What bb speed for me?

Kim_kim

I’m just about out of my shell contract, I called sky to see what they can offer me, I compared against the MSE deals.
they can’t match the first two levels, but they can do me the super super fast 60 odd megabite for £21 a month (line included, but no calls).  That’s pennies cheaper than the best mse deal.
BUT will I notice super super fast?  Is it worth it?
I live alone, I have a sky q box, the usual iPad, iPhone, Alexa type things, a nest, a ring doorbell.  I use my bb during the day working from home & I use it for general internet browsing. I NEVER game.  Will I even notice super speeds?  Or am I better off with the basic megabytes? 

Timalay

If you also stream you might be better on Fibre broadband.  ADSL (non-fibre broadband) also depends on how far you are from the telephone exchange (so the further you are away, the slower it will be).  

Kim_kim

Timalay said:

If you also stream you might be better on Fibre broadband.  ADSL (non-fibre broadband) also depends on how far you are from the telephone exchange (so the further you are away, the slower it will be).  

I don’t know what steaming is (I’ve heard the term).  I use sky q?  I browse the internet?

Is their a way to find out how far the telephone exchange is?  I’ll google that & see what I come up with.  

Kim_kim

Exchange Distance	1.04km
Classification	Market B
Virgin Media Cable	not enabled
BT IPStream Max	enabled
BT WBC	enabled (estimated speed: 15 to 24 Mbps)
Openreach FTTC	enabled (estimated speed: 20 to 40 Mbps)
Openreach FTTP	not enabled
Openreach G.fast	not enabled
TalkTalk LLU	enabled
Sky LLU	enabled
Openreach Technology	All premises in the postcode are served by the same Openreach technology. Individual speeds may vary.

Kim_kim

What does this mean?  Does it mean the medium 35 gb packages are all I’ll get anyway?

Neil_Jones

Means your maximum speed could be anywhere from 15 to 40 depending on the quality of the line.

It may not be worth going for a 60Mbps package if you can't get that sort of speed, but providers tend to say they offer "up to" speeds, so you may get the 40, and then as the equipment that powers this stuff gets replaced/modernised you may be able to get more.

To answer the other question streaming is basically playing TV shows and films over the internet.  YouTube is a similar sort of thing.

Kim_kim

Neil_Jones said:

Means your maximum speed could be anywhere from 15 to 40 depending on the quality of the line.

It may not be worth going for a 60Mbps package if you can't get that sort of speed, but providers tend to say they offer "up to" speeds, so you may get the 40, and then as the equipment that powers this stuff gets replaced/modernised you may be able to get more.

To answer the other question streaming is basically playing TV shows and films over the internet.  YouTube is a similar sort of thing.

And having described my usage above, internet browsing, sky q box, work laptop.  Is it even worth me going for the 35 gb?  Or is that for gamers? 

Kim_kim

Kim_kim said:

Neil_Jones said:

Means your maximum speed could be anywhere from 15 to 40 depending on the quality of the line.

It may not be worth going for a 60Mbps package if you can't get that sort of speed, but providers tend to say they offer "up to" speeds, so you may get the 40, and then as the equipment that powers this stuff gets replaced/modernised you may be able to get more.

To answer the other question streaming is basically playing TV shows and films over the internet.  YouTube is a similar sort of thing.

And having described my usage above, internet browsing, sky q box, work laptop.  Is it even worth me going for the 35 gb?  Or is that for gamers? 

Can anyone help please.
With how I use my bb, will I see any difference between the 15gb cheapest packages and the more expensive 35gb packages?

Browntoa

The required speed for 4k uhd content is 40mb ( BT's figure used for planning network capacity to cope in future ) 

With sky Q you have the capability for uhd streaming via the box ( 4k is not transmitted but streamed , sky have announced that going forward they will not use a dish ) 

If upgrading and there are only pennies in it then I'd future proof now by getting the fastest speed and on on fibre 

Kim_kim

Browntoa said:

The required speed for 4k uhd content is 40mb ( BT's figure used for planning network capacity to cope in future ) 

With sky Q you have the capability for uhd streaming via the box ( 4k is not transmitted but streamed , sky have announced that going forward they will not use a dish ) 

If upgrading and there are only pennies in it then I'd future proof now by getting the fastest speed and on on fibre 

I might sound a bit like I know what I’m talking about, but I don’t really :-(
taking into account my grid above (the stats from the exchange).
Are you saying I should get the 60 gb from sky? 

Zellah

£21/m a month is very cheap for any broadband so if Sky are offering you 60 Mb/s for this price, I would bite their hand off.
I would also check your estimated speeds here, to get confirmation (use the 'address' option if 'phone' option doesn't work):
https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com