    What do you use the internet for? How many people in the house? Any teenagers?
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    4 of us at the moment, 3 of us old enough to use internet - youtube/streaming/instagram/gernealt surfing. At the moment streaming isn`t great, can be quite sticky and requires time to buffer. Think we`re currently on around 5/6 Mbps.
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    Infinity 1 will be more than sufficient.

    As a guide, a BBC Iplayer HD stream requires 4-6Mbps, so with Infinity 1 you'd be able to run 8-10 concurrent streams :)
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